A2 Hood River News,
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Vancouver man dies in
Skamania County Crash
A Vancouver man was
found dead Sunday in a
scorched car wedged between
two trees, 20 feet off the high-
way on Wind River Road in
Skamania County.
The Skamania County
Sheriff ’s Office identified the
driver as Lawrence Nett, 59, of
Vancouver on Monday, Emily
Gillespie of the Columbian
reported.
Skamania County EMS and
Rescue (SCEMS) responded to
reports of a car crash at 8:30
a.m. on Sunday. The crash oc-
curred in a remote area north
of Carson in Skamania Coun-
ty, near mile post 16.5 on For-
est Service Road 30, most com-
monly known as Wind River
Highway.
Emergency crews arrived
to find a two-door sports
sedan 20 feet off the roadway,
wedged between two trees.
The vehicle had been en-
gulfed in flames, but was put
out by some nearby campers
before the fire districts ar-
rived. The lone occupant of
the sedan, later identified as
Nett, was pronounced dead at
the scene.
SCEMS, Skamania County
Fire District #1, and Skama-
nia County Sheriff ’s Office re-
sponded to the crash scene.
Skamania Emergency Ser-
vices also reported a brush
fire at about the same time as
the crash. The 50 ft. by 75 ft.
fire was 16 miles down the
road, at mile post 0.5 on Wind
River Highway. SCEMS called
in a mutual aid department
from Stevenson, which
doused the flames.
Photo courtesy of Skamania County Emergency Services
EMERGENCY CREWS found a Vancouver man dead in a car which was wedged between two trees
after a fiery crash Sunday on Wind River Road in Skamania County.
Mt. Adams ‘Horseshoe Fire’ grows over weekend
Closures at Gifford Pinchot Forest
Photo courtesy of the Mt. Adams Ranger District
THE FOREST service has mapped out areas closed on Mt. Adams
during the Horseshoe Fire. Included are portions of the Pacific Crest
Trail and Riley Camp.
Pertussis outbreak
in The Dalles: NCPH
offers vaccine clinic
There is an ongoing Per-
tussis (Whooping Cough)
outbreak in The Dalles.
The North Central Public
Health District is urging
locals to get vaccinated.
As of July 1, there were
16 cases of Pertussis re-
ported in The Dalles.
The Health District has
scheduled a free T-DAP
vaccine clinic for Thurs-
day, July 9. The clinic will
be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
The Dalles Middle School,
and will offer free vaccina-
tions to everyone seven
and older who is not up to
date on their T-DAP vac-
cine.
The clinic is especially
focused on those who are
not up to date on their T-
DAP vaccination, those
who work closely with peo-
ple vulnerable to Pertus-
sis, such as infants and
young children, pregnant
women, those with a weak-
ened immune system and
those without health in-
surance.
The NCPHD found the
first cases of Pertussis in
mid-June, confirmed in
two school-age children
who were attending Dry
Hollow Elementary School
in The Dalles.
Pertussis is an infection
that affects the airways
and is easily spread from
person to person by cough-
ing or sneezing. The se-
vere cough, often referred
to as “Whooping Cough”,
can last for weeks or
months, sometimes lead-
ing to coughing fits and/or
vomiting.
Anyone can get pertus-
sis, but it can be very dan-
gerous for infants and peo-
ple with weakened im-
mune systems. Family
members with pertussis,
especially mothers, can
spread pertussis to new-
borns.
The best way to prevent
Pertussis among infants,
children, teens, and adults
is to get vaccinated. Keep-
ing infants and those at
high risk for pertussis
complications away from
infected people is also im-
portant for prevention.
If you suspect your
child may have been ex-
posed to someone with
Pertussis and your child
has a cough:
■ Keep your child home
from school, daycare, and
other activities.
■ Make an appointment
with your child’s doctor as
soon as possible and be
sure to explain that your
child may have been ex-
posed to pertussis.
■ You will be asked to
bring your child in for test-
ing and possibly treat-
ment.
If you suspect your
child may have been ex-
posed to someone with
Pertussis and your child
does NOT have symptoms:
■ Contact your child’s
doctor and explain that
your child may have been
exposed to Pertussis.
■ In certain circum-
stances, antibiotics may be
recommended to prevent
transmission.
More information about
Pertussis can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/pertu
ssis. For more informa-
tion, please contact North
Central Public Health Dis-
trict at (541) 506-2600 or
visit us on the web at
www.ncphd.org.
Trout Lake, Wash. — A
wildfire on the southwest
slopes of Mount Adams grew
over the weekend, scorching
250 acres in the Gifford Pin-
chot National Forest, north of
Trout Lake.
The fire, which is being
called the “Horseshoe Fire”
was spotted by forest officials
Friday, and was still burning
at 235 acres as of Monday.
“Suppressing the Horse-
shoe Fire will be challenging
because of inaccessibility,
short range spotting, sub-
alpine fir and abundant snags
and the long duration remain-
ing in the 2015 fire season,” ac-
cording to a news release post-
ed by U.S. forest service offi-
cials.
During initial attack on
July 3, a helicopter worked to
check the spread of the fire
with bucket drops while a
local ground crew sized up
the fire and evaluated the
containment line. Firefight-
ers and district recreation
personnel walked the affect-
ed trails and escorted forest
visitors out of the area. Four
additional crews arrived Sat-
urday to assist on the fire.
Firefighters expect the
Horseshoe Fire to be a long
duration fire given the remote
location, fuel type and the ex-
tensive time left in the fire sea-
son, said the Forest Service.
The fire is approximately
235 acres with no significant
growth from Sunday to Mon-
day. The Forest Service said
the fire grows in size when
dry lichens growing in the
trees catch fire and wind car-
ries embers ahead, igniting
new spot fires. However,
they reported little move-
ment of the fire through
ground fuels.
A Washington Interagency
Warming water temperatures
prompt early fish release
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service released six million
fish from Little White Salmon
and Willard National Fish
Hatcheries on Wednesday and
Thursday — a week earlier
than nor mal. Fish and
Wildlife officials say the early
release is in response to
warming waters in the Co-
lumbia River Gorge.
The hatcheries released up-
river bright fall Chinook in
mass numbers, under pres-
sure from “severe” water tem-
peratures. The Service said it
was “responding to challenges
associated with severe weath-
er conditions in hopes of max-
imizing salmonid survival in
the Pacific Northwest.”
Due to increased tempera-
tures across the region, the
Fish and Wildlife Service has
also released 203,000 steelhead
one month ahead of schedule
from the Makah National Fish
Hatchery on the Olympic
Peninsula.
“As rising temperatures
alter our landscapes, we must
also pay attention to the way
that our riverscapes — the
lifeblood of our region — are
being altered,” said Roy Elick-
er, Assistant Regional Direc-
tor for the Fisheries in the
Service’s Pacific Region. “Re-
duced snowpack and warmer
weather have changed the
aquatic environment and we
need to adapt our manage-
ment.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Pacific Region in-
cludes 15 national fish hatch-
eries responsible for the
propagation of 60 million
fish. Facing a record setting
year for heat in what is al-
ready the third in a stretch of
warmer than average sum-
mers, the Service said it will
continue to adapt to chang-
ing conditions and apply the
best science available to en-
sure the health of future gen-
erations of fish.
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Incident Management team is
leading the firefighting opera-
tions. Their strategies are
based on management action
that Washington fire fighters
took during the Cascade
Creek Fire in 2012. A long
term strategy for suppressing
the Horseshoe Fire will be pre-
sented to the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest Service on
July 8.
The Mt. Adams Ranger Dis-
trict has closed off numerous
roads at the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest as emergency
crews battle the fire. In an offi-
cial order, they have banned
“going into or being upon the
area affected by the Horse-
shoe Fire.”
According to U.S. Forest
Service officials, “The Horse-
shoe Fire threatens recre-
ation, timber and cultural re-
sources.”
Among the paths closed off
is a segment of the Pacific
Crest Trail and Riley Camp.
The affected area near the
trail has been closed and
cleared of hikers who are
being re-routed along adjacent
forest roads and trails.
FOREST CLOSURES
The Gifford Pinchot National
Forest has closed a section of
the Mt. Adams Wilderness to
protect hikers from the Horse-
shoe Wildfire, north of Trout
Lake.
■ Trail #9 Round the Moun-
tain: Between Trail #16 Short-
horn and Trail #112 Divide
Camp
■ Trail #12 Stagman Ridge
■ Trail #64 Riley Camp / Riley
South
■ Trail #73 Crofton Ridge
■ Trail #75 Salt Creek
■ Trail #112 Divide Camp
■ Trail #2000 Pacific Crest
Trail: Between Forest Road 23
and Trail #112 Divide Camp
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