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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Thursday, January 8, 2015 Governor to propose GMO bill Wandering wolf gets pack status By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Bureau By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press SALEM — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will propose - - istence among biotech, con- ventional and organic crops. Details of the proposal ha- ven’t yet been disclosed and the legislative language will likely be amended before an actual bill is introduced, said Richard Whitman, the gover- nor’s natural resources policy director. “The anticipation is there will be more conversation among stakeholders before - man said. A task force on genetically GRANTS PASS — Or- egon’s famous wandering - cially the leader of his own pack. State and federal wild- life agencies said Wednes- day they have designated OR-7, his mate and their pups the Rogue Pack, for their location in the Rogue River drainage in the Cas- cades east of Medford. - ern Oregon and the ninth in the state since wolves from Idaho started swimming the Snake River in the 1990s. As a youngster, OR-7 left his pack in northeast- ern Oregon in September 2011 in search of a mate. He traveled thousands of miles across Oregon and back and forth into North- - E.J. Harris/EO Media Group Gov. John Kitzhaber talks to the editorial staff at the East Oregonian in June in Pendleton. Kitzhaber “control area” authority over biotech crops, said Maluski. Currently, ODA can re- strict where genetically en- gineered crops are planted as long as the USDA retains ju- risdiction over them, but the state agency believes it loses that power once the crop is - cials. State legislation could establish that ODA may still create or retain “control ar- eas” even after USDA lifts its own restrictions on biotech crops, said Maluski. to have helped Kitzhaber de- cide on a course of action. In 2013, the Oregon legis- lature pre-empted most local governments from restricting Kitzhaber’s urging. The governor then ap- pointed a task force to frame the controversy over geneti- inform lawmakers’ decisions on possible statewide legisla- tion. The task force’s recently completed report does not make any policy recommen- dations but lays out the points of contention between critics and proponents of genetical- ly engineered crops. However, its members did agree that more clarity is needed about the state’s role in regulating GMOs and how it diverges from federal au- thority. The main question now is what measures Kitzhaber or state lawmakers will put forward to prevent unwant- ed cross-pollination among these crops or if farmers can agree on a voluntary system control areas could require biotech farmers to maintain “isolation distances” to mit- igate the risk of cross-polli- nation with non-GMOs, he said. “It’s going to be on a case- by-case basis, as it should be,” Maluski said. Another concept involves compensating organic and conventional growers if their crops are contaminated by pollen from biotech plants, - tive director of Oregon Tilth, - cy. There should be a way to compensate non-GMO farmers for damages from cross-pollination that wouldn’t require them to buy insurance policies, he said. Proponents of biotechnol- ogy say farmers who grow biotech, conventional and organic crops can work out their differences without in- terference from the govern- ment. “Farmers have learned to - lette Pyle, grass roots director “All eyes are going to be on the legislature and what the governor is planning to - ecutive director of Friends of Family Farms, which wants stronger biotech regulation. “This task force marks the beginning of the process, not the end.” One subject of debate will probably be the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s for Oregonians for Food and Shelter, an agribusiness in- dustry group. between cherry growers and wheat farmers over drift from 2,4-D herbicides threatened to spur legislation or erupt into litigation, but neighbors were ultimately able to re- solve the issue through com- munication, Pyle said. The potential for biotech varieties to pollinate organic crops isn’t actually a problem under USDA organic rules, which regulate farm practic- es but don’t set up standards for genetic purity, she said. “The organic folks have put themselves in that market PORTLAND (AP) — A lawsuit claims the Ore- gon Lottery misleads vid- eo poker players to think they’ll do better if they let the machines play the cards. Plaintiff Justin Curzi told Oregon Public Broad- casting he noticed the issue when using the “auto-hold” feature. It chooses what cards to keep or discard in advertise their product any way they want, but they’ve got to accept responsibility.” Bills that would increase government oversight of bio- tech crops would actually im- card draw poker. Curzi said the machines didn’t always make the - ple, he said, the machine would hold cards most likely to give him a straight when other available cards would have given him a crop choices for farmers, said Greg Loberg, manager of the West Coast Beet Seed Co. “It sounds threatening,” he said. “There will be win- ners and losers in a situation where government interven- tion occurs through legisla- tion.” ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson NEWS To submit news tips and press releases: Multimedia consultants • Jeanne Jewett To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: • Dayle Stinson 541-966-0806 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Terri Briggs SUBSCRIPTION RATES To submit a Letter to the Editor: Postmaster: Single copy price: TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Chilly with partial sunshine Mostly cloudy Clouds limiting sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE LOW 40° 28° 40° 26° 68° (1902) -7° (1937) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.18" 0.40" 0.18" 0.17" 0.40" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 42° 25° 40° 28° 67° (2002) -13° (1937) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.10" 0.28" 0.10" 0.15" 0.28" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Jan 13 Jan 20 MONDAY Mostly cloudy with a snow shower Times of clouds and sun 39° 31° 40° 30° First Jan 26 40° 30° 39° 30° 41° 29° 42° 29° Seattle 50/39 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH REGIONAL CITIES SUNDAY HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 7:35 a.m. 4:29 p.m. 8:25 p.m. 9:13 a.m. Full Feb 3 Spokane Wenatchee 36/21 40/30 Tacoma Moses 49/32 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 42/28 42/27 54/38 50/33 45/28 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/34 40/32 Lewiston 41/28 Astoria 45/33 55/40 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 49/37 Pendleton 43/23 The Dalles 42/29 38/27 46/33 La Grande Salem 45/26 49/35 Albany Corvallis 48/36 53/37 John Day 48/27 Ontario Eugene Bend 40/28 52/36 44/29 Burns 39/20 Caldwell 39/27 Medford 56/34 Today Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Klamath Falls 54/30 Eastern Washington: Areas of freezing fog in the morning; some sun today. 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The amount in- cludes credits racked up but not necessarily paid out to players, who usually continue playing through a number of ups and downs. • Stephanie Burkenbine for same-day redelivery Copyright © 2014, EO Media Group 42° 29° That doesn’t mean play- economic impact caused by the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line on irrigated circles owned by Hale Companies. Vice President Craig Reeder said one alternative of the route would take half of seven circles out of production. At 62.5 acres per half-circle and $15,000 per acre, that’s roughly $6.5 million in total value. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. (USPS 164-980) 37° 28° that the auto-hold function produced worse odds but did nothing to change the games or warn players. “The lottery knows how the players perceive the auto-hold, and the lottery - mative to address that per- ception,” he told The Ore- gonian newspaper. Using lottery docu- ments, Zollinger said he calculated that the lower odds cost players $134 mil- lion in lower credits over The Jan. 7 article “Business licenses to remain the same” misstated Mike Short’s employ- er. He works for the Bank of Eastern Oregon. To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ 38° 27° more packs produced pups that survived through the end of the year. The earliest a proposal could go before the Oregon Fish and Wild- life Commission is April, said spokeswoman Mi- chelle Dennehy. Delisting would not mean an end to protections for wolves, but would give ranchers more options for dealing with wolves that attack live- stock. OR-7 has continued to stay out of trouble as far as livestock are concerned. Oregon’s management plan calls for protections to continue for the Rogue Pack until there are four packs in western Oregon producing pups for three years run- ning. Federal Endangered Species Act protection also remains in force in western Oregon and California. Corrections Didn’t receive your paper? www.eastoregonian.com - clined comment, which is common for state agencies facing litigation. The lot- tery’s website warns play- ers they may not do as well relying on the machine: “Auto-hold strategies vary by game, based on the par- ticular features of a game and do not necessarily re- sult in theoretical payouts.” Curzi’s attorney, Jay Zollinger, says the notice is too obscure, and documents he obtained through a pub- lic records request show the lottery knows through re- search that players believe the machine will use the best strategy. - nomah County claims lot- higher payout. measures for biotech, con- ventional and organic crops would be preferable to those mandated by regulators, he said. - ers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley are already able to reduce the chances of cross-pollination among re- lated crops through a volun- tary mapping system, Loberg said. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 wolves this year if biolo- Suit highlights risk of ‘auto-hold’ video poker strategy Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — ing a mate last winter in the southern Cascades on the Rogue River-Siskiyou Na- tional Forest. The GPS collar that tracked his travels is still working, but biologists hope to replace it this spring. Efforts to trap OR-7, his mate or one of the pups to put a tracking collar on them were not successful last fall, said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Stephenson. They hope to have better luck this May, when the pack dens up for more pups. Even if the GPS track- ing collar fails, a separate unit on the collar that emits a radio signal that can be tracked by a directional antenna should continue working, Stephenson said. 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