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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Wolves seem to be bypassing Central Oregon northeast corner of the state. Less than 20 percent of the wolves have tracking collars, estimated John BEND — Another lone wolf Stephenson, Oregon wolf coordi- recently passed through Central nator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Oregon, following a path similar Service. He said people should not to the one blazed by OR-7, a wolf read too much into the collar data showing wolves passing up on made famous by his wandering. But like OR-7 and three other Central Oregon territories. “We also know there are other wolves tracked by collar in the past ¿YH\HDUV25DSSHDUVWRQRWEH wolves that don’t have (GPS or) interested in establishing a territory radio collars running around, and we don’t know their paths,” he said. in Central Oregon. The collar data do show that Since coming from northeast Oregon last month, she is so far wolves seem to avoid the popu- sticking south of Silver Lake — the lation centers of Central Oregon, dry lake, not the town — in Lake such as Bend, Redmond and County, said Russ Morgan, state Madras. Drawn on a map, the wolf coordinator for the Oregon paths of OR-7 and OR-28 show Department of Fish and Wildlife in the wolves turning south when they came close to Pine Mountain, La Grande. Why collared wolves have only about 30 miles southeast of Bend. Both wolves were likely passed through Central Oregon so far and not stayed is unknown, he dissuaded from staying in Central said. “Collar data only tells, ‘The Oregon by human activity wolf was here at this point in time.”’ and bright city lights at night, And the data is from a small Stephenson said. That’s not to say sample size. Oregon has at least 81 other wolves might not eventually wolves, according to a Department ¿QGDKRPHKHUHWKRXJKSDUWLFX- of Fish and Wildlife tally from the larly in the forested mountains. “I think the Cascades of Central end of 2014. Most are found in the Oregon are good wolf habitat and they will occupy that area, but they have to get around Bend and Redmond to do that,” he said. So far, at least one wolf, OR-25, is known to have passed though the Central Oregon Cascades earlier this year, although he kept going south. Of the collared wolves to disperse, or leave their packs, from northeast Oregon, OR-25 is WKHRQO\RQHVRIDUWR¿QGWURXEOH In early November, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife FRQ¿UPHGKHDWWDFNHGWKUHHFDOYHV killing one and wounding two others, on private land near the Upper Williamson River. Efforts to keep him away from cattle since have been effective, Stephenson said Wednesday. They include lights and noise boxes DV ZHOO DV HOHFWUL¿HG ÀDGU\ ² ÀDJJLQJ GHVLJQHG WR GHWHU ZROYHV from going over a fence line. And VWDWH ZLOGOLIH PDQDJHUV KDYH ¿UHG cracker shotgun shells, which make a loud noise designed to spook animals. While OR-25 and OR-28’s By DYLAN J. DARLING The Bulletin Brown creates new post to boost grad rate collars still are sending signals, the collars of OR-3 and OR-7 have blinked out. Since September 2011, state and federal wildlife managers did not know what had become of OR-3, until a private trail camera captured a photo of him this July in the Cascades of northern Klamath County. The photo shows a wolf in the lower right corner of the frame. The black animal has a tracking color and an ear tag. 6WDWHRI¿FLDOVXVHGWKHFRORUDQG location of the ear tag to determine the identity of the wolf. “The only wolf that can be (is) OR-3,” Morgan said. Farther south and west in the Cascades, OR-7 found a mate, a female who also dispersed from northeast Oregon and now is raising his second litter of pups. Only time will tell whether more wolves follow OR-3 and OR-7 to the southern Cascades or decide to blaze their own paths to Central Oregon. In May 2014, another male wolf, OR-24, wandered into Central Oregon only to turn back and return to northeastern Oregon. 2I¿FHVWLOOZRUNLQJRQMRE description for new position By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau PORTLAND — Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday she will appoint DQHGXFDWLRQLQQRYDWLRQRI¿FHUZKRVH job will be to boost the state’s dismal high school graduation rate. Brown made the announcement during an education panel discussion at the Oregon Business Leadership Summit in Portland, where she outlined some of her education prior- ities. “The position will assist me, my education team and the Legislature in dedicating resources to increase the number of students who graduate from high school,” Brown said from prepared comments. “There is no question that our education system must be accountable to better student outcomes, including increasing our high school graduation rate,” Brown said. “But accountability also means ensuring that as a state we are empowering the best and most effec- tive practices in our classrooms that support student success,” she said. The administration has yet to complete a job description for the position and to post the job, said Brown spokeswoman Kristen Granger. She gave no timeline for hiring. Oregon now has the fourth lowest graduation rate in the nation, up from the country’s worst in 2013. Oregon’s graduation rate is 72 percent, compared to a national average of 81.4 percent. John Tapogna of ECONorthwest said Monday the state’s graduation rate mars Oregon’s reputation in the eyes of employers considering relo- cating to the state. “It is really damaging to the state’s reputation in a very tangible way,” the public policy consultant said The graduation rate is perplexing because it doesn’t align with the state’s test scores, Tapogna said. ——— The Capital Bureau is a collabo- ration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. BRIEFLY Snowfall brings hope to drought-stricken Oregon basins BAKER CITY (AP) — A snowstorm that swept across drought-stricken northeastern Oregon is expected to help replenish the region’s aquifers and reservoirs. The Baker City Herald reports that the weekend storm left nearly two feet of snow in the higher peaks of the Elkhorns and Wallowas. Several inches of heavy, wet snow also fell at lower elevation and should help alleviate the drought. Jerry Franke of the Burnt River Irrigation District says the weather is encouraging, but it’s still early in the season. Last year, wintry weather arrived early but the rest of the season was drier and warmer than average. But as of Monday morning, the water content in the snow was higher than it was at the same time last year. Meanwhile, the Crater Lake rim in Southern Oregon is closed to YHKLFOHWUDI¿FDIWHUZLQWHUVWRUPV dropped heavy snow and knocked down trees near the park. 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If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group TODAY OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State regulators investigating a Seattle tour company following a deadly crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge have found 442 violations and have recommended penalties against Ride the Ducks Seattle. But staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission in a report Tuesday recommended the company be allowed to resume operating DOLPLWHGÀHHWRIDPSKLELRXV vehicles, under certain conditions. A three-member commission will determine whether Ride the Ducks can resume operations at a hearing Monday. The commission can penalize the company up to $1,000 per violation. Regulators also proposed issuing an “unsatisfactory” safety rating, based on one “acute” and six “critical” violations, as well as two accidents in 2015. Five international college students were killed in the Sept. 24 crash when a repurposed military “duck boat” swerved into an oncoming charter bus. BEND (AP) — Federal RI¿FLDOVVD\ZKRHYHUFXWGRZQ and hauled off an old-growth juniper tree at a popular trailhead east of Bend may have committed a federal crime. The Bulletin reports that the tree went missing from the Badlands Wilderness earlier this month. Bureau of Land 0DQDJHPHQWRI¿FLDOVFRXOGQRW ¿QGDQ\OHDGVDVWRZKRWRRNWKH tree. The BLM considers junipers to be old-growth if they are more than 150 years old. Logging or cutting down trees is illegal in wilderness areas, wilderness study areas or at trailheads. Before the U.S. Congress designated the Badlands SALEM (AP) — Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent in November as employers added 9,600 new jobs. The Oregon Employment Department released the VHDVRQDOO\DGMXVWHG¿JXUHVRQ Tuesday. The unemployment rate ticked down from 6 percent in October and 6.8 percent a year earlier. Compared with a year earlier, employers have added 58,200 jobs, an increase of 3.3 percent. Oregon’s year-over-year job gains have been about that strong for 10 months. Economists say Oregon 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 2I¿FHKRXUV0RQGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\DPWRSP &ORVHGPDMRUKROLGD\V Regulators urge limited ‘Ride the Ducks’ operation 150-year-old juniper tree stolen from Badlands Wilderness State unemployment drops to 5.7 percent — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — in 2009 as wilderness, it was a wilderness study area. hasn’t had such a rapid pace of hiring since 2006. The biggest job gains came in the retail sector, which added 2,400 more jobs than usual during the busy holiday season. Two other sectors saw particularly strong growth in November. They were professional and business services, and health care and social assistance. the visitor center is still open and the rim can still be accessed by skis or snow shoes. Three days of storms dropped 43 inches of snow around the park, bringing the snowpack to 72 inches. Barker says it is one of the largest snow storms the park has seen, although the amount of snow is not abnormal. She says 69 storms since 1932 have resulted in bigger three-day snowfall accumulations than the current storm. A record 75 inches accumulated in three days in February 1971. Spokane Wenatchee 32/18 37/24 Tacoma Moses 44/32 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 39/21 33/19 44/40 44/33 41/29 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 43/39 36/24 Lewiston 43/28 Astoria 40/22 50/45 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 47/40 Pendleton 32/10 The Dalles 42/28 38/24 47/33 La Grande Salem 35/15 48/42 Albany Corvallis 46/41 48/42 John Day 40/29 Ontario Eugene Bend 40/27 48/42 39/28 Caldwell Burns 40/24 33/20 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 Hi 50 35 39 49 33 32 48 39 42 40 36 35 33 45 49 52 40 43 38 47 42 48 32 33 45 36 41 Lo 45 15 28 45 20 10 42 25 28 29 30 15 15 39 44 47 27 28 24 40 29 42 18 18 38 24 29 W c sn c c c sn c sn sn sn c sn sn c c c sf sn sn c c c sn sn c sn c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 54 32 43 54 36 32 55 38 35 40 40 34 33 51 54 58 38 34 36 47 42 54 31 39 48 37 34 Lo 44 30 37 48 31 29 46 35 33 37 34 32 31 43 46 49 34 31 34 44 36 45 28 35 43 35 29 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r sn r r sf i r i i r r sn sn r r r sn i i r i r sn i r i sn WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 33 64 56 60 76 31 57 58 36 79 63 Lo 15 50 44 54 45 21 50 38 18 66 43 W s s c r pc sn c c sf t sh Thu. Hi 38 60 52 60 77 24 59 58 31 79 52 Lo 16 51 43 51 48 18 49 39 22 67 42 W s s sh c pc pc c s s s pc WINDS Medford 45/39 (in mph) Klamath Falls 36/30 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: A bit of snow across the south, near the Idaho border and in the mountains. Cascades: Mostly cloudy today; a bit of snow, accumulating up to an inch, except dry in the south. Northern California: Periods of sun today; cold in the interior mountains. Some rain and snow far north tonight. Thursday NNE 4-8 SSW 3-6 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today. Rain tonight; breezy. Rain tomorrow. Friday: occasional rain. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mainly cloudy today; a bit of snow, except a rain or snow shower in the south. Western Washington: Cloudy today; a shower in spots across the south during the morning. Rain tonight. Today ENE 3-6 WNW 4-8 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Mild conditions are in store for the Northeast today as chilly air sweeps across the Plains and holds in the West. Showers will extend from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 91° in Edinburg, Texas Low -17° in Bridgeport, Calif. 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