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6DWXUGD\$SULO NORTHWEST FOREST: 5HVLGHQWVVHQVLWLYHDERXWPDQDJLQJSRWHQWLDOIRUPDVVLYHZLOG¿UHV (DVW2UHJRQLDQ Page 2A Continued from 1A Department of Natural Resources; James Nash, rafting guide with Winding Waters River Expeditions in Enterprise; Darilyn The East Oregonian and Oregon Public Parry Brown, executive director of the Hells Broadcasting will host a forum and discus- Canyon Preservation Council in La Grande; VLRQ :HGQHVGD\ $SULO DERXW WKH %OXH and King Williams, of Boise Cascade wood Mountains Forest Plan revision, which products. The lecture will be held at Blue Mountain FRYHUV PLOOLRQ DFUHV RI WKH 8PDWLOOD Wallowa-Whitman and Malheur national Community College, ST-200 Lecture Hall, LQ3HQGOHWRQ'RRUVZLOORSHQDWSP forests. A panel of representatives will be on hand ZLWK D OLYH UHFRUGLQJ WR EHJLQ DW SP to talk about the plan, what it does and how Admission is free and open to the public. The event will be broadcast the next day it will guide management decisions across the landscape. Featured panelists include RQ23%¶V³7KLQN2XW/RXG´IURPQRRQ Malheur Forest Supervisor Steve Beverlin; SPDQGDJDLQIURPSP23%FDQEH Eric Quaempts, director of the Confederated IRXQGRQWKHGLDODW)0LQ8PDWLOODDQG 7ULEHVRIWKH8PDWLOOD,QGLDQ5HVHUYDWLRQ¶V Morrow counties. East Oregonian, OPB to host Forest Plan panel discussion who aired their concerns. Montoya said it was a valu- able experience that helped them evaluate possible changes. Two new alternatives are now being developed, building upon the preferred alternative and their draft analysis. Montoya said these alternatives aim to increase the pace and scale of restoration — especially the second of the two, which would attempt to treat all “suitable acres” over the life of the plan. “Suitable acres” refer to general forest that isn’t protected by wilderness, riparian or other special designations. ,Q RUGHU WR GR WKDW WKH forests estimate they would KDYHWRWUHDWDFUHVSHU \HDU IRU \HDUV RU acres per year for 20 years. Montoya said they would not be able to work at that aggressive a pace with their current staff and budgets, and would need outside help to get the job done. “We’re trying to move the desired conditions to where they need to be on the land- scape,” Montoya said. ,QFUHDVLQJWLPEHUSURGXF- tion alone won’t be enough, Montoya said. The forests ZLOOQHHGWR¿QGRWKHUFUHDWLYH ways to deal with its backlog of overstocked vegetation. Prescribed burning, biomass production, livestock grazing and non-commercial thin- ning could also be part of the treatment. Nick Smith, executive director of Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, said it is important to see that the Forest Service is taking its re-engagement with the public seriously. But as of right now, Smith is unsure if the new alternatives will actually bring any new solu- tions to the table. ³,WDOZD\VFRPHVGRZQWR WKH GHWDLOV´ 6PLWK VDLG ³,I you’re able to increase the land base for management, 6WDWHVHHVVSLNHLQXQDI¿OLDWHGYRWHUVFKRRVLQJDSDUW\ SheriII¶s oI¿ce inYestigates captain¶s Pissing ¿le %(1'$3²$Q2UHJRQ VKHULII¶VRI¿FHLVLQYHVWLJDWLQJ the apparent disappearance of DEDFNJURXQG¿OHRQDQRI¿FHU who has been indicted on federal charges. The Deschutes County 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH FRXOG QRW ¿QG WKH SUHHPSOR\PHQW background check of former Capt. Scott Beard, reported The Bulletin %HDUG ZDV ¿UHG from his position as head of the detectives division after his February indictment on charges that he stole public money, passport fraud and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty. “We believe the background investigation was removed from the Human Resources File Room,” Sheriff Shane Nelson wrote in an email Thursday. “The time period in which it was removed and who removed it also continues to be under investigation.” 7KH PLVVLQJ ¿OH LV SDUW RI a larger internal investiga- tion. The federal indictment claims Beard took more than $200,000 in public funds you can develop projects that are responsible but also support the economic needs of the local communities.” County commissioners from Eastern Oregon have previously rejected every alternative for the revised Forest Plan, saying they fell well short of management goals. Mark Davidson, Union County commissioner and chairman of the executive committee for the Eastern Oregon Counties Associ- DKHDGRIWKH0D\SULPDU\6DQGHUV “The question is with all these new GUHZDERXWWRDUDOO\LQ3RUW- voters coming in, how will that impact ODQGRQ0DUFKIROORZLQJDVXUSULVH these down-ballot races in unexpected PORTLAND — The hot presiden- stop by Bill Clinton earlier that week. ways,” said Gronke, referring to local None of the Republican presiden- nonpartisan races such as the Portland tial election is apparently motivating a lot of Oregon voters who would other- tial candidates have brought their mayoral contest listed further down on the ballot. wise be shut out of the state’s closed campaigns to Oregon so far. Nearly ¾ of Oregon’s 2.2 million Another factor this year is that primary to take steps that will let them registered voters are eligible to vote Democrats and Republicans are choose a presidential candidate. Data from the Oregon Secretary in the state’s presidential primaries. VKDULQJ WKH 0D\ FRQWHVW IRU WKH ¿UVW of State shows roughly 20,500 voters ,W¶VXQFOHDUZKHWKHUWKHUHODWLYHO\WLQ\ WLPH ZLWK DQRWKHU SDUW\ WKH ,QGH- this year have switched to one of the number of people who are changing pendent Party of Oregon, which has three parties that can select a presi- parties will impact the outcome, DERXW UHJLVWHUHG PHPEHUV dential candidate in the May contest. said Paul Gronke, a political science ² XS IURP LQ 0DUFK That’s almost three times the number professor at Portland-based Reed according to the Secretary of State. 7KH ,QGHSHQGHQW 3DUW\ EDOORW LV of voters who made a switch during College who specializes in voter also open to the state’s 540,000-plus the same timeframe in 2008, the last behavior. But the numbers could certainly QRQDI¿OLDWHG YRWHUV D QXPEHU WKDW¶V presidential election with contested FRQWLQXHULVLQJWKURXJK$SULOWKH been surging this year due to the primaries in both major parties. 2IWKLV\HDU¶V¿JXUHDERXW deadline for all voter registrations and state’s new automatic voter registra- WLRQV\VWHP1RQDI¿OLDWHGYRWHUVPXVW registered as Democrats, 3,200 as changes. ³, ZRXOG QRW EH VXUSULVHG LI ZH QRWLI\ WKHLU FRXQWLHV E\ $SULO LQ 5HSXEOLFDQVDQGDV,QGHSHQGHQWV Most of these voters were previ- break records here in this primary,” RUGHUWRUHFHLYHDQ,QGHSHQGHQW3DUW\ ballot. RXVO\ QRQDI¿OLDWHG ZKLFK PDNHV XS he said. Oregon posted a 58 percent However, it’s still unclear how about one-quarter of registered voters SULPDU\ WXUQRXW RU PLOOLRQ WKH ,QGHSHQGHQW 3DUW\¶V SUHVLGHQWLDO in Oregon. ³,W LV FOHDU WKDW QDWLRQDO HOHFWLRQ voters, in 2008, the state’s highest for nominee — selected through write-ins coverage and Oregon’s possible role a presidential election year since the on those ballots — will be counted as part of overall primary results. in the presidential nominating contests PLGV have piqued voter interest. This is great news,” Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins told The Associated Press. Democratic contenders Bernie The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any Sanders and Hillary Clinton have HUURUV,I\RXQRWLFHDPLVWDNHLQWKHSDSHUSOHDVHFDOO both begun courting voters in Oregon By KRISTENA HANSEN Associated Press intended for investigative purposes between January DQG6HSWHPEHU According to the indict- ment, Beard used the money to buy vacations, cosmetic surgery and a motorcycle for a woman he was having an affair with. She is a former HPSOR\HHRIWKHRI¿FH Beard was hired full time in 2002 and became captain — one rank below sheriff — by ,QWHUQDO LQYHVWLJDWRUV learned in January that the background check was missing from Beard’s SHUVRQQHO¿OHVDLG'HVFKXWHV &RXQW\6KHULII¶V2I¿FH/HJDO Counsel Darryl Nakahira. ³,W LV KLJKO\ XQOLNHO\ WKDW background investigations were not done,” Nelson wrote. “There are other relevant FRQ¿GHQWLDOGRFXPHQWVZKLFK would indicate there was an investigation.” He also wrote that, as of Thursday, there was no credible evidence pointing to the location of the background ¿OH Corrections Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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