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Page 10A East Oregonian WOLVES: ODFW has killed four wolves since the bill passed Continued from 1A passed through the House with a fundamental misun- derstanding of what it does,” Cady said. “Salem can be somewhat of a black box. ... We perceived this as pretty egregious.” Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity had all requested a judicial review of the delisting deci- sion. The case was tossed by the Oregon Court of Appeals on April 22, which cited HB 4040. Cady claims the bill’s sole purpose was to block their review, despite claims from Barreto, Witt and Esquivel. According to the complaint, Barreto said during a Feb. 4 hearing that the bill “does nothing more than shore up the decision by the Fish and Wildlife Commission,” and “Our objective in this is not to usurp the authority of the commission. It is only to shore up the decision that they have made and to make the (wolf) plan a workable plan as was written.” He also sent a written document to colleagues stating the bill had no language precluding judicial review. However, on Feb. 16, the Legislative Counsel Committee issued a report to Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, stating that the only legal effect of HB 4040 was to “validate any real or perceived irregularities” in ODFW’s decision under state law. “In essence, the only effect of the bill was to preclude judicial review of the commission’s delisting decision,” the complaint reads. HB 4040 passed the House 33-23, and the Senate 17-11. Since then, ODFW shot and killed four wolves from the Imnaha Pack in northeast Oregon for frequently attacking livestock in the area. There is still no legal hunting of wolves allowed in Oregon. Barreto said he had not seen the complaint as of Monday morning, but reiter- ated the intent of the bill was to afirm what ODFW had already done. “All we did was say yes, we agree with Fish and Wildlife,” Barreto said. “If that precludes their lawsuit, then so be it.” Rep. Esquivel also said that he had not received a copy of the complaint, but was not worried about it because he did nothing wrong. “We didn’t intentionally try to mislead anyone,” Esquivel said. “It’s our opinion, and our opinion’s our opinion.” Witt also said on Monday afternoon that Cady’s allega- tions were baseless, and that lawmakers fully vetted the legislation during the last two annual legislative sessions. “It said, in essence, that the procedures (ODFW) undertook in making the determination to delist were adequate and suficient,” Witt said. “But we didn’t make any determination beyond that. It would have been inappropriate for us to have done so.” Environmentalists had asked for a review of the delisting decision because they argued it was not made with sound science, and had not been independently reviewed, as required by state law. Cady said they are pushing to have the case reconsidered by the Court of Appeals. “To be very clear, the (wolf) recovery is going very successfully,” he said. “Our frustration is more just the pushback this species’ recovery is getting from state legislators and various lobbying interests.” Oregon’s wolf population had grown to at least 110 animals by the end of 2015, a 36 percent increase over the previous year. ——— Capital Bureau Reporter Hillary Borrud contributed to this report. Contact George Plaven at gplaven@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0825. Tuesday, May 3, 2016 OFF PAGE ONE Man who served 10 years for ’64 NYC killing cleared of crime NEW YORK (AP) — A Virginia man who spent almost 10 years in prison for a New York City slaying he was pressured to plead guilty to over 50 years ago was back in court on Monday — to hear a judge inally vacate the conviction. At the request of a pros- ecutor, a judge exonerated 81-year-old Paul Gatling for the 1963 shooting death of Lawrence Rothbort in his Brooklyn home. In doing so, the judge apologized and Gatling hugged his crying ex-wife and a friend. Gatling, a retired land- scaper, had asked the pros- ecutor’s Conviction Review Unit to look into his case, which led to the decision to ask for the exoneration voting on every level.” Rothbort was shot in his Brooklyn home. His wife told police that a man with a shotgun had entered the apartment and demanded money, shooting her husband when he refused. She provided a description, but no suspect was found. 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