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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, June 17, 2016 Malheur refuge manager: Takeover will drive some workers away reason most opposed the occupation. “You didn’t see that community raise their hands and support the militia occupation. You saw them raise their hands and ask them to go home,” he said. “Without that process, I’m convinced we would have had a different outcome,” Karges said. The occupation would have lasted longer, and some federal workers — including Karges — probably would have felt so unwelcome they wouldn’t have returned, he said. The protesters wanted the federal government to relinquish control of Western lands and free two imprisoned Oregon ranchers. They eventually surrendered and now face federal charges, but one — Robert “LaVoy” Finicim — was fatally shot by oficers. In Portland on Thursday, 42-year-old Jason Blomgren pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to the occupation. Blomgren, of Murphy, North Associated Press ESTES PARK, Colo. — About a third of the staff of an Oregon wild- life refuge that was taken over by armed protesters will probably leave their jobs because of the lingering effects of the occupation, the refuge manager said Thursday. Some worry about being confronted by other protesters who sympathize with the anti-gov- ernment group that took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for 41 days earlier this year, manager Chad Karges said. Others are simply worn down by having to retell the story to others. “If they’re a particular individual that struggles with these types of events, then having to repeat that story over and over and over is hard on them,” he said. The refuge has a staff of 16, said Karges, who was in Colorado to accept an award from the National Wildlife Federation. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley Chad Karges, the manager of the Malheur National Wildlife Ref- uge in Oregon, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Estes Park, Colo., onThursday. The National Wildlife Federation award praised Karges and his staff for building a good relationship with nearby residents long before the takeover. In an interview, Karges said the refuge staff has worked for years to involve residents in decision-making, and that was the BRIEFLY that pot businesses can’t get out of the changes by arguing they are impractical. Marijuana industry attorneys say the measure would ban 80 percent of marijuana products sold today. Marijuana skeptics take aim at potency, packaging in Colorado DENVER (AP) — Colorado pot skeptics have been cleared to start work on the most sweeping effort yet to attack legalization of the drug. A ballot measure cleared for petitioning Thursday by the Colorado Supreme Court would set new potency and packaging limits on recreational marijuana. Under the proposal, packaging would have to include warnings that marijuana carries a risk of “permanent loss of brain abilities.” The measure also includes a new potency limit, meaning that popular forms of marijuana such as vape pens and some edibles would be illegal. Supporters of the measure say that most marijuana sold today is too strong and that current warning labels are inadequate. The pot skeptics tried and failed earlier this year to get state lawmakers to limit potency. Lawmakers were sympathetic but resisted the change because the state constitution expressly permits all forms of marijuana. The industry compared the change to regulating the strength of alcohol. The marijuana critics have proposed changing the constitution to allow potency limits. Backed by legalization opponents including former State House Speaker Frank McNulty, the measure also states Montana Judge says waste leak from coal plant ponds is ‘alarming’ BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A state judge expressed alarm at the estimated 200 million gallons of contaminated water seeping annually from leaky ash-storage ponds at a Montana power plant serving customers across the Paciic Northwest — a problem that’s persisted years after the company and state oficials reached an agreement to address it. A 2012 deal between Montana environmental regulators and the Pennsylvania-based manager of Colstrip Steam Electric Station was intended to clean up decades of contamination of surrounding water tables. The agreement, known as an administrative order on consent, came after the plant’s six owners paid $25 million in a separate settlement to Colstrip residents whose water was fouled by the plant’s ash ponds. District Judge Robert Deschamps said he found it “alarming” that 380 gallons of wastewater continues to seep from the ponds every minute. That’s nearly 200 million gallons a year. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Ofice hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 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Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Biz lobby boycotts group studying employee law Claims by plant manager Talen Energy that the seepage was being effectively controlled “is clearly a disputed fact,” Deschamps wrote in a Wednesday ruling. “What is a reasonable amount of time in which the (state) should act versus conduct further study, given there has already been 30 years of seepage and the (administrative order) itself was seven years in the making?” Deschamps wrote. The judge rejected arguments from Montana Department of Environmental Quality oficials that they were appropriately handling the matter. That means environmentalists can proceed with a lawsuit challenging the 2012 agreement, which set few deadlines for action and could entail years of further study. Talen spokesman Todd Martin said in an email that the company was abiding by the agreement to investigate and remediate the ash-pond leaks. He said the agreement “established a formal and comprehensive process” to remediate the seepage. Opponents warned that Colstrip could close long before Talen cleans up the problem. Talen is seeking to get out of the plant within two years. Meanwhile, Colstrip co-owners Puget Sound Energy, Portland General Electric and PaciiCorp are considering shutting down at least two of the plant’s four electricity-generating units in coming years as part of a transition away from coal-ired electricity by utilities. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Carolina, traveled across the country to join the protesters. He told a judge he served as an armed guard. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dismissed a charge of possessing a irearm in a federal facility. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 14. Prosecutors recommend six months of home detention. Karges said workers inished repairing damage caused by the occupiers on Wednesday. The next step is deciding on new security measures. He said that could include surveillance cameras and gates but he declined to offer speciics. Crews have caught up on main- tenance they couldn’t do during the occupation, but some wildlife-man- agement work was thrown perma- nently behind, Karges said. “Biological activities, when you miss the window, you miss the window,” he said. “It’s not there again for a long time. Those things you can’t catch up on.” 2 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. 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