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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Nice with plenty of sunshine Pleasant with plenty of sunshine 72° 44° 77° 49° THURSDAY FRIDAY Mostly sunny and nice Partly sunny PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 81° 49° 83° 54° 84° 59° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 78° 36° 82° 47° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 71° 79° 95° (1892) 40° 51° 25° (1921) 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" 0.35" 0.18" 7.74" 5.66" 8.60" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 75° 80° 96° (1953) 0.00" 0.41" 0.14" 5.40" 3.43" 6.29" SUN AND MOON Sep 23 Bend 66/33 Burns 70/32 New Sep 30 6:31 a.m. 7:10 p.m. 5:27 p.m. 2:49 a.m. First Caldwell 71/48 Hi 78 70 66 65 70 68 83 70 78 72 71 71 71 85 70 73 75 78 72 82 71 83 72 67 80 74 78 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 Lo 50 33 33 48 32 38 43 32 36 43 32 36 34 47 45 46 49 37 44 50 28 45 45 30 43 48 37 W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 70 74 73 62 73 71 81 76 82 75 73 74 71 84 61 64 76 81 77 81 76 82 77 72 80 78 84 Lo 52 29 39 48 30 37 43 42 47 44 32 32 33 47 48 48 43 44 49 51 33 46 47 33 47 53 44 W s pc s pc s pc s s s s s s s s s s pc s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Hi 83 88 81 88 75 57 89 82 83 70 81 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 62 81 65 66 53 44 66 64 66 59 72 W pc pc s pc t pc pc pc pc sh sh Wed. Hi 87 91 81 85 76 53 85 82 82 75 79 Lo 64 79 65 64 52 45 61 65 64 54 75 W pc pc s s t c pc pc s r r WINDS Medford 85/47 PRECIPITATION Sep 16 John Day 72/43 Ontario 75/49 50° 49° 31° (2014) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Albany 83/41 Eugene 83/43 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 86° 58° Spokane Wenatchee 72/45 77/49 Tacoma Moses 78/42 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 78/39 71/37 77/45 78/40 78/37 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 80/43 74/48 Lewiston 78/36 Astoria 75/47 78/50 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 82/50 Pendleton 68/38 The Dalles 78/36 72/44 82/45 La Grande Salem 71/36 83/45 Corvallis 83/41 HIGH 87° 49° Seattle 77/52 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 85° 47° Today SATURDAY Plenty of sunshine Tuesday, September 13, 2016 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 71/32 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Plenty of sunshine today. Clear and moonlit tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunny today; however, some clouds in the south. Cascades: Plenty of sunshine today. Clear and moonlit tonight. Western Washington: Plenty of sun today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow. Northern California: Cloudy this morning, then some sun at the coast this afternoon; mostly sunny elsewhere. Oct 8 Wednesday SW 4-8 W 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Plenty of sunshine today; pleasant. Today NNE 6-12 NW 4-8 0 3 5 5 211 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 www.eastoregonian.com 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. 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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 104° in Imperial, Calif. Low 26° in Stanley, Idaho NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 83 87 79 85 57 90 70 81 86 89 81 85 93 68 83 90 47 59 87 90 83 85 79 89 91 71 Lo 60 71 69 65 41 72 50 65 73 61 64 65 74 49 64 67 36 38 73 74 66 73 61 63 73 58 W pc pc s pc c pc pc s pc s pc s pc c pc pc r pc c t pc t t pc s r Wed. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Man cleared in refuge standoff expected charge to be dropped Oregon Conservation easement program will seek $4.25 million PORTLAND (AP) — A the return to federal prison of man who had been charged two Harney County ranchers in connection with the occu- convicted of setting ire to pation of a national wildlife federal land. Bundy and refuge says he holds no ill supporters went from there to will against prosecutors and the refuge. that he knew he would not be “I was in absolute opposi- found guilty. tion to it,” Santilli said during Peter Santilli tells The Saturday’s interview. “I was Oregonian/OregonLive upset because he (Ammon that he knew his charge Bundy) hadn’t told me they of conspiracy were going to take would not stick. over buildings.” Prosecutors iled a Santilli said his motion last week to opposition to the dismiss the charge. takeover would When the have been his government loated defense at trial. the idea of a plea He said enhanced agreement, Santilli audio of his was not having it. recorded coverage “I would rather of the protest spend a year proves he said he ighting to get my Peter Santilli disagreed with the cases dismissed takeover. or a deal for time served,” Santilli said he was Santilli said. “I’m not going completely ready for trial to be strong-armed into but now, after nearly eight pleading guilty to something months in county jail, he’s I didn’t do.” OK with the outcome. The 50-year-old is an “I do not have one ounce independent broadcaster of bitterness at all,” he from Cincinnati, Ohio, who said. “Maybe because of live-streamed the occupation my courage in pushing the of the Malheur National boundaries on my show, I Wildlife Refuge, which knew the First Amendment began Jan. 2 and lasted for 41 would protect me. I knew the days. He contends he covered Department of Justice would the protest as a journalist do the right thing in the end, and stayed at the Silver Spur and they did.” Motel rather than the refuge. Santilli still faces more Eleven of 26 defendants serious federal charges in indicted in the refuge Nevada in connection to an takeover case entered guilty April 2014 armed standoff pleas. Seven are in trial. with federal oficers who were Seven others are set for trial thwarted from taking cattle in February. belonging to senior patriarch Santilli said he didn’t and controversial Nevada support the takeover of rancher Cliven Bundy in the refuge and instead had Bunkerville, Nevada. Santilli supported Ammon only in the said he has the same faith he Jan. 2 protest in Burns where will be exonerated before a they demonstrated against jury in those proceedings. Funds will pay for grants to protect farmland from development Flowers • Candles Jewelry • Plants Balloons & More! Put a smile on the heart with the power of flowers. HWY 395, HERMISTON 541-567-4305 Mon-Sat 8am-6pm • Sun 12pm-5am www.cottagefl owersonline.com By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Bureau Oregon legislators will likely be asked for $4.25 million next year to pay for conservation easements that would protect farmland from development. Plans are beginning to solidify for the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program, which would provide grants to farmers interested in easements and succession planning, said Meta Loftsgaarden, execu- tive director of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. OWEB, which will oversee the program, plans to hold “listening sessions” this autumn based on concepts developed by agricultural and conserva- tion groups before drafting proposed legislation for the 2017 legislative session, she said. “We didn’t want to go out to farmers and ranchers with a blank slate. We really wanted to have something they could react to,” Loftsgaarden said during the Sept. 12 Oregon Board of Agriculture meeting in Pendleton, Ore. Conservation easements are usually sold or donated by farmers who give up their development rights in exchange for tax beneits and lower property values, reducing inheritance taxes. They haven’t been as commonly used in Oregon as in other states because of the statewide land-use planning system, but this system alone isn’t enough to prevent the fragmen- tation of working lands, Loftsgaarden said. The $4.25 million wouldn’t be enough funding for everyone who wanted to sell an easement, but it would serve as a pilot program — particularly for lands inhabited by threat- ened or endangered species, or that are subject to “urban growth boundary” expan- sion, said Doug Krahmer, a blueberry farmer who sits on a work group advising the program. The easements will have a conservation component and could be used to provide properties with regulatory protections, offering an additional incentive for farmers, Loftsgaarden said. Currently, a similar approach is used for forest- lands where owners want to grow trees older than 30 years but are afraid of creating habitat for the northern spotted owl, hindering future timber harvest, she said. “They want bigger Corrections The Sept. 10 article “Sawing to set the scene” misspelled a source’s name. The correct spelling is Wes Duchek. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets the error. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. trees, we want bigger trees, so what we needed to provide was that protection,” Loftsgaarden said, noting that forestland owners submit management plans to the Oregon Board of Forestry and receive regulatory assurances from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. OWEB currently funds conservation easements, but these are focused on preserving native ish habitat and water quality, without emphasizing agri- culture, she said. For that reason, land- owners in Oregon have had trouble getting matching state funds needed to obtain federal money available for buying conservation ease- ments, Loftsgaarden said. “We weren’t hitting for the same target,” she said. OWEB is funded with lottery dollars especially slated for wildlife and water quality, but the agency may seek money from the general fund or from lottery-backed bonds that don’t have the same restrictions, Loftsgaarden said. The fund would also be able to accept donations from organizations and individuals, said Krahmer. Grant requests would be ranked based on the duration of the proposed easement — perpetual agreements will score higher than those which end after a certain number of years — as well as the management plan and the threat of development to the property, said Loftsgaarden. The program would be overseen by a commission consisting of representa- tives from the agricultural industry, the conservation community, tribes and land use experts, with OWEB providing staff support, she said. Agricultural groups have asked why the program wouldn’t be overseen by the Oregon Department of Agriculture while conser- vationists prefer the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Loftsgaarden said. 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