NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, December 30, 2016 Rural-urban divide missing in Idaho County, border Owyhee. Support for livestock grazing was high across the region. Residents of all four counties were also in line on many other natural resource issues, such as logging and outdoor recreation opportuni- ties. For example, while 90 percent of Owyhee County residents surveyed support livestock grazing, nearly 80 percent from the urban areas also support it. “There are some very posi- tive feelings toward agriculture and grazing,” said UI agricul- tural economist Neil Rimbey, one of the report’s four authors. “That’s something you don’t usually get by reading the newspapers or listening to the news.” Owyhee County, at almost 5 million acres, is one of the nation’s largest counties, and 83 percent of it is public land, By SEAN ELLIS EO Media Group BOISE — The rural-urban divide that splits many states hasn’t reached Idaho yet, a new survey shows. The University of Idaho survey found that residents of Idaho’s two main urban coun- ties see eye-to-eye with their rural counterparts in Owyhee County on many natural resource issues, such as public lands grazing and logging. Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho is heavily dependent on agriculture, particularly raising livestock. Some 80 percent of the coun- ty’s economic output is tied to the farming industry. UI surveyed 450 people in Ada, Canyon, Elmore and Owyhee counties. Ada and Canyon county are the state’s two most populous urban areas and, along with Elmore most managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Public lands grazing is a major issue in Owyhee County. In response to a lawsuit, a federal judge ordered the BLM’s Owyhee field office to rewrite 68 grazing permits that it renewed in 1997. The case includes 120 grazing allot- ments and impacts hundreds of thousands of acres in Owyhee County. The new permits, issued in 2013, reduced grazing by 30-50 percent in most cases. The survey results show urban residents support live- stock grazing on public lands. Fewer than 2 percent of urban residents surveyed considered livestock grazing to be a serious problem facing southwestern Idaho. Sixty-six percent of urban residents felt livestock grazing was a very healthy or some- what healthy aspect of working BEND (AP) — Last week’s officer-involved shooting in downtown Bend has the police department reconsidering an earlier deci- sion not to purchase body cameras. Police Chief Jim Porter told The Bulletin newspaper the department considered the cameras before, but felt the cost of equipment and other expenses was prohibi- tive. Porter said falling prices and the shooting of Michael Jacques have prompted the department to take another look at the viability of cameras that are worn by officers and record their daily activities. The 31-year-old driver was shot and killed during a traffic stop Friday night. A Bend Police officer pulled him over after receiving reports of him driving errati- cally in a Dodge Caravan. The shooting investiga- tion remains active. Porter said he initially backed away from using body cams because the department didn’t have the money for it, and he didn’t see the need. “I did not feel at the time filed by Joseph O’Shaugh- nessy and Eric Flores. In Nevada, he’s accused of organizing “armed protection” in an April 2014 standoff over impounding Cliven Bundy’s cattle. Payne’s attorney had also argued that his client’s plea should be withdrawn because Ammon Bundy — Cliven Bundy’s son — and others were acquitted of the same charges. Brown ruled that the plea stood on those grounds as well. “This is not a case in which there is a new question as to Payne’s factual innocence after the trial of his Co-Defen- dants,” Brown said. “Indeed, it remains undisputed that Payne was a leader of the occupation of the (Malheur National Wildlife Refuge).” Under the plea agreement, federal prosecutors were to recommend a 12-year sentence, but Payne could have argued for seven years. It is unclear if that recom- mended sentence will remain since no plea agreement has been reached in the Nevada case. Payne will be sentenced at a later date. landscapes while 13 percent felt it was somewhat or very unhealthy. Owyhee County Commis- sioner Kelly Aberasturi said the survey results were surprising but welcomed. “It makes a big difference when we know citizens in urban areas realize we are utilizing the resources properly,” he said. The overall population of the four-county region has increased by 65 percent in the past 25 years. It has increased by 109 percent in Canyon County and 91 percent in Ada County. In spite of that, the social cohesion among residents in the area remains solid, said UI sociologist J.D. Wulfhorst, a report author. He said that result is notable given the area’s population growth and is unheard of in other areas that have experi- enced rapid growth. that we had a culture that needed body cameras,” he said. “We weren’t getting excessive force complaints; we weren’t seeing complaints about officers’ attitudes on the street.” Porter said the department set aside $40,000 during the 2013-14 budget cycle for body cameras, but then the Oregon Legislature passed regulations as to when the cameras could be turned off, and how the data has to be stored and processed. 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