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OFF PAGE ONE Tuesday, May 2, 2017 East Oregonian Page 9A BEES: DeBano figures she has been stung fewer than a dozen times Continued from 1A out how valuable bees are for farmers, pollinating roughly $3 billion worth of crops in North America alone. The federal government even developed a National Polli- nator Health Strategy under former President Barack Obama in 2015 that aimed to restore honeybee colonies to sustainable levels by 2025. But DeBano said there are still gaps in knowledge when it comes to wild bees and how they interact with the environment. “It’s surprising how little we know about them,” she said. For years, DeBano studied how livestock grazing affected bees on the Zumwalt Prairie in Wallowa County. In 2014, she agreed to collab- orate with the U.S. Forest Service on the Starkey Exper- imental Forest, expanding the project’s scope to include deer and elk. “That really hasn’t been done,” she said. “We know deer and elk eat different things on average from live- stock.” DeBano and her team combined on-the-ground surveys of bees at Meadow Creek with historical research into the diets of deer and elk to determine where there may be overlap. It has been no easy feat, considering they identified more than 180 species of bees and 116 Photo contributed by Mary Rowland Sandy DeBano, associate professor at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, nets wild bees as part of a research project at the Starkey Exper- imental Forest and Range. species of wildflowers in bloom. “It’s tough,” DeBano said with a smile. “You have very distinct groups of bees and flowers progressing over the summer and the growing season.” Catching bees is done using simple traps or nets, and DeBano figures she’s been stung fewer than a dozen times. The team plans to return to the field for a fourth consecutive summer beginning in May, and this year will also mark the first time cattle are introduced on the landscape. DeBano said working at Starkey has been a great experience, with ample ecological data already at their fingertips. “I had never worked in a forested system before,” she said. “It was a chance to do bee work in riparian areas, which was a big plus.” The results of the study could have additional impacts on wildlife management to preserve the health of pollina- tors, DeBano said, and may also help farmers to know what plants they can incor- porate around their fields to possibly lure native bees. “I think there are a lot of practical applications, for sure,” she said. “The more you understand the cumulative effects of certain management practices, the more informed decisions you can make.” ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0825. Senate passes bill to allow removal of guns from those at ‘imminent risk’ By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — People deemed at “imminent risk” of killing themselves or injuring others could have their guns taken away under a bill the Oregon Senate passed Monday. Senate Bill 719, which goes to the House, was approved largely along party lines, 17-11. But 16 Democrats were joined in support by Repub- lican Brian Boquist of Dallas, who lost his oldest son and Navy veteran to suicide more than a year ago — and three soldiers under his Army command to suicide after they returned from the Iraq War more than a decade ago. Ten Republicans were joined in opposition by Democrat Betsy Johnson of Scappoose. Two others were absent. “Everyone wants to promote this as a gun bill. It’s not,” said Boquist, the bill’s main floor manager. “We want to make sure individuals do not lose their gun rights. We are trying to help family members help those individuals.” The bill allows members of a person’s immediate household — or police at their request — to seek an “extreme risk protection order” from a judge to deny possession of firearms if the person is at imminent risk of suicide or a danger to others. The judge would have to decide on the request that day or the next judicial day, but the petitioner would have to present “clear and convincing evidence” to justify the order. A person would have 30 days to request a hearing to rescind an order. “We are targeting only those individuals who want to commit suicide and unfortunately may murder their spouse, their children or their roommate in the house,” Boquist said. “This is not some broad, sweeping confiscation like you see in Breitbart News.” Boquist said similar processes already are in place in several states, among them Connecticut, California and Washington, where voters in 2016 approved a ballot measure containing it. He said the Washington law is broader than SB 719. Perhaps because a fellow Republican was its chief manager, Republican oppo- nents refrained from harsh criticism. Sen. Kim Thatcher of Keizer, one of two Repub- licans to oppose it in the Senate Judiciary Committee, complained it was too vague. Sen. Alan Olsen, R-Canby, also an Army veteran, said the real answer is an expansion of mental health services. Boquist said he agreed, but he took a political beating when he teamed up in 2013 with Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, to secure more money for mental health through higher tobacco taxes. The bill drew expected criticism and praise from the usual interest groups. The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action called the bill “unnecessary and goes far beyond existing law,” but avoided personal references to Boquist. 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