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East Oregonian
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Audit flags problems
with city of Portland’s
environmental agency
PORTLAND (AP) — A
new audit finds problems
with how the city of Port-
land is managing environ-
mental restoration projects
and “green streets” designed
to control stormwater.
OPB reports that the
Bureau of Environmental
Services is spending mil-
lions on projects aimed
at improving water qual-
ity, restoring wildlife habi-
tat and preventing flooding,
but auditors with the city of
Portland found the bureau
often can’t prove those proj-
ects are meeting their goals.
This year, the bureau
invested $13 million in res-
toration projects and green
streets. Auditors say the
agency needs a better sys-
tem for measuring the bene-
fits of those investments.
“The Bureau cannot
report on overall progress
because there is no inven-
tory of restoration projects
on which to base report-
ing, none of the projects we
reviewed had quantifiable
goals, and there are no pro-
tocols for consistent mon-
itoring or data collection,”
the audit states.
Kaitlin Lovell, science
Idaho to pay
$260,000 in
legal fees in
dairy spying
lawsuit
integration division man-
ager for the Bureau of
Environmental
Services,
said the bureau has plenty
of evidence that its resto-
ration projects have been
successful.
“We know they have been
effective by having salmon
swimming in urban streams
and by having a swimmable
Willamette River,” she said.
“What they’re asking us to
do is to be more quantifiable
— to really demonstrate we
are getting a return on our
investment in a much more
tangible way, and we think
we can do that.”
Lovell said the bureau
agrees with the audit’s con-
clusions and plans to collect
more data at the beginning
of its restoration projects to
help measure the benefits
over time.
The city’s “green streets”
use plants alongside roads
to absorb stormwater and
prevent sewer backups and
overflows. But auditors
found the bureau doesn’t
have a way of determining
where they’re most needed
or how well they’re work-
ing. Plus, it’s failing to
inspect and maintain them.
By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
High holidays
Visitors to the Astoria Column admire the view from the top of the landmark,
which is decorated for the holidays.
Forecast for Pendleton Area
TODAY
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and
colder
Plenty of sunshine,
but cold
31° 19°
32° 19°
BRIEFLY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
chilly
Officials confirm 10th sea lion
killed by gunshot wound
SUNDAY
Rather cloudy; ice
at night
Cloudy
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
34° 21°
36° 22°
36° 25°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
37° 23°
35° 23°
35° 24°
37° 25°
OREGON FORECAST
37° 27°
ALMANAC
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PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yest.
HIGH
LOW
TEMP.
Seattle
Olympia
45/27
34/18
39/18
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
32/21
Lewiston
44/24
37/21
Astoria
48/29
Pullman
Yakima 38/17
43/22
36/19
Portland
Hermiston
45/30
The Dalles 37/23
Salem
Corvallis
43/20
Yesterday
Normals
Records
La Grande
31/11
PRECIPITATION
John Day
Eugene
Bend
42/24
31/12
34/12
Ontario
33/15
Caldwell
Burns
41°
33°
42°
29°
67° (1982) 2° (2013)
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
Albany
44/22
0.00"
0.01"
0.22"
6.97"
8.77"
8.69"
Today
Boardman
Pendleton
Medford
50/27
SEATTLE (AP) — A necropsy has deter-
mined that a sea lion died from a gunshot
wound, marking the 10th to have been found
shot and killed in the Puget Sound.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports
the Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding
Network confirmed the death of the sea lion
found in west Seattle last week.
Sixteen dead sea lions have been reported
in King and Kitsap counties in recent
months. Some of the deaths were caused by
“acute trauma,” including encounters with
humans or attacks by other animals.
Killing sea lions is illegal under the fed-
eral Marine Mammal Act. It’s punishable by
up to a year in prison and a $25,000 fine.
The Marine Animal Rescue and Sea
Shepherd Seattle are offering rewards for
information about the shootings that leads to
an arrest.
Neighbors band together
to delay work on housing
development
MUKILTEO,
WINDS (in mph)
31/15
27/-1
0.00"
0.01"
0.18"
8.88"
15.33"
11.65"
through 3 p.m. yest.
HIGH
LOW
TEMP.
Pendleton 30/9
46/24
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
HERMISTON
Enterprise
31/19
38/24
40°
26°
41°
28°
70° (1923) -1° (1972)
PRECIPITATION
Moses
Lake
43/21
Aberdeen
33/18
35/19
Tacoma
Yesterday
Normals
Records
Spokane
Wenatchee
45/28
BOISE, Idaho — An ani-
mal welfare group on Tues-
day applauded a court ruling
ordering the state of Idaho
to pay $260,000 to attorneys
for animal rights groups
after federal courts said the
state’s law banning spying at
farms, dairies and slaughter-
houses violated free speech
rights.
“We hope this award
sends a strong message that
Ag-Gag laws, which are
designed to insulate factory
farms from public scrutiny,
are not only bad policy but
illegal as well,” said John
Seber of Mercy for Animals
in a statement to The Associ-
ated Press.
U.S. District Court Chief
Judge B. Lynn Winmill
issued the order Friday as
part of a settlement between
Idaho Attorney General
Lawrence Wasden and the
Animal Legal Defense Fund
and others.
The attorney general’s
office declined comment.
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MCKAY CREEK ESTATES
Thu.
NE 4-8
NNW 4-8
Wash.
banded together and parked their cars in the
path of a bulldozer to successfully block the
construction of a housing development in
Mukilteo.
Residents on Monday kept crews from
accessing the 0.03 square miles of land that
are set to become the 112 homes of Frognal
Estates.
The confrontation ended after a brief
stalemate. A deputy responded but issued no
citations or warnings. The workers left.
Snohomish County planners say the
developer, Integral Northwest, has permits
to put up erosion-control fences and log the
property.
The neighbors aren’t sure what will hap-
pen this week. They are in an appeals pro-
cess with a hearing set for mid-February.
Bill Lider, an engineer with the Sno-King
Watershed Council, a group fighting the
project in court, says the council intends to
seek a court order this week to stay the ini-
tial work.
NE 3-6
N 4-8
SUN AND MOON
Klamath Falls
39/18
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4:12 p.m.
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NATIONAL EXTREMES
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 88° in Marathon, Fla. Low -20° in Daniel, Wyo.
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
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