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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Friday, February 1, 2019 North Dakota Gov. Brown says feds must do sends team to help more to manage fire-prone land with Northwest measles breakout By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — The federal government needs to send more resources to do more forest thinning on public lands in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday as she searches for ways to stem wildfires that are getting big- ger and more dangerous. One possible option Brown said she would con- sider is allowing some fires to burn, but keeping them away from populated areas, as well as prescribed burns and increased thinning. “Fire is an instrumental part of maintaining a land- scape, a healthy landscape,” Brown told reporters in a con- ference call. But she is being cautious about the approach, citing a megafire in 2017 that wasn’t immediately snuffed out and that threatened the town of Brookings on the southern Oregon coast. “I still feel the pain of the Chetco Bar fire,” she said, referring to the blaze that scorched 190,000 acres over several months. Wildfire experts like John Bailey, an Oregon State University professor of silviculture and fire man- firmed 43 measles cases mostly clustered in south- west Washington. Most patients were under 10 and not immunized. Public health author- ities recommend that all children be vaccinated against the extremely con- tagious viral illness at ages 12 to 15 months and 4 to 6 years. Washington submit- ted a request for the spe- cialized team through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The mutual aid agency enables a disaster-impacted state to request and receive aid from other member states swiftly and efficiently. The Emergency Man- agement Assistance Com- pact has been ratified by the federal government in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Washington will reim- burse North Dakota’s expenses as outlined in the agency’s request. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is sending an emergency response team to assist in efforts to control an esca- lating measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest. The North Dakota Department of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response will deploy a five-member unit to relieve existing members of the Washington state response group, the Bis- marck Tribune reported. “We are pleased to assist with this serious public health emergency,” said Tim Wiedrich, Emer- gency Preparedness and Response’s section chief. “Our participation not only assists Washington but also strengthens our North Dakota response capabilities.” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on Jan. 25 because of the measles outbreak. Public health officials in the state have con- Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY A little afternoon rain Mostly cloudy with a little rain Rather cloudy with a bit of rain Cloudy, snow showers; colder Very cold with a snow shower 45° 40° 51° 39° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 47° 31° 34° 23° 32° 20° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 43° 38° 51° 40° 49° 34° 38° 25° OREGON FORECAST 33° 23° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Olympia 50/41 Kennewick Walla Walla 45/41 Lewiston 52/41 42/39 Astoria 52/41 44/39 41/28 Longview 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Pullman Yakima 38/33 51/40 47/40 Portland Hermiston 52/43 The Dalles 43/38 Salem Corvallis 51/41 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 44/37 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 52/41 48/35 51/41 Ontario 45/35 49/37 43/33 0.00" 1.53" 1.28" 1.53" 1.10" 1.28" WINDS (in mph) Caldwell Burns 35° 33° 44° 29° 69° (1971) -27° (1950) 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 52/42 through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 45/35 53/42 0.00" 2.07" 1.38" 2.07" 1.59" 1.38" HERMISTON Enterprise 45/40 43/38 33° 29° 43° 28° 70° (1995) -15° (1950) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 53/39 Aberdeen 39/37 34/30 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 53/43 agement, say fires make forests more fire-resilient and healthy. They advocate using prescribed burns more aggressively. As part of her efforts, Brown announced Wednes- day an executive order estab- lishing the Oregon Wildfire Response Council, tasked with evaluating the current response system to large fires. “We have to re-examine how we fight fire,” Brown said Thursday, noting the current model has been used for a century. She said fed- eral public lands have been mismanaged for many years. Since the 1970s, there has been little timber harvest- ing on federal lands, with a resulting increase of 57 per- cent more standing timber in the United States than existed in 1953, according to a study by Donald Healy, a forestry expert from Lyn- nwood, Washington, who formerly worked for wood products company Boise Cascade. He said the situ- ation has “set the stage for disastrous forest fires.” The council Brown estab- lished is to make recommen- dations in September on the future of Oregon’s wildfire response infrastructure. She said Democrats and Republi- cans will be members as well as Native Americans, and that it will ramp up quickly. If its recommendations require changes in state law, legislation could be prepared for the Legislature in time for its 2020 session, Brown said. Some recommendations could be handled by execu- tive order, though determin- ing funding could take a year or two. Council chairman Matt Donegan should also make sure federal partners are fully engaged, Brown said. The U.S. Forest Service doesn’t currently dedicate enough resources to properly thin national forests, Brown complained in the confer- ence call. U.S. Forest Ser- vice land comprises about 14 million acres in Oregon, or roughly one-quarter of the state. Brown and the governors of California and Washing- ton state wrote President Donald Trump on Jan. 8 about the issue. “The federal government is a major landowner and a critical partner in prevent- ing, fighting, and recovering from wildfires,” Brown, Cal- ifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told Trump. They asked the president to double the investment for managing federal forests in the three states, noting that the federal forest manage- ment budgets have remained flat in recent years. Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertsch- iger Jr., of Grants Pass, said he’s encouraged by the gov- ernor’s actions. “This is a great first step, but we need to take a serious look at how we man- age our forests, including creating a long term 100- year plan to prevent these massive fires from occurring in the first place,” Baertsch- iger said. ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle KATU-TV via AP/Tristan Fortsch, File This Sept. 4, 2017, file photo, shows a wildfire as seen from near Stevenson Wash., across the Columbia River, burning in the Columbia River Gorge above Cascade Locks. Boardman Pendleton Medford 53/42 Today Sat. NNE 3-6 S 6-12 NE 3-6 NE 6-12 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 47/35 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 7:17 a.m. 5:01 p.m. 5:12 a.m. 2:19 p.m. New First Full Last Feb 4 Feb 12 Feb 19 Feb 26 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 79° in Tamiami, Fla. Low -53° in Cotton, Minn. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Police: Man executed in Texas in 1999 killed Oregon woman PORTLAND (AP) — A convicted murderer called the “Animal,” who was exe- cuted by the state of Texas in 1999, has been identi- fied by DNA as the person who killed a young woman in Portland nearly 40 years ago. Anna Marie Hlavka, 20, was killed in an apartment on July 24, 1979. Authori- ties said Thursday her killer, Jerry McFadden, was iden- tified using the same tech- nology that led to an arrest last year in California in the “Golden State Killer” case. Hlavka was sexually assaulted and strangled with an electric cord. The Port- land Police Bureau said at a news conference retired detectives submitted evi- dence to the state crime lab in 2009 for forensic testing. Authorities said that evi- dence eventually showed McFaddden, who was exe- cuted in Texas for the rape and killing of an 18-year- old high school cheerleader, was Hlavka’s killer. The 51-year-old McFad- den was a notorious crim- inal in Texas. He was sentenced to death for a daylong murder rampage in 1986 that took the life of the cheerleader as well as two other people. Authorities said it took years of research and detec- tive work to determine that The News-Journal via AP/Kevin Green, File In this Aug. 31, 1999, file photo, convicted murderer Jerry “Animal” McFadden, left, looks at his attorney Vernard Sol- omon, right, while Upshur County Sheriff R.D. “Buck” Cross, center, follows him out of the Upshur County Courtroom af- ter his execution date was set in Gilmer, Texas. McFadden killed Hlavka. Portland police said an “unknown male DNA pro- file” was found in 2011 in evidence collected from the scene of the 1979 slay- ing. The profile was deemed especially good considering how much time had passed. From 2012 to 2016, detec- tives collected and submit- ted eight subjects’ DNA pro- files in an attempt to identify the killer, but authorities said all came back negative. Last May detectives researched forensic geneal- ogy using unidentified DNA profiles from homicides scenes, the technology used to bring about the May 2018 arrest of the suspect in the “Golden State Killer” case. Detectives contacted Parabon NanoLabs and the Oregon State Police Crime Lab and it was determined that the evidence from the Portland cold case was a good candidate for that technology. Scientists were able to map three of the four famil- ial lines of the Portland killer and identified him as McFadden. Detectives traveled to Texas to interview McFad- den’s relatives and obtain further DNA samples. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s ice 50s 60s cold front E AST O REGONIAN — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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