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Friday, October 11, 2019
State’s no-hunting buffer removed from Wallowa Lake area
ODFW changes
have residents
concerned about
safety of residents
By STEVE TOOL
AND ELLEN MORRIS
BISHOP
EO Media Group
ENTERPRISE — A
change to the state’s hunt-
ing regulations has Wal-
lowa County residents ask-
ing questions.
In the 2019 Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife hunting regula-
tions, a quarter-mile-wide
no-hunting buffer around
the perimeter of Wallowa
Lake was removed. Res-
idents and business own-
ers have expressed con-
cern that hunting in this
area of private residences
would endanger human
safety, and given the tame
nature of the deer, was
unsportsmanlike.
Residents and busi-
ness owners in the Wal-
lowa Lake Village area
expressed strong concerns
about ODFW’s omission of
regulations that prohibited
deer hunting in their resi-
dential neighborhoods.
“The deer here are a
tourist attraction, worth a
lot to Wallowa County,”
Susan Esvelt said. “They
EO Media Group Photo/Ellen Morris Bishop
Mule deer in Wallowa Lake Village and the Wallowa Lake State Park are tame and very habituated to people. This has prompted
concern by residents and business owners that hunting in the area, much of which is densely populated, is not very sports-
man-like, will reduce the tourist attraction that the deer provide, and may cause injury to people, as well as damaging property.
walk right up to people.
These aren’t wild deer.
This isn’t hunting. It isn’t
sportsmanlike.”
Beyond the deer, resi-
dents also worried about
hunting in such a highly
populated area.
Jill Zundel, who worked
at Wallowa Lake Lodge
as a teenager, now spends
summer and early fall in
the family’s longtime cabin
along the Wallowa River,
and worries about the safety
of her and her dog.
“I don’t think anyone
should hunt these deer.
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said. “ODFW should have
left it as it was.”
Jarman said he had not
encountered any hunters, or
heard any shots.
“But there doesn’t seem
to be as many deer here as
there used to be,” he noted.
Wallowa County com-
OHA holds daily meetings to
prepare for flavored vape ban
By KRISTIAN
FODEN-VENCIL
Oregon Public Broadcasting
SALEM — The Oregon
Health Authority is holding
daily meetings to figure out
new rules for the governor’s
six-month ban on flavored
vaping products.
The OHA team is made
up of disease prevention
experts, as well as represen-
tatives from Oregon’s med-
ical marijuana program, the
Oregon State Public Health
Laboratory and the Oregon
Department of Justice.
OHA spokesperson, Jon-
athan Modie, said they’re
figuring out everything
from how to enforce the ban,
to what constitutes a flavor.
“The temporary rules
will define what a flavored
vaping product is,” Modie
said. “Those would include
sort of the obvious ones, the
fruit flavored ones, the cot-
ton candy flavored ones and
those things. It also would
apply to menthol.”
Modie expects any fla-
vor that makes vape easier
to consume will be banned.
But nicotine and cannabis
are not expected to be listed
as flavors.
The OHA plans to file
temporary rules by the end
of the week.
“Those will be filed with
the Secretary of State’s
office and once they are
filed, they are in effect,”
Modie said.
Enforcement of fla-
vored vape products con-
taining nicotine will fall to
the state police and local
county health departments.
Enforcement of products
containing the psychoac-
tive ingredient of cannabis,
THC, are the responsibility
of the Oregon Liquor Con-
trol Commission.
The OLCC expects to be
running compliance checks
as early as this weekend.
Health officials in Wash-
ington formally adopted
a similar, temporary ban
Wednesday. The new rule
is expected to go into effect
on Thursday.
PRECIPITATION
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They’re like pets,” she said.
At the Scenic Meadows
RV Park, where go-carts
occupy the track during the
summer, owner Greg Jar-
man said the area should
remain a no-hunting zone.
“The whole idea of hunt-
ing here is a little crazy,” he
missioners can designate
the area a no-hunting zone.
“We have received some
complaints from residents,”
said Commissioner John
Hillock. “We hope that
hunters are responsible,
and don’t hunt where they
shouldn’t. But if people
want us to do something,
we’ll talk about it.”
Wallowa Lake State
Park Superintendent Mac
Freeborn said he had not
heard of the rule change.
But because hunting is not
permitted in Oregon State
Parks, the change would
have little effect on the area
he manages.
By way of explanation
for the regulation change,
ODDFW’s Shane Talley
said because the vast major-
ity of the land around Wal-
lowa Lake is private prop-
erty, the ODFW removed
the no-hunting buffer in the
interest of simplification.
Now, private landown-
ers can decide whether to
let individuals hunt on their
property, or not.
As Talley warned, the
area is not a free range for
hunting and hunters are
responsible for hunting
only on the land on which
they have permission to
hunt.
“Ignorance of the law is
no excuse,” he said. “It’s up
to hunters to know where
they are.”
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BRIEFLY
1 dead after police use
‘deadly force’ in St. Helens
ST. HELENS — Officials say police used
deadly force on a person after a reported shoot-
ing in St. Helens.
Police shut down U.S. 30 north of Portland
between mileposts 35 and 36 around 5:30 a.m.
Wednesday after responding to reports of a
shooting at a St. Helens Chevron gas station.
Around 5:15 p.m., the city of St. Helens con-
firmed that a suspect, Michael Thomas Veatch,
32, of Washington, was dead at the scene.
City employees did not say exactly how the
man died.
Oregon State Police is leading an
investigation.
Man pleads no contest in
Lebanon Walmart arson
ALBANY — A Lacomb-area man has
pleaded no contest to arson in connection with
a chemical fire at the Lebanon Walmart that
prompted evacuations and forced the store to
close for nearly a week.
The Democrat Herald reported 50-year-old
Joel Reynolds entered the plea Wednesday in
Linn County Circuit Court.
Defense attorney Erik Moeller says he and
the prosecution reached an agreement in which
Reynolds will serve over seven years in prison
and have another charge of arson dismissed.
A probable cause affidavit says a witness
told authorities that Reynolds mixed brake
fluid with pool chemicals inside the store on
May 14.
The witness said as Reynolds left the busi-
ness, he told her the store would be “up in
smoke” and police would arrive soon. Doc-
uments say another witness told police that
Reynolds had talked about wanting to set a fire
at the Lebanon Walmart because he was upset
with the store.
He was previously convicted of theft from
the store.
Oregon Coast Aquarium
plans $18 million renovation
NEWPORT — The Oregon Coast Aquar-
ium announced a fundraising campaign for an
$18 million renovation, which would remodel
existing facilities and add a marine rehabili-
tation center, as well as an outdoor play area.
The aquarium in Newport announced the
plans on Wednesday.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports this
would be the first major remodel since open-
ing to the public in 1992. In that time, officials
say the attraction has drawn some 15 million
visitors.
The Oregon Coast Aquarium remains
a popular attraction, drawing more than
420,000 visitors each year.
— Associated Press
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