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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Four governors agree to work together for Northwest salmon By ANNETTE CARY Tri-City Herald PASCO, Wash. — The governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana have agreed to work together to rebuild the Columbia River system’s salmon and steelhead stocks. They may not all agree on the adequacy of the recently completed com- prehensive environmen- tal study of the Columbia and Snake hydrosystems, which resulted in a deci- sion by federal agencies in late September to maintain the four lower Snake River hydroelectric dams in East- ern Washington state. “However, regardless of those differences and separate from each state’s recourse, we commit to this ongoing collaboration,” said the agreement made public on Friday, Oct. 9. The four states will use the goals of the Colum- bia Basin Partnership Task Force for rebuilding 24 stocks of salmon and steel- head. They also will con- sider the social, cultural, economic and environmen- tal factors identified by the task force when deciding how to achieve those goals. The task force was formed by the Marine Fish- eries Advisory Commit- tee of the National Oceanic Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife/Contributed Photo, File The governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana have agreed to work together to rebuild the Columbia River system’s salmon and steelhead stocks. and Atmospheric Adminis- tration in 2017 and included the four states, Columbia Basin tribes and those with fishing, agriculture, con- servation, river transporta- tion, port and hydropower interests. Advancement of the goals will be done in a public process that includes state residents, federal agen- cies and tribes, which have treaty and cultural rights to natural resources and will include discussion of regional issues, the agree- ment said. The collaborative pro- cess among the four states is intended to provide a science-based approach to strategies and actions, the agreement said. It pledges to help improve fish stocks to uphold treaty rights, support state fishing Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY objectives and protect econ- omies dependent on the river. Eastern Washington communities have rallied to retain the lower Snake River dams that are used for barging farm crops and other goods, some irriga- tion, recreation and to sup- ply low-cost hydropower to the region. But elsewhere in the Breezy in the a.m.; mostly sunny 69° 48° 62° 40° Mostly sunny Sunny and pleasant Partial sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 61° 40° 65° 42° 74° 54° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 71° 51° 68° 40° 65° 40° 69° 40° 76° 56° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 61/50 Kennewick Walla Walla 64/48 Lewiston 63/50 73/51 Astoria 63/52 60/41 68/41 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 67/46 61/46 64/48 Portland Hermiston 64/50 The Dalles 71/51 Salem Corvallis 64/45 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 62/42 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 64/47 65/37 65/40 Ontario 69/45 72/44 67/29 0.01" 0.27" 0.20" 2.00" 4.80" 6.79" WINDS (in mph) Caldwell Burns 69° 60° 67° 39° 84° (1952) 20° (2008) 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 64/46 through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 59/37 63/46 0.07" 0.39" 0.38" 9.14" 10.90" 9.36" HERMISTON Enterprise 69/48 67/50 66° 53° 65° 41° 85° (1895) 24° (2008) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 60/46 Aberdeen 58/41 58/46 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 60/50 Today Wed. Boardman WSW 10-20 Pendleton SW 10-20 Medford 70/47 WSW 8-16 W 10-20 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 68/36 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 New 7:09 a.m. 6:12 p.m. 2:48 a.m. 5:11 p.m. First Full entifically founded,” North- west RiverPartners said. Salmon populations have declined worldwide in riv- ers with and without hydro- electric dams, with climate change likely to blame, it said. It cited the recently released Biological Opin- ion, in which NOAA Fisher- ies said that climate change appears to have a much larger effect on salmon sur- vival in the oceans than in rivers. NOAA Fisheries also said that chinook salmon may only have 20 to 30 years left in the region if the observed relationships between warming ocean temperatures and salmon survival remain steady. In addition, scientists at the University of Alaska pointed to a more hostile ocean environment due to climate change and salmon spending fewer years at sea as chinook salmon in Alas- ka’s rivers are significantly smaller than they were in 1960, Northwest RiverPart- ners said. The governors’ process needs to ensure the vitality of the hydropower system as a means to prevent more harm to salmon from cli- mate change and also harm to people, including from devastating wildfires, the organization said. Two recent calf deaths not from wolves By RONALD BOND La Grande Observer A couple of showers region, commercial fish- ing operations and recre- ational anglers have called for more drastic action than the new federal deci- sion to help threatened and endangered populations of salmon species. The federal decision calls for increas- ing the water spilled over four lower Columbia River dams and the four Lower Snake River dams to help fish passage. Northwest RiverPartners said it expects a multi-year effort under the agreement to establish processes and decision-making groups to find solutions for struggling salmon populations. The organization sup- ports the goals of the agree- ment, but stresses that the process must have scientific rigor and include a holis- tic look of salmon envi- ronments that includes the warming of the Pacific Ocean. Northwest RiverPart- ners represents commu- nity-owned utilities in six western states and farm- ers, ports and businesses that rely on hydropower and low-carbon transportation. “While there are many stakeholders who genuinely believe that dams have been the limiting factor in salmon recovery, recent research has shown that this anti- dam conclusion is not sci- LA GRANDE — Two of the most recent livestock dep- redations the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife investigated in Eastern Ore- gon lack any markings that point to a wolf. The kills occurred in late September, one in Union County, according to the ODFW investigation report, which showed 25 depre- dation exams from July to September. The first investigation was Sept. 23 after a live- stock producer found a dead 400-pound calf in a large pri- vate pasture in the Manning Creek area of Baker County. Investigators estimated the calf died the day before. “No attack or struggle scene was found,” according to ODFW’s report. “There were no pre-mortem bite marks or hemorrhage found on the carcass. The death of this calf was not wolf related.” A landowner in the McIn- tyre Road area of Union County found a dead 500- pound calf in a large for- ested private pasture on Sept. 24. The calf, investigators determined, died about three days before the examination on the carcass began. It was missing intestines and mus- cle tissue from its spine, ribs and hindquarters. The examination of the site found no signs of an attack or struggle, and this carcass also lacked pre-mortem bite marks or hemorrhaging. “The death of this calf was not wolf related,” the reported stated. Michelle Dennehy, ODFW communications director, said there is no evi- dence of the death falling in the same camp as recent mutilation cases that have been reported around the state. “There was nothing to suggest the death or missing parts were human caused,” she said. “The missing por- tions of the animal were con- sistent with scavenger activ- ity — not surprising since there was sign of coyotes, fox and scavenging birds at the scene. This is virtually always the case unless the carcass is found very quickly after death. Had there been evidence of human involve- ment it would become a potential criminal case and law enforcement would take over.” Dennehy said it’s not uncommon for livestock deaths not to be a depredation. “Most livestock, young and especially adults, die from non-predator causes,” she said. ODFW, though, does not determine what results in an animal’s death in cases it’s called to examine. “Our process only looks at whether or not it was wolf-re- lated, not cause of death,” she said. “Though we try to be helpful to the livestock owner, sometimes a veteri- nary pathologist is necessary to determine cause of death.” The case was one of four in Union County that ODFW examined in that three-month period. The state wildlife agency blamed the killing of a 550-pound calf in Septem- ber on the Five Points Pack and determined the Ruckel Ridge Pack in August killed a guard dog. Last NATIONAL EXTREMES IN BRIEF Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 104° in Thermal, Calif. Low 10° in Angel Fire, N.M. Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 31 Nov 8 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Protesters knock down Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland PORTLAND — Protesters overturned statues of former Presidents Theodore Roo- sevelt and Abraham Lincoln in Portland on Sunday, Oct. 11, in a declaration of “rage” toward Columbus Day. Protest organizers dubbed the event “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage,” in response to Monday’s federal holiday named after 15th-century Italian explorer Chris- topher Columbus, a polarizing figure who Native American advocates have said spurred centuries of genocide against indigenous pop- ulations in the Americas. The group threw chains around Roos- evelt’s statue, officially titled “Theodore Roo- sevelt, Rough Rider.” They threw red paint on the monument and began using a blowtorch on the statue’s base, news outlets reported. The crowd pulled down the statue just before 9 p.m. The group later turned their attention toward Lincoln’s statue, pulling it down about eight minutes later. Historians have said Roosevelt expressed hostility toward Native Americans, once say- ing: “I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are.” Protesters spray-painted “Dakota 38” on the base of Lincoln’s statue, referencing the 38 Dakota men Lincoln approved to have hanged after the men were involved in a violent con- flict with white settlers in Minnesota. After toppling the statues, the crowd began smashing windows at the Oregon Historical Society and later moved onto the Portland State University Campus Public Safety office. — Associated Press Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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