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Wallowa Co. man to join Water Resources Commission
Sept. 22.
“I guess
it either
means I was
qualified or
nobody else
a p p l i e d ,”
Wolfe
Wolfe said.
“I had a
couple friends hit me up
about applying. They felt I
would be a good candidate.
I’ve always been interested in
water law and become fairly
averse about how it applies to
my property specifically. The
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
WA L L OWA — A
Wallowa County man is set to
join a state committee.
Woody Wolfe, who owns
a farm between Wallowa
and Lostine, was recently
appointed to the Oregon
Water Resources Commis-
sion by Oregon Gov. Kate
Brown. The appointment
awaits a final confirmation by
the state senators, with a vote
set to come today, Wednesday,
resource of water is one of the
most valuable. I have been
diligent to understand how
that works.”
Wolfe is filling a vacancy
in the seven-person commis-
sion left by Bruce Corn,
according to Elizabeth Merah,
press secretary for Brown.
“He will represent the
Eastern Region, consisting of
the Owyhee, Malheur, Grande
Ronde, Malheur Lake, Middle
Snake and Powder drainage
basins,” Merah wrote in an
email to the Chieftain. “Mr.
Wolfe will work with the
other commission members
in carrying out the duties of
the commission. ... As he
will represent the Eastern
Region (as described above),
he will bring his perspectives
on that region to contribute
to the statewide goals of the
commission.”
The Water Resources
Commission sets statewide
water resources policy and
oversees the work of the Water
Resources Department. Five
commission members each
ODFW kills three Lookout Mountain wolves
pack are authorized to kill up to two other
wolves total.
ODFW estimates the pack consisted of nine
wolves, a count prior to the Sept. 17 killing of
three wolves.
By targeting the breeding male, ODFW
hopes to still allow the breeding female to raise
any remaining juveniles. Reducing the number
of juveniles she will need to feed increases the
likelihood that some will survive, according to
a press release from the agency.
The group Defenders of Wildlife criticized
Fish and Wildlife’s decision to kill wolves.
“Whenever wolves are put on the chop-
ping block, it is a tragedy,” said Sristi Kamal,
senior northwest representative for Defend-
ers of Wildlife. “Lethal control is never a long-
term solution and any pups that will be killed
under these permits did not even participate in
the hunts. There are better solutions than just
killing wolves to cultivate social acceptance.
Investments in proactive non-lethal efforts can
do much more for promoting coexistence.”
Baker City Herald
BAKER CITY — Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife employees killed three
wolves Friday, Sept. 17, from the Lookout
Mountain Pack in eastern Baker County,
including the pack’s breeding male.
ODFW workers also killed a yearling male
and a 5-month-old pup. Six wolves were seen
during a flight, according to Fish and Wildlife.
The wolves were on private land near a dead
calf, and ODFW is investigating what appears
to be another attack by wolves on cattle. Wolves
from the pack killed a 6-month-old calf four
days earlier about eight miles away. Lookout
Mountain wolves have killed at least six head
of cattle, and injured two others, since mid July.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
announced on Sept. 16 that agency workers
intended to kill up to four wolves from pack,
including the breeding male. ODFW is not
targeting the pack’s breeding female. In addi-
tion, four ranchers who have lost cattle to the
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represent one of the regional
river basins, and two members
represent a portion of the
state in an “at-large” capac-
ity.” Commission members
are appointed to the position
by the governor, confirmed
by the Senate and serve four-
year terms.
Wolfe said he sees the
appointment and subsequent
service as a learning opportu-
nity and to be on the forefront,
he said, of the changes he
believes are coming concern-
ing water use.
“I have extensive knowl-
edge of the geographical
region of a small part of
Wallowa County,” he said.
“Part of my task will be
applying what I know and
manipulating that to under-
stand how things work
in Ontario or Burns, or
places that are geographi-
cally different and having
the thought process of ‘Can
things work there or can it
not apply.’”
The term Wolfe is serving
runs through June 30, 2025.
IN BRIEF
Wallowa-Whitman’s new
supervisor starts next month
PORTLAND — The Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest soon will have a new leader.
Shaun McKinney will become the super-
visor for the 2.4-million-acre Wallowa-Whit-
man, which is based in Baker City.
Glenn Casamassa, Pacific Northwest
regional forester for the U.S. Forest Service,
announced Monday, Sept. 20, that McKinney
will start his new job in late October.
McKinney will replace Thomas Montoya.
McKinney joins the Forest Service from
the West National Technology Support
Center, where he leads a team providing
direct assistance, training and innovative
natural resources technological solutions
to USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service staff throughout the western United
States.
“Shaun has worked in both public and
private land conservation, drawing on
his background as a fisheries biologist to
inform his strategic direction and oversight
of a large team tasked with developing and
implementing innovative technical solutions
for field science staff working on a variety
of complex natural resource issues,” Casa-
massa said in a press release. “His consider-
able experience in organizational leadership,
science-based decision-making, and innova-
tive problem-solving will serve him well as
he serves the residents and communities of
Eastern Oregon as Forest Supervisor on the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.”
McKinney has a masters of fisheries
science and statistics from Oregon State
University and a bachelor of science from
Michigan State University.
“I’m looking forward to returning to the
Blue Mountains, where I began my career, to
work together with the staff, communities and
partners on healthy ecosystems and economies.
It will be an exciting next chapter filled with
challenges and opportunities,” McKinney said.
Amazon to open distribution
center, will hire 1,500 workers
PASCO — Amazon plans to hire more
than 1,500 full-time employees when it opens
two new Pasco warehouses next year.
The massive international company is
expanding in the Tri-Cities with the construc-
tion of two distribution centers just west of
Highway 12, a company spokeswoman said
Thursday, Sept. 16, in an email to the Tri-City
Herald.
Each warehouse will be more than 1
million square feet.
Together, the infrastructure, both ware-
houses and support buildings will cost more
than $200 million, according to building
permits — some of which were just issued
TSept. 16.
The warehouses will be among the largest
in North America. Amazon currently oper-
ates a call center in Kennewick.
“We are proud of the partnership that we
have built with Amazon to locate these new
operations facilities in our community,” said
Pasco Mayor Saul Martinez in a news release.
“This will have a long-term impact on Pasco,
and it’s an opportunity to open new career
paths in industries like logistics, retail, and
technology with a company that is known
for innovating.”
All the new jobs at the warehouses that
have been labeled “Project Oyster” and “Proj-
ect Pearl” in building permits and documents
filed with the state will be full time.
The company said that it hasn’t started
hiring yet but once fully staffed, Amazon will
be among the Top 10 employers in the Tri-Cit-
ies, according to information from TRIDEC.
Only Lamb Weston and Pasco School
District would have more employees than
Amazon in Franklin County.
The Observer/File
The renovation of the historic Liberty The-
atre in downtown La Grande — shown here
in its earlier stages — is about 80% com-
plete, its supporters said in September 2021.
Liberty Theatre Foundation
gets financial boost from trust
LA GRANDE — The Liberty Theatre
Foundation has received a major financial
boost to move it closer to completion of the
the historic building’s renovation.
The foundation recently was awarded a
grant of $250,000 from the Washington-based
MJ Murdock Charitable Trust, it announced
Monday, Sept. 20.
“The Liberty Theatre Foundation is
very grateful to the Murdock Charita-
ble Trust for this generous grant award,’’
Ashley O’Toole, foundation chairman, said
in a press release. “When an organization
of their stature has such a high belief in our
project and confidence in our abilities, it
gives us all the more motivation and confi-
dence that we can get it done — despite the
challenges we’ve been facing during the
pandemic.”
Receipt of the funds is anticipated in early
October and the money is expected to help
carry the project into early 2022.
In the release, O’Toole said the renovation
is about 80% complete. He added the grant
will help bring the remaining funding cap
within reach of closing.
Three horses in Grant County
die in collision with pickup
GRANT COUNTY — A pickup the
morning of Wednesday, Sept. 15, struck and
killed three horses on Laycock Creek Road
and Highway 26 after fleeing from a pasture
nearly 6 miles away.
Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley
in a press release reported crash resulted in
the closure of both lanes on Highway 26 for
roughly one hour in both directions.
McKinley’s press release also noted one of
the horses had to be euthanized at the scene
after the collision.
According to McKinley’s press release,
an attempt was made to locate the owners of
the horses that ran east of Highway 26 to no
avail. Additionally, the press release noted it
is unknown what spooked the horses to flee
the pasture.
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