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ODFW approves killing more Chesnimnus Pack wolves
State authorizes
lethal take for
four wolves
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
JOSEPH — The Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife has approved kill-
ing more wolves from
the Chesnimnus Pack in
Wallowa County to curb
attacks on livestock.
ODFW issued its second
kill permit for Chesnimnus
wolves on Friday, June 17,
after two yearling males were
removed from the pack under
a separate permit earlier this
spring.
Since April 25, ODFW
biologists have attributed five
confirmed and two “proba-
ble” depredations of cattle to
the pack in grazing pastures
north of Joseph. The two
most recent incidents were
investigated June 4.
The agency issued its first
permit April 29 to cull two
wolves from the pack. One
yearling male was shot May 3
and the second on June 10.
Days later, ODFW again
authorized lethal take — this
time for four Chesnimnus
wolves, citing an ongoing
threat to livestock in the area.
The permit runs through
July 17.
The decision has again
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife/Contributed Photo, File
The breeding male of the new Chesnimnus Pack walks into camera view in December 2018 during the winter survey on U.S.
Forest Service land in northern Wallowa County. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials on Friday, June 17, 2022,
issued a second kill permit for Chesnimnus wolves.
Defenders of Wildlife, said
that if the latest permit is
fully executed, it will jeop-
ardize the survival of the
Chesnimnus Pack. The pack
had at least nine members by
the end of 2021, according to
ODFW’s annual population
survey.
“We are hoping that
ODFW will not target help-
inflamed emotions among
both ranchers and wild-
life advocates who disagree
sharply about how wolves
should be managed. Oregon
has at least 175 wolves state-
wide, though that is a mini-
mum estimate based on
verified evidence.
Sristi Kamal, senior
Northwest representative for
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Two more blood
drives remain
before year’s end
By DICK MASON
The Observer
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LA GRANDE — The
community of La Grande is
on pace to have its best year
for blood donations in at least
two decades.
A total of 232 units of
blood were collected earlier
this month during a two-day
American Red Cross blood
drive in La Grande, boost-
ing the total number of units
donated during 2022 in
three two-day blood drives
to 678. The strong results
mean La Grande, with a
pair of two-day blood drives
remaining in 2022, is on
track to collect 1,130 units for
the year, 165 units more than
the 965 units collected in
2021 and 487 more than the
total of 643 donated in 2020.
La Grande is part of the
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American Red Cross’ Idaho
District, which encompasses
all of Idaho and a portion of
Eastern Oregon.
“La Grande has the most
productive two-day blood
drives in the district,” accord-
ing to Stephen Dalmas,
manager of the Idaho
District.
Dalmas gives much of
the credit for La Grande’s
successful blood drives to
the work of its managers, the
husband and wife team of
Linda and Sheldon Strand.
He said their work is the
reason the blood drives are
well run.
The total 232 units
donated during the June
drive exceeded the Strands’
goal of 220 units. It also was
the highest total donated
during an American Red
Cross blood drive this year.
A total 202 people donated
during the June blood draw,
which was conducted at the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. The total
included Phil Gillette, of
La Grande, who said he felt
compelled to donate because
of the unpredictable times
the United States is experi-
encing.
“With all the stuff going
on in the country, I know my
blood is needed,” Gillette
said at the blood drive.
Everyone at the blood
drive was required to wear
masks because Oregon rules
addressing COVID-19 proto-
col in medical facilities make
them mandatory. Sheldon
Strand explained that the site
of a blood drive is consid-
ered to be a temporary medi-
cal facility in the eyes of the
state.
The two remaining 2022
American Red Cross blood
drives in La Grande will be
conducted Sept. 13-14 and
Nov. 8-9. Each will run from
noon to 6 p.m. the first day
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the
second day at the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 1802 Gekeler Lane.
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ing, since there were no
further documented depre-
dations after the June 10 take
of the second wolf from the
pack.
“This permit feels unjus-
tified,” she said.
Ranchers, meanwhile,
have argued for killing the
entire Chesnimnus Pack,
claiming that nonlethal
La Grande blood donations
on pace to top 1,000 units
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less pups again but that
means the permit will essen-
tially wipe out most of the
adult and yearling members,”
Kamal said in a statement.
“Depending on which two
(or) three wolves are left, the
survival chances of the pups
decreases significantly.”
Kamal said the timing of
the permit was also concern-
deterrents such as patrolling
cattle and adjusting grazing
schedules are not working to
prevent losses.
John Williams, wolf
committee co-chairman
for the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Association, said one heav-
ily affected producer on Crow
Creek has done everything
humanly possible to keep
wolves away from his herd.
“ He’s st i l l get t i ng
harassed, cattle chased
and run through fences,”
Williams said. “It’s ongo-
ing and it’s continuing. The
wolves that are there have
decided to turn to livestock.”
ODFW agreed, stating
that while the rancher has
increased human presence to
scare off wolves and removed
potential attractants such as
bone piles and carcasses,
attacks on cattle have contin-
ued.
“Based upon all evidence
available, ODFW believes
that cattle continue to be at
high risk of wolf depreda-
tion in this area,” the agency
wrote.
Under Phase III of
Oregon’s Wolf Conserva-
tion and Management Plan,
ODFW can consider killing
wolves to protect livestock
east of highways 395, 78
and 95 after two confirmed
depredations in nine months.
Wolves in the western
two-thirds of Oregon remain
a federally protected species.
Summerville man injured in
paragliding accident
LA GRANDE — A 25-year-old Summer-
ville man was injured in a late-afternoon
paragliding accident Monday, June 20, on a
steep hillside close to a half mile north of the
west Interstate 84 La Grande exit.
The accident was reported at about
3:45 p.m., according to Union County Emer-
gency Manager Nick Vora.
Union County Sheriff Cody Bowen
arrived at the accident site first and directed
first responder traffic to it, Vora said.
Rescuers had to hike up a steep hill to
reach the injured man. First responders
packed the patient into a wheeled Stokes
basket and brought him down the hill to a
waiting emergency helicopter, which had
landed at a gravel pit about 500 yards from
the base of the slope. The man had potentially
life-threatening injuries, and the helicopter
flew him at about 5 p.m. to a trauma center in
Richland, Washington, Vora said.
The patient, who was alone, called 911 with
his cellphone. The Union County Dispatch
Center was able to find him by using Global
Positioning System equipment, which deter-
mines a cellphone’s coordinates.
The city of La Grande Fire Department,
Union County Sheriff’s Office, Union County
Search and Rescue, La Grande Rural Fire
Department, Oregon State Police and Life
Flight Network all responded to the accident.
Vora said teamwork among the first
responders allowed them to get the injured
man off the hillside and to the trauma center
quickly.
“This really exemplifies how well the
people from all these agencies work well
together as a team,” he said.
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