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November 4, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
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After Grizzly Bear fire, silting danger slight, little
concern about wildlife survival, scientists say
eas, but the BAER team does
analyze the impacts to the
land and looks for areas vul-
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cannon Wilderness area, but
So far, the silting danger
hydrologists, soil scientists is slight, said Jim Archuleta,
and wildlife biologists are forest soil scientist for the
already on the ground assess- Umatilla Forest and BAER
ing the damage.
coordinator.
A group of scientists from
“We did an erosion anal-
varying backgrounds is as- ysis and came up with some
sembled to create a Burned low numbers based on the
Area Emergency Response topography of the area – the
(BAER) team, said Joani Bo- areas that are really steep
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for the Umatilla National them,” he said.
Forest.
Joy Archuleta, forest hy-
No timber salvage of any drologist and team leader for
kind is done in wilderness ar- the BAER program on the
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
Grizzly Bear Fire said the
trail system within the Wil-
derness area would be pro-
tected.
“We’re doing a lot of
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damage to the trail system
and took out a bridge that got
burned over and are looking
for money to rebuild that,”
she said. “We’re also putting
up notices warning people to
be careful in burned areas.”
There is little concern
about the survival of wild-
life at this point, according to
USFS wildlife biologist Liz-
zy Berkley.
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tern across the landscape,
that’s usually really good for
most wildlife species,” she
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are pretty good (for wildlife)
if they do an under burn or
even high-intensity burn;
they can be good for forage
the following year.”
Even in areas where tim-
ber was reduced to snags,
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“Snags are actually very,
very good for species like
woodpeckers,” Berkley said.
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Courtesy photo
A firefighter watches as the
Grizzly Bear fire moves past
him in September.
The spread of noxious or
invasive weeds is always a
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now the Forest Service has
decided herbicide treatments
to control those weeds is all
they will do. There will be
no reseeding this fall and no
over sowing with wheat grass
is done on wilderness land.
“Any seeding that we
would do in the wilderness
would be native seeding,”
said Bosworth.
There may be opportu-
nities for timber salvage in
burned areas outside the wil-
derness area, Bosworth said.
“We are currently look-
ing at our opportunities for
salvage on areas outside the
Wilderness and taking public
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
This snapshot of an area near Grouse Flats demonstrates
the mosaic pattern of the fire, with some trees fully burned
to ash, some snags and some still green. The rock cliff in the
background illustrates the rugged nature of the landscape
and how some steep areas were already devoid of dirt and
therefore not mudslide dangers.
comment on dangerous-tree
removal along roads,” she
said. “We have several peo-
ple timber cruising to see
what other areas we might
harvest.”
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The move is only a few blocks,
but a big leap forward for own-
ers Ray, Patty and Nick Cam-
eron. The newly remodeled
building is the former Bronson
Lumber building, 6,000 square
feet compared to 4,800 square
feet in the old building. It’s a
beautiful addition to the main
drive through Enterprise, with
rockwork accents in keeping
with our local theme and a nice
barn-red exterior.
• Another long-term busi-
ness in Enterprise is sporting
a fresh application of cheerful
yellow/gold stucco. JB Bane
and Company at 208 S. River
Street in downtown Enterprise
has a new, sunshiny façade.
The business was started in
the 1950s and is operated by
second-generation Banes, Jane
and Bret. Jane says we can ex-
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in the next month with a new
awning and signage. Additional
freshening will continue in the
spring.
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long, long-term business. After
25 years in business, Savoie’s
Specialties, Wallowa County’s
only craft store, has closed.
The store, located at 105 SW
1st Street in Enterprise, was
Hannah Beaudoin’s expression
of love.
“I always said it was the
Lord’s store,” Hannah said.
“And the Lord blessed it with
expansion and it was a good
ride and I enjoyed it. The cus-
tomers became my friends.”
She could do every craft that
was represented in the store,
from beading to quilting to
crochet to painting. Now, she
said, it’s time for her to get back
to some personal beading and
painting projects. Two family
tragedies, following one after
the other, took the wind out of
her earlier this year, she said.
“I lost a daughter-in-law,
Rhonda Beaudoin, in January
of this year, and my daughter,
Favona Holmes, in May, and I
said, ‘Okay, Lord, I’m done,’”
she said. “I’d been thinking
about retiring for about three
years.”
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store Oct. 30 and joked that she
only had a narrow path through
her house at that point. Retire-
ment (such as it is) has its ben-
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have been on hand to help her
organize. What she’ll do with
the leftover products, however,
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In the meantime, at age 7,
she’s enjoying another expan-
sion the Lord has given her – a
new great-grandson arrived
Oct. 28.
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news tips to Kathleen Ellyn at
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