Wallowa County Chieftain
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wallowa.com
November 2, 2016
Students study watershed
FOR THE RECORD
By Jennifer Hobbs
Dispatch log:
For The Chieftain
Monday, Oct. 24
Each fall, the Wallowa
Resources Watershed Evalu-
ations Teams (WET) program
enlists approximately 150 lo-
cal kids and teens from all six
public schools — Wallowa,
Enterprise, Joseph, Troy, Im-
naha and the Alternative High
School — to act as field sci-
entists.
Undeterred by wind and
weather, students have been
out collecting data in the Im-
naha, Wallowa and Grande
Ronde watersheds for the past
month. Getting to the various
sites to gather information
involves a hike, a good set
of hip-waders, several tubs
of field equipment and team-
work.
Students break out into
groups to measure and re-
cord information about water
chemistry (including tempera-
ture, pH, oxygen content and
turbidity), macroinvertebrate
populations, stream channel
characteristics and riparian
vegetation.
Typically, the students who
participate are in 10th and 6th
grade, with the older students
learning the skills from natu-
ral resource professionals on
day one, then helping instruct
the younger students on Day
2. Partners providing mentors
include the Nez Perce Tribe
Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Services and Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife.
Collected data is com-
piled and uploaded into
streamwebs.org (a statewide
networking platform), and
students return to their class-
rooms to evaluate their find-
ings and give presentations
about river health.
Students create graphs and
posters comparing current
river conditions to previous
1:36 p.m.: Theft reported in
Enterprise
11:23 p.m.: Theft reported in
Joseph. Unfounded.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Courtesy of Jennifer Hobbs
years — going back to 2008
when the program began —
and make recommendations
about how to preserve and im-
prove conditions for salmon/
steelhead and other species.
According to Wallowa Re-
sources Youth Education Co-
ordinator Amy Busch, feed-
back for the WET program
has been overwhelmingly
positive, with most students
relishing the opportunity to
get their feet (and hands) wet
in the name of science.
“Citizen science partici-
pants, like our WET students,
show an increased apprecia-
tion of the value of local re-
sources and a stronger sense
of both place and steward-
ship,” Busch said.
Schools and teachers also
benefit, as the program helps
satisfy STEM (Science, Tech-
nology, Engineering and
Math) requirements.
Surveys indicate that stu-
dents emerge from the experi-
Wednesday, Oct. 26
3:35 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
6:02 p.m.: Violation of
no-contact order in Enterprise
8:06 p.m.: Complaint of
barking dog in Enterprise
Thursday, Oct. 27
12:28 a.m.: Ambulance
request in Enterprise
8:31 a.m.: Domestic distur-
bance in Enterprise
9:15 a.m.: Driving complaint
from Wallowa Lake
3:12 p.m.: Theft reported in
Enterprise
3:18 p.m.: Traffic complaint
on Highway 82
Courtesy of Jennifer Hobbs
ence with a better understand-
ing of local watershed science
and of how to use that knowl-
edge in land management
and restoration, underscoring
why this format for learning
is getting more attention and
support.
“Being outside, hands-on,
and having the component of
peer-to-peer learning means
County Clerk: Disregard wrong
date on final page of the ballot
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa County Clerk
Sandy Lathrop is notifying
the public that there is a mi-
nor error regarding the elec-
tion date on the 5,468 ballots
that were mailed Oct. 19.
The ballots list the correct
election date of Nov. 8, 2016
on the first page. However,
due to an error at the printing
firm, a 2012 election date ap-
pears on the final page of the
ballot.
Lathrop asks Wallowa
County voters to please dis-
regard the incorrect date on
the final page and to go ahead
and fill out the ballots.
The printing firm, Ryder
Election Services of Bend,
has agreed to send letters
of clarification to Wallowa
County voters in response to
the error.
Lathrop said the ballots
went to Portland first before
being distributed within the
county, so they should be ar-
riving in mailboxes early this
week.
Once completed, ballots
may be dropped off at the
following sites:
• Wallowa City Hall, 211
E. 2nd St. in Wallowa — 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday.
• Joseph City Hall, 201 N.
Main St. in Joseph — 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday
• Wallowa County Court-
house, 101 S. River St. in En-
terprise — 24-hour outdoor
dropbox or 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday
inside
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that this knowledge and these
skills are much more likely
to stick with students, and
they’ll be more likely to be
invested in long-term efforts
to keep our rivers healthy,”
Busch said.
Friday, Oct. 28
12:53 a.m.: Noise complaint
in Joseph
2:09 a.m.: Report of traffic
crash in Washington on Highway
3
10:10 a.m.: Disturbance in
Joseph
4:18 p.m.: Driving complaint
in Imnaha
4:43 p.m.: Theft complaint in
Joseph
5:14 p.m.: Ambulance
request in Enterprise
6:53 p.m.: 911 report of
vehicle in the ditch, non-injury, in
rural Imnaha
8:08 p.m.: 911 call reporting
domestic disturbance in Enter-
prise. Sheriff’s Office arrested
Ron E. Hall, 48, of Redmond,
Ore., for violation of restraining
order. Transported to Umatilla
County.
10:47 p.m.: Sheriff’s Office
entered statewide order of arrest
and detention for Jacob Dylan
Hart, 19, of Enterprise for pro-
bation violation, original charge
burglary II.
Saturday, Oct. 29
3:36 a.m.: Ambulance
request in Enterprise
10:33 a.m.: Theft of wood
reported at Wallowa Lake
11:32 a.m.: Barking dog
complaint in Joseph
12:30 p.m.: White male
Jack Russell with brown spots,
long tail and no collar found in
Enterprise
1:02 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
2:43 p.m.: Ambulance
request at Wallowa Lake
3:14 p.m.: Report of fire on
Highway 82
3:29 p.m.: Ambulance
request in Enterprise
3:51 p.m.: Report of possible
hunting violations from Troy
6:15 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
6:29 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
7:22 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
10:55 p.m.: Disturbance in
Wallowa
11:38 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Wallowa
Sunday, Oct. 30
1:17 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise; citation issued for
driving without operator license
2:15 p.m.: Theft complaint in
Enterprise
7:26 p.m.: Report of harass-
ment in Joseph
7:42 p.m.: Ambulance
request in Enterprise
7:48 p.m.: Traffic complaint
in rural Wallowa
8:46 p.m.: Disturbance in
Enterprise
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7:51 a.m.: Report of scam
call in Lostine
8:22 a.m.: Blue Tick heeler
found in Enterprise
1:35 p.m.: Driving complaint
in Enterprise
2:23 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
2:46 p.m.: Traffic stop in
Enterprise
5:40 p.m.: Sheriff’s Office
entered an order of arrest and
detention for Connor James
Patrick Sticka, 22, of Wallowa
County
6:20 p.m.: Report of possible
animal neglect in rural Wallowa
7 p.m.: Sheriff’s Office
entered an order of arrest and
detention for David Dean Killion,
56, of Wallowa County
8:38 p.m.: Report of harass-
ment in Joseph
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