NEWS
Wallowa.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
B9
IT’S OUR FAULT
The OWL puzzle
Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa County Chieftain
If you look at a topographic map of
the Pacifi c Northwest, you are likely
to notice an odd alignment of topo-
graphic features that seems to start
with the Wallowa Fault on the north-
east side of the Wallowa Moun-
tains, and runs diagonally across Ore-
gon and Washington to the Olympic
Penninsula.
Known as the Olympic-Wal-
lowa Lineament, or OWL, it was fi rst
noticed by a map-maker Edwin Raisz
in 1945. In geology, where there’s a
straight line, there’s often a fault. In
this case, it would be a big one.
So geologists have for years puz-
zled over the meaning and origin of
the OWL. One idea was that it is a
major, and possibly active, strike-slip
fault — a fault that moved rocks hor-
izontally, with little vertical motion.
The other was that it marked a thrust-
fault — the kind of fault that shoved,
or thrusts, one set of rocks up and over
another. In the case of the OWL, it
seemed to mark the northern end of
the folds that produce those big ridges
you drive across between Kennewick
and Yakima and Ellensburg.
Now the mystery may be solved.
It’s not a strike-slip fault. It’s a thrust
fault that has shoved those folds (aka
— big ridges) northwestward. In a
paper presented at the Geological
Society of America meeting in Port-
land May 16, Stephen Riedel of Wash-
ington State University and his co-au-
thors concluded that the OWL is a
thrust fault — but one that likely has
not been very active (we hope) since
about 10-12 million years ago.
University of Idaho
The Olympic Wallowa Lineament (OWL) is a relatively inactive thrust fault that begins in the
Wallowas and crosses Washington to the Olympic Peninsula.
Dr. Liz Powers honored as Family Physician of the Year State fi shery managers seek input
Liz Powers, MD, FAAFP, mary Care Home in Oregon.
a family physician from She has shared her experi-
Enterprise, was awarded the ence as a rural family phy-
Oregon Academy of Family sician with policymakers
Physicians’ Family Doctor across Oregon and across
of the Year award on May 4 the country as lessons from
at Skamania Lodge in Ste- Oregon’s experience with
venson, Washington.
healthcare transfor-
Dr. Powers was
mation have spread.
honored for her con-
She served as
tributions to her
President of the Ore-
practice, her local
gon Academy of
community,
and
Family Physicians
her profession. She
in 2014, and has
serves as a mentor to
continued working
students and Family Dr. Elizabeth with Oregon policy
Powers
Medicine Residents
makers to represent
at Winding Waters
the voice of the rural
Clinic, where she com- clinician fi ghting for the
pleted part of her residency, health of her patients.
and has remained. In addi-
The Family Doctor of the
tion, Dr. Powers is a clinical Year is selected from among
instructor for OHSU.
excellent family physi-
Dr. Powers has been a cians across the state, each
leader in Oregon’s efforts of whom has been nomi-
to transform primary care, nated with support of col-
leading her clinic to earn leagues, practice staff, and
recognition as the fi rst fi ve- patients. For Dr. Powers, her
star Patient Centered Pri- colleagues were effusive in
their praise; words such as:
“passion, contagious enthu-
siasm, consummate pro-
fessional, and indomita-
ble force.” She has been
described as being “dedi-
cated, smart, engaged, com-
passionate, empathetic, and
incredibly thoughtful and
well spoken.”
She takes an innovative,
inspirational approach to all
things medical and commu-
nity related. She is truly a
“shining star.” Dr. Powers is
passionate about providing
high-quality, comprehen-
sive, patient-centered care.
Dr. Powers is also a wife,
friend, and mother. She and
her husband, Nic, are the
proud parents of Malaki and
Atticus. They can be seen
volunteering at the local
ski hill, playing music at an
annual Fiddle Camp, cheer-
ing for their sons at soccer
games and attending school
choir performances.
on sturgeon fi shing regulations
above Bonneville Dam
Public meetings
slated for The
Dalles, Kennewick
and Hermiston
SALEM — State fi sh
managers from Washing-
ton and Oregon are hosting
a series of public meetings
in May and June to dis-
cuss sturgeon fi shing regu-
lations upstream of Bonne-
ville Dam.
ODFW and the Wash-
ington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) have
scheduled public meetings
at the following locations:
· The Dalles, Ore.: 6 to
8 p.m., Wednesday, May
22, at the ODFW screen
shop, 3561 Klindt Dr., The
Dalles.
· Kennewick, Wash.: 6
to 8 p.m, Tuesday, June 11,
at the Benton PUD build-
ing, 2721 W. 10th Ave.,
Kennewick.
· Hermiston, Ore.: 6 to
8 p.m., Wednesday, June
12, at the Hermiston Com-
munity Center, 415 S. Hwy
395, Hermiston.
Among the topics of
discussion are possible rule
changes meant to improve
conservation efforts and
increase the abundance
and survival of mature
spawning-size sturgeon.
Discussion topics and
management recommen-
dations include:
· Extending the dates
of all sturgeon spawning
sanctuaries in the Colum-
bia River from Bonneville
Dam to Priest Rapids Dam,
and in the Snake River
below Ice Harbor Dam,
through Aug. 31. Most of
these spawning sanctuaries
are currently in effect from
May 1 through July 31.
· Extending the area of
the spawning sanctuar-
ies on the Columbia River
below McNary and Priest
Rapids dams.
· Closing sturgeon
retention fi shing within
McNary Reservoir, inclu-
sive of the lower Snake
River below Ice Har-
bor Dam and the Hanford
Reach below Priest Rap-
ids Dam, due to a lack of
population
monitoring
information.
Comments can also
be emailed to tucker.a.
jones@state.or.us
or
john.a.north@state.or.us.
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