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Newspaper Page TextA ugust 7, 2013 Spiiyay Tymoo, W arm Springs, Oregon Page 8 The Huckleberry Feast Ceded Land Hunting Yvonne Iverson photos. P le a s e c o m e by th e N atural R esources office to pick up your tags and a state lands Big G am e Regulations G uide and to sign up for lottery hunts. Tags will be issued on a first c o m e first serve basis. You rnay pick up your tag up to tw o days before the start o f the hunt. D u e to the 2013 cost containm ent directive the N atural Resources office will be closed Friday, A u gust 16 and Friday, A u gust 30 for reduced w ork hours. Tags for hunts starting the follow ing Saturday’s m ay b e p ic k e d u p th e W ednesday and T hursday before. Y ou can also go online for m ore State L ands Big G am e inform ation at: w w w .dfw .state.or.us / re s o u rc e s /h u n tin g / big_gam e T h e follow ing is a list o f ceded land tags that are available this m onth: F or a Est o f hunts start ing in Septem ber, O c to ber, N ovem ber, D ecem ber and January visit the N atural Resources office. Hunts starting in Au gust A n te lo p e - C h e c k regulations for bag Emit (hunt num ber, h unt name, h u n t dates): W S435 - PauEna U nit Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S436 - M aury U nit Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S437 - O choco U nit Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S438 - Grizzly U nit B O ÏS O S T O ‘ 2013 may be worst fire season in decade (A P ) - G ov. J o h n K itzh a b er predicts h o t, dry conditions this year are set ting the stage for a long and busy fire season th at he says is o n trac k to b e O re g o n ’s w orst in m ore th an 10 years. T h e 2013 season m ay be m a tc h e d o nly by th e 2002 B iscuit Fire th at scorched a half-m illion acres and burned until the end o f the year, said K itzhaber, w ho was also gov ern o r during th at fire. H e said the lightning-sparked Douglas C o m p le x o f w ild f ir e s , in Southern O regon, is the “N o. 1 (wildfire) concern for the federal governm ent.” “T his is one o f the w orst fire se a so n s w e ’v e h a d in years, p ro b a b ly w orse th an 2002,” K itz h a b e r said in a p h o n e interview from G len dale, outside O reg o n ’s largest wildfire.” K itzhaber said the state is seeking assistance from other states and Canada and said he will b r ie f th e lead ersh ip o f the Legislature this w eekend o n th e c o n d itio n s o f tw o wildfires, including one b u rn ing m ore th an 30,000 acres in southw est O regon. U.S. Sens. R on W yden and J e ff M erkley also toured the area. T here w ere about 5,200 people w orking on the blaze, including private p erso n n el a n d th e O r e g o n N a tio n a l G uard. R esidents from 105 houses got evacuation notices last week, b u t the im proving situation allowed 45 to return. Sm oke from the wildfires has w o rsen ed air quality to unhealthy-to-hazardous levels across southw est O regon and into N o rth e rn California for the past week. O u td o o r ac tivities have b e en canceled a n d hospitals have seen an u p tic k in em erg en cy ro o m visits due to breathing com plaints. “ I t ’s in c r e d ib ly sm o k y w hen you get dow n to G len dale,” K itzhaber said. “We’re m o n ito rin g fo r air quality. ' (Smoke was) just starting to rise w hen I left.” N early 4,500 firefighters statewide have been battling the blazes th at have chaired m o re th a n 40,000 acres o f forestland in the state. K itzhaber praised the in teragency coordination on the fires b u t said one o f his chief c o n ce rn s is th e Big W indy com plex o f fires in Josephine and Curry counties, w hich has n o t b e e n c o n ta in e d a n d is burn in g on m ore than 6,000 acres. 1 Aroun4 the region Treated sewage seeping into groundwater B E N D (AP) - T h e urban- like density o f rural subdivi sion lots in La Pine is feeding in creasin g levels o f sewage c o n ta m in a n ts i n to th e groundw ater. A c o m m itte e c o m m is sioned by th e O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t of*E nvironm ental Q uality fo u n d th a t 85 p e r c e n t o f th e D e s c h u te s C o u n ty lo ts a n d 75 p e rc e n t o f th e K la m a th C o u n ty lots are at risk o f h aving g ro u n d - w a te r c o m p rise d o f at least 25 p e r c e n t o f p a r ti a l l y trea te d sewage. T h e com bination o f th o u sands o f septic system s close together, perm eable soil and a shallow w ater table led to the sewage contam inants en tering the groundw ater. T he p o ten tial g ro u n d w a ter c o n tam in atio n a ro u n d La Pine starts in septic system s, b u t it's n o t raw sewage o r the typi cal hazards connected to h u m an waste. I n s te a d , c h e m ic a ls a n d p h a r m a c e u tic a ls w ith u n know n impacts on groundw a ter are the ch ief concern. J o h n B lakinger, co-chair o f th e S o u th D e s c h u te s N o rth K lam ath G roundw ater P rotection Steering C om m it tee, said a future study w ould exam ine c o n c e n tra tio n s o f nitrates, w hich are a trac er show ing th at other contam i nants from septic system s are m aking it into the water. “ T h e c o n c e n tr a tio n o f houses becam e a co n cern ,” Blaldnger said. “T h a t is why w e need an urban-type solu tio n like a sew er o r cluster systems.” Blakinger said tap w ater in La Pine is safe to drink, w ith e ith er c o n ta m in a tio n low er than state health guidelines or th e ir w ells d ra w in g w a te r from sources deeper th an the tainted groundw ater. Officials said the situation is n o t yet a public-health risk, b u t the com m ittee has called for further study on the p o tential im pacts to the L ittle D eschutes River, and say the rural areas require solutions for dealing w ith sewage con tam inants m ore like w hat is used in urban areas. “T h ere is a risk, b u t w e d o n ’t kn o w h o w big it is,” ,said E ric N ig g , w a ter qual ity m anager w ith th e agency in B end. “We believe there is an increasing contam ination o f the groundw ater, b u t we believe w e are in a position to h e ad it o f f b e fo re it b e com es a w id esp read public health risk.” N ig g agrees w ith the call fo r m o re stu d y o f w h a t is seeping dow n in to the w ater and w hat m ight be draining i n to th e L ittle D e s c h u te s River. Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 WS440 - Maupin - W Biggs Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S445A - S Fossil - W inlock A ug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S 446 - M u rd e re rs Cr U nit Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S 447.- N o rth sid e - R itter Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S465 - B eulah U nit Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S 4 7 2 A 1 - S ilv ie s U nit N o. 1 Aug. 10 - Aug. 18 W S 4 7 2 A 2 - S ilv ie s U nit N o. 2 Aug. 21 - Aug. 29 W S 4 3 5 M - P a u lin a U n it M uzzleloader Aug. 24 - Sept. 1 W S435R -PauE na U nit Bow- Aug. 24 - Sept. 1 W S436R - M aury U nit Bow Aug. 31 - Sept. 8 A ntlerless elk - bag lim it is" one antlerless elk (hunt num ber, h u n t name, h u n t dates): W S 2 4 6 T 2 - F la t C r Y outh Aug. 1 - Aug. 23 W S234T - E Cascade Youth Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S235T - PauEna- E F o rt Rock Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S236T - M aury U nit Youth Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S 237T 1 - O c h o c o U nit N o. 1 Y outh Aug. 1 - D e c 31 W S 238T -G rizzly U nit Youth Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S240T - M aupin-W Biggs Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S241T - W hite Rvr- H o o d Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S 2 4 4 T - U m a tilla Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S245T - FossE U nit Youth Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 W S246T1 - M urderers Creek - N o rth sid e Y outh Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 W S248T - H ep p n er U nit Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S250T - D esolation U nit Y outh Aug. 1 - D ec. 31 W S265T - Beulah U nit Youth Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 W S272T - SEvies U nit Y outh Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 W S247E2 - E N o rth sid e Private N o.2 Aug. 1 - Mar. 31, 2014 W S 2 4 5 E - F o s s il- E Biggs A gri Aug. 1 - Mar. 31, 2014 W S247D1 - W G rant Private N o .l Aug. 1 - Sept. 30 W S247E1 - E N o rth sid e Private N o .l Aug. 1 - Sept. 30 W S234B - Tum alo Aug. 1-23 & Dec. 1-31 W S234A - Little Rvr Aug. 1-23 & Nov. 11-30 W S248C - M onum ent Aug. 10 - Sept. 1 W S 2 3 6 A - M a u ry - H am p to n B utte Aug. 15 - Nov. TO W S 2 3 7 A I N O choco Aug. 15 - Nov. 30 W S237B - C ro o k e d River Aug. 15 - Nov. 30 W S238A - SW Grizzly Aug. 15 - Nov. 30 W S235A - Badlands Aug. 15 - Oct. 31 W S238B - N G rizzly Private Aug. 15- Nov. 30 Deer — C heck regula tions for bag lim it (H unt n u m b er, H u n t n am e, H u n t D ates) W S136R - M aury U nit Bow,.^.; Aug. 24 - Sept 22 W S D T R - D eer A r chery A u g .'2 4 - Sept. 22 Bull elk - C heck regu lations for bag Emit (H unt n u m b er, H u n t n am e, H u n t Dates) W S E T R -E lk A rchery G eneral Season Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 E ith e r se x e lk - Check regulations for bag lim it (H unt num ber, H u n t nam e, H u n t Dates) W S 237R 1 - O c h o c o U nit B ow N o. 1 Aug. 24 - Sept.. 22 W S 237R 2 - O c h o c o U nit B ow N o. 2 Aug. 24 - Sept. 22 For 2013 there is man datory rep ortin g o f hunter harvest. Failure to report har vest results will be a loss of hunting privileges for subsequent tags. H unters are im portant sources o f wEdEfe related information. The inform a tion gathered from hunter surveys is valuable for biolo gists, wEdlife com m ittee and tribal councE to help m ake in fo rm e d w ildlife management decisions. By reporting, you are helping m o n ito r wildEfe po p u latio n s and helping enhance hunting opportu nities. Inform ation from hunt ers w ho did n o t h u n t or harvest an animal is as im portant as hunters who did take an animal. H unter surveys are avaE- able at the Natural Resources office and wEl be given out w ith tags. T hank you for your participation! T h e Warm Springs WEdlife Department.