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2 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 Next Siuslaw Baseball Association meeting set for Feb. 7 The Siuslaw Baseball Association will host its next early registration and informa- tional meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Siuslaw High School mall area, beginning at 6 p.m. Register and pay fees early, or come learn about financial assistance and ssk questions. Also, come learn about volun- teer opportunities and meet other parents of baseball play- ers this season. Registration fees are $50 per T-ball player or $60 for all other players. There is also a $30 “Opt Out” fee available for volunteering. Fees are nonrefundable after Feb. 19. SBA Registrations and fees are due by Friday, Feb. 17, or at assessments on Feb. 18 and 19. Late registrations will be accepted only if approved by the SBA Board on available team space and when accompa- nied by additional fees deter- mined by late uniform order- ing, printing, delivery and administrative expenses. To register by mail, send forms and fees to: Siuslaw Baseball Association, P.O. Box 873, Florence, Ore. 97439. Email questions to siuslaw- baseball@gmail.com Players will be placed into leagues based on their age as of May 1, 2017. Leagues will include: T-ball: Boys and girls, ages 5 and 6 years old. There will be no assessments for this group unless a 6-year-old would like • Saturday, Feb. 18 Minors — 9 to 10:30 a.m. Majors — 10:30 a.m. to noon Rookies — 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. • Sunday, Feb. 19 Rookies — 1 to 1:45 p.m. Minors — 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. Majors — 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Players with gloves should bring them to assessments. Coaches will use assessment results when drafting players for teams. interested in softball can regis- ter at Boys and Girls Club by calling 541-902-0304. Coaches will call players assigned to their teams by March 7 to inform them of practice times. Rookies, Minors and Majors should turn out for assessments at Miller Park one time, either Saturday or Sunday. T-ball and Prep teams do not need to attend assessments. Assessments times will be as follows: to try-out for Rookies. Players must have 1 year of T-ball, be assessed at a Rookie level by coaches at assessments and be approved by the SBA Board as being safe to play up. Rookies: Ages 7 and 8 for boys and girls. Minors: Boys ages 9 and 10 year old. Majors: Boys ages 11 and 12 years old. Prep: Boys ages 13 and 14 year old. Girls ages 9 years and older the hard work by the state, coastal communities and landowners to restore habitat and reduce threats from hatch- eries and harvest,” said Barry Thom, Regional Administrator of NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region. “Strong partnerships have brought us this far, and they will be critical to get the rest of the way to delisting.” As many as one to two mil- lion coho once returned to rivers and streams on the Oregon Coast, supporting fish- eries that helped anchor local economies. Intensive fishing and heavy logging through the 1900s contributed to declines, and the number of spawning adults dropped below 15,000 in the 1980s. NOAA Fisheries initially listed Oregon Coast coho as a threatened species in 1998. The condition of the species has since improved as state fish and wildlife officials reduced the risks posed by harvest and hatcheries. Partnerships bridg- ing state, local, tribal and feder- al levels have helped imple- ment projects to reopen and improve habitat. Recent numbers have ranged from more than 350,000 spawning adults in 2011 and 2014, dropping back to 57,000 in 2015. The threats still affecting coho include degraded habitat, especially the loss of floodplain S IUSLAW N ATIONAL F OREST at 285 pounds, and Riley Jennings (152 lbs.) each went 4-1 on the day. Even though as a team the Vikings didn’t win any of its dual meets, falling to Renegade (57-21), Coquille (36-30), Harrisburg (40-12), North Bend (33-22) and Hidden Valley (36-30), Wartnik said he was extremely pleased with his team’s performance. “We came into the tourna- ment short handed, but we still outwrestled several teams,” Wartnik said. “I saw some real- ly stellar performances by our wrestlers.” Among them was Lady Viking and senior Eyza Abbas, who competed primarily against boys and won 2 out of her 5 matches at 120 pounds. “She has been training dili- gently, usually with Richard Huff,” Wartnik said of Abbas, who will compete this week- end at Thurston High School for a chance to qualify for state in the women’s division. Tonight, Siuslaw will com- pete in the Far West League tournament at North Bend before finishing out the regular season at the two-day Cottage Grove Invitational — the Viks’ final tune-up meet before dis- trict Feb. 10 and 11 at South Umpqua. Top finishers will advance to state Feb. 24 and 25 in Portland. Buying or Selling? I can help. Area (ODNRA), protect critical habitat for threatened and endangered species, provide trainings for coastal communi- ties to learn how to detect and control invasive species on the dunes, and establish a network of partners all working towards the mutual goal of dunes lenges out there. By joining forces with our partners to tack- le them, we have the ability to make great strides in improving outcomes for fish and wildlife, and people who live, work and play on the Oregon coast.” restoration. We’re so thrilled about the opportunities these grants will provide to work with our part- ners to address critical restora- tion needs up and down the Oregon coast,” said Jerry Ingersoll, Siuslaw forest super- visor. “We have some big chal- 05&- $ ( 05&- &) + ''+%$ 44 %+ && Brian Jagoe Principal Broker 541 999-1314 Hwy 101 #1701 – Seller has completed $20K in developmental processes, saving you money. 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This $82,000 grant will sup- port restoration of 200 acres of sand dunes within the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Wrestling Conservation Service (NRCS). Funds totaling $413,000 will be shared among the Siuslaw National Forest and the NRCS Oregon state office to restore and improve habitat for the endangered coho salmon, pro- tect water quality, increase for- est health, and support local communities through economic development, increasing infra- structure resiliency and reduc- ing fire risk. It builds on the existing Salmon SuperHwy initiative that aims to fully address fish passage and habitat needs on federal and private lands in the Nestucca and Tillamook Bay watersheds through a partner- ship of Forest Service, NRCS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Trout Unlimited, private TO BENEFIT FROM RESTORATION GRANTS # CORVALLIS — Siuslaw National Forest officials received good news in the form of two large grants awarded to the forest and its partners for restoration efforts spanning much of the Oregon coast. A total of $495,000 in feder- al funds will support invasive species management and eco- logical restoration on the Oregon dunes, as well as stream and forest restoration on and off Forest Service land on the north Oregon coast. The “Salmon SuperHwy Basin Management Project” was selected for a highly com- petitive Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership award by the heads of the U.S. Forest Service and Natural Resources “The plan recognizes the critical role of local landowners and communities in bringing about recovery,” said Guido Rahr, president and CEO of the Wild Salmon Center in Portland, which is leading development of a business plan to guide local recovery meas- ures. “We all must be part of a solution that will deliver multi- ple benefits for Oregon in the form of resilient communities, improved habitat and healthy fish populations.” For more details and to view the recovery plan, visit NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region website at www.go.usa.gov/ x8w53. mate change on the rivers and streams where they spawn and rear, but improved habitat can help mitigate those impacts. The plan is voluntary, not regulatory, and hinges on local support and collaboration. Coho recovery, and ultimately delisting, will depend in large part on voluntary actions by partners implementing the recovery plan, complemented by regulatory protections under the Endangered Species Act and other state and local direc- tives. The plan promotes a network of partnerships that integrate the needs of Oregon Coast coho with the needs of coastal com- munities. habitat where many juvenile coho spend their first year growing before migrating to the ocean. A lack of large wood in rivers that provides rearing habitat for young fish is also a factor. Reduced water quality and barriers such as culverts that block migrating fish pose continuing threats. “The best available science tells us that habitat is the bot- tom line in stabilizing and rebuilding coho to the point they can sustain themselves,” said Rob Walton, recovery coordinator for NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region in western Oregon. Coho remain vulnerable to the effects of cli- NOAA Fisheries have released a recovery plan for Oregon Coast coho salmon that calls for public-private partner- ships to conserve habitat for the threatened species, positioning coho for possible removal from the federal list of threatened and endangered species within the next 10 years. If the plan is successful, Oregon Coast coho could become the first of 28 threat- ened and endangered species of salmon and steelhead on the West Coast to recover to the point they can be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. “We can see that recovery is in reach for Oregon Coast coho, which is a testament to && # # && && # ! "" ! $$ ! ! 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