SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
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Marbled murrelet reclassified as state-endangered
Sailors end season
species. They will serve as
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with senior night game Oregon Fish and Wildlife
interim murrelet protections
PORTLAND—
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Mapleton hosted Mountain
West rival Triangle Lake last
Thursday for what was the
final game of the regular sea-
son, as well as the farewell
performance at home for boys
basketball team’s three sen-
iors.
Sailors fans honored the
group of seniors, which
included Dominic Wells, Cole
Spencer and Tanner Wilson.
The Lakers, who lead the
league at 11-1, had little trou-
ble with the 3-9 Sailors, who
fell 70-39 in the final game.
The loss came after a nar-
row 53-50 loss to Eddyville
earlier in the week.
Triangle Lake, Lowell (10-
1), Siletz Valley (8-4) and
Eddyville (7-5) finish the reg-
ular season in the top four,
with the Sailors tied with
Mohawk at 3-9 for fifth place.
The girls team’s season was
ended early due to a lack of
players. There were no seniors
on the roster for the Lady
Sailors, who hope to return to
compete next season.
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Commission voted Friday to
move the marbled murrelet,
a small seabird that nests in
older forests, from threat-
ened to endangered under
the Oregon Endangered
Species Act. This decision
affects lands owned, man-
aged and leased by state
agencies but will have no
direct impacts on private
landowners.
Staff at the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife will now develop
survival guidelines on state-
owned, managed and leased
lands for the commission to
consider at its June 8 meet-
ing in Salem.
Survival guidelines are
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In the boys game, the Vikings
were able to pick up their sec-
ond league win and keep their
hopes alive for a potential wild
card play-off spot.
King, Hickson and Rollin
chipped in for 43 of the Viks’ 57
points, including 18 points for
King, 13 for Hickson and 12 for
Rollin.
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OPEN SOURCE IMAGE
The marbled murrelet
quantifiable and measurable
guidelines necessary to
ensure the survival of indi-
vidual members of the
Siuslaw turned in a strong
performance from the freethrow
line, gong 13-for-21 and
outscoring the Trojans 13-4.
The the Viks trailed 24-23
coming into the third quarter,
then rallied on a 21-10 run in the
period for a 10-point advantage
to start the final quarter.
Freethrow shooting down the
stretch after reaching the dou-
ble-bonus helped keep the Viks
ahead for a 57-48 win.
At 2-8 in league and 10-12
overall, Siuslaw’s chances at a
post season remain, albeit by a
narrow margin that is dependent
upon them winning out this
week against North Bend (last
night after press deadlines) and
South Umpqua (this Friday).
The top 24 teams reach the
play-offs, including the seven
league champions, seven sec-
ond-place teams, six third-place
teams and four non-qualifying
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until affected state agencies
develop and adopt endan-
gered species management
plans.
Also
Friday,
the
Commission heard an updat-
ed status report on white
sturgeon in the Lower
Columbia River and, based
on that update, directed staff
to work with Washington to
develop 2018 sturgeon reten-
tion seasons similar to last
year.
The Commission is the
policy-making body for fish
and wildlife issues in the
state and it usually meets
monthly. Its next meeting
will be March 26 in Salem.
teams whose rankings are
among the top 24.
As of Monday and heading
into last night’s game against the
Bulldogs, Siuslaw was ranked
27th.
Tip-off for Friday’s game
against the Lancers will begin
with the girl’s game at 6 p.m.,
followed by the boys at 7:30
p.m.
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