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Local lakes stocked in spring
and/or early summer: Alder
Lake, Buck Lake, Carter Lake,
Cleawox Lake, Mercer Lake,
Munsel Lake, Siltcoos Lagoon,
Siltcoos Lake, Sutton Lake and
Woahink Lake.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Cutthroat
trout:
Trout fishing opened in the
Siuslaw basin (including Lake
Creek) on May 22 and has great
opportunities to catch a trout
throughout the summer months.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
trout:
Cutthroat trout fishing opened
May 22 on the Alsea River and
trout fishing has been good
throughout the basin. The higher
water and cooler temperatures
have created great spring/early
summer conditions for trout
fishing and will provide good
opportunities through the sum-
mer months.
SALMON RIVER: Cutthroat
trout:
Cutthroat trout fishing opened
on the Salmon River on May 22.
Good cutthroat fishing can be
found throughout the Salmon
River estuary and river through
the summer months.
See
FISHING 3B
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Aug. 1
12:06am / 5.8
11:06pm / 7.7
5:28am / -1.2
5:13pm / 2.7
Aug. 2
12:50am / 6.0
11:54pm/ 7.7
COURTESY PHOTO
Pets can suffer brain damage or die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes in a car as rising temperatures outside are magnified
inside of a vehicle, even with the widows cracked.
OCHS reminds pet owners about dangers of hot cars
As summer temperatures rise, so do the risks of heat stroke and death for pets left in vehicles
D
uring this run of
warm weather, the
Oregon
Coast
Humane Society (OCHS)
reminds pet owners how
dangerous it is to leave an
animal in a car, even for a few
minutes.
“Cracking the window and
trying to park in the shade
isn’t going to make enough of
a difference,” said OCHS
Executive Director Charles
Brown. “On a 70-degree day,
the inside of your car or truck
may raise to 90 degrees with-
in minutes, and up to 115
degrees within an hour.
“On an 85-degree day, it
only takes 10 minutes for
your care to reach 102
degrees inside and 120
degrees within 30 minutes.
At that point, your beloved
pet will be suffering signifi-
cantly.”
According to Brown, ani-
mals can sustain brain dam-
age or die from heatstroke in
“On a 70-degree day, inside
of your car or truck may
raise to 90 degrees within a
minute — and 115 degrees
within an hour.”
— OCHS Executive Director Charles Brown
just 15 minutes.
Pets at the highest risk for
overheating, and resultant
organ and brain damage, are
young, elderly or over-weight
animals, those with short
muzzles and those with thick
or dark-colored coats.
The only way a dog can
cool itself is by panting.
“A car may overheat even
when the windows are left
open an inch or two. Shade
offers little protection on a
hot day and will move as the
sun does. Heat builds up in a
poorly ventilated car even in
the shade,” Brown said.
“Breaking a window to res-
cue a stranger’s animal is an
option, but it comes with
legal responsibilities.”
Florence
Police
Commander John Pitcher
said that concerned citizens
must contact police before
breaking the window of a
vehicle, thus giving an officer
Aug. 3
6:56am / -1.3
6:51pm / 2.3
Aug. 4
12:38am / 7.6
2:06pm / 6.2
7:35am / -1.2
7:34pm / 2.1
Aug. 5
1:20am / 7.3
2:40pm / 6.2
8:12am / -1.0
8:16pm / 2.0
Aug. 6
2:01am / 7.0
3:13pm/ 6.2
8:46am/ -0.6
8:58pm/ 1.9
Aug. 7
2:42am / 6.5
3:45pm / 6.2
See
PETS 2B
6:14am/ -1.3
6:04pm/ 2.5
Much of western Oregon declared ‘high fire danger’
1:29pm / 6.1
time to arrive on the scene.
If a person elects to break
the window before police
arrive, they are required by
law to stay with the vehicle,
and animal, until police
arrive.
If the act was found unnec-
essary, the person is held lia-
ble for damages; if it was
found to be necessary to res-
cue the animal, the person
will not be held liable.
“Before taking the radical
step of breaking a window,
call 911 or enter nearby stores
and have the vehicle’s owner
paged by giving the vehicle’s
description (make, model,
color) and vehicle license
plate number. A description
of the at-risk animal helps
too,” Brown said.
For pets, heatstroke symp-
toms include heavy panting,
lethargy, excessive thirst,
thick saliva, restlessness,
9:20am / -0.1
9:41pm / 1.8
As of Thursday (July 30), due
to extreme heat and drier con-
ditions, all Oregon Department
of Forestry (ODF) districts in
western Oregon and the Doug-
las Forest Protective Associa-
tion have raised the fire danger
level to high (yellow) except for
the coastal counties of Clatsop,
Coos, Curry and Tillamook,
which remain at moderate fire
danger.
Counties experiencing high
fire danger in western Oregon
include Lane, Lincoln, Benton,
Clackamas, Columbia, Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine, Linn, Mari-
on, Multnomah, Polk, Washing-
ton and Yamhill.
“Fighting fires in hot and dry
conditions is extremely taxing
on those who are trained to pro-
tect our lands from fire,” said
Unit Forester Chet Behling with
ODF’s Western Lane District.
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COURTESY PHOTO
A wildland firefighter surveys the damage in the aftermath of
the Rice Creek wildfire.
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conduct activities throughout
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FIRES 2B
Given current condi-
tions related to the
COVID-19 pandemic,
some recreational boat-
ing facilities may have
reduced levels of services
available.
If access to shore-side
restrooms is limited and
your boat does not have
an installed head, have a
back-up plan for you and
your family.
Be prepared and bring
with you include a porta-
ble toilet or bucket with a
fitted lid, gloves, toilet
paper, hand sanitizer and
a garbage bag to pack out
trash.
See
BOATING 2B
Hours
M-F, 8am-3pm
1645 Kingwood ~ Florence • www.trane.com
(541)
See
Be prepared
when going on
the water
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