SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Invasive weed of the week
water) areas as there is an
abundance of moisture and it
gets rubbed off animals in the
shade by the branches. Be-
cause the seed is cased in the
hard barbed shell the seed
can last seven to 10 years in
the soil.
By Jeffrey Pettingill
The Enemy
Houndstongue (Cynoglos-
sum offi cinale)
The Strategy
This is a biennial plant that
grows from 1 to 4 feet tall
and reproduces by seed. Each
plant will send up four to six
vegetation shoots. The leaves
are rough, long (resembles
a hound’s tongue), and
somewhat hairy. The fl owers
of this enemy are reddish-
purple and form four prickly
nutlets, each about 1/3-inch
long with barbs that allow
it to cling onto clothing, fur,
shoelaces, and anything that
brushes against it. Hound-
stongue is toxic to animals
as it causes liver damage. It
is mainly spread by wildlife
and livestock, but we can fi nd
it anywhere humans have
visited.
Attack
One of the ways that ani-
mals eat it is by indirect in-
gestion through weedy baled
hay and alfalfa. The seed can
catch a ride on animal’s fur
Defense
As this is a biennial plant,
mechanical control can be
quite effective. If you decide
to dig it out with a shovel
just make sure that you get
at least 3 inches of the root.
Research is in the fi nal stages
in fi nding a biological control
insect that will be effective
in slowing the spread of this
plant. Many herbicides are
available that work well.
Telar XP, Opensight, and
Milestone work extremely
well. Treatments can be in
spring or fall.
Rich Old/ Contributed Photo
Houndstongue, also known as beggar’s lice, is easily
spread because its seeds cling to almost anything.
or feathers and be carried
once established outcompetes
for many, many miles. This
native habitat. It particularly
plant is extremely mobile and gets dense in riparian (near
Jeffrey Pettingill is the weed
control supervisor for Baker
County. He encourages people
with noxious weed questions
to call him at 541-523-0618 or
541-519-0204. He also encourages
people to like the Baker County
Weed District’s Facebook page.
Wyden, Merkley want to add dozens of
streams to Wild and Scenic Rivers list
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Existing wild
and scenic
rivers list
For the EO Media Group
ENTERPRISE — North-
east Oregon is wild, scenic
and recreational. If a new bill
in the U.S. Senate becomes
law, more local streams will
offi cially become Wild, Scenic
or Recreational, too.
Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron
Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both
Democrats, cosponsored the
River Democracy Act of 2021,
which would add nearly 4,700
miles of rivers and streams in
Oregon to the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers system,
bringing the total length of
protected rivers in Oregon to
almost 6,900 miles, or 6.2%
of the state’s 110,994 miles of
streams.
That includes more than
700 miles in Wallowa, Union,
Baker and Grant counties.
The new designations include
many tributaries important
to fi sh, as well as portions of
main stem rivers here and
across Oregon.
“Rivers and streams are
Oregon’s lifeblood,” Wyden
said. “More protected riv-
ers and clear management
objectives means more jobs,
improved wildfi re resiliency
and a guarantee for the liv-
ability of Oregon.”
Union County Commis-
sioner Donna Beverage
expressed concerns about
duplicating protection for
endangered species and
increasing wildfi re threats.
“This proposed act has the
potential to restrict custom-
ary use, limit economic
opportunity and erode the
multiple use character of
Union County,” she said. “It
will not provide any economic
benefi t and will have negative
impacts on legal water users.”
Wallowa County Com-
missioner John Hillock was
cautious about the proposed
Ellen Morris Bishop/For EO Media Group
The Grande Ronde River about 8 miles below Troy. A bill
from Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
would designate about 42 miles of the Grande Ronde
River as wild where it runs through the Umatilla or
Wallowa-Whitman national forests.
designation, especially on
private lands.
“It looks as though there
will be some impact to private
landowners in the Crow
Creek-Chesnimnus drainag-
es,” he said. “Private landown-
ers should be compensated
if they can’t develop. I’m not
in favor of putting undue
burdens on private property
owners in (agency-developed)
management plans.”
The specifi c protections
for each designated stream-
reach will be determined by a
management plan developed
by the U.S. Forest Service or
other agency the bill desig-
nated. The vast majority of
the proposed designations are
on federal lands. The bill has
language to ensure nothing
in the bill would affect private
property rights on the short
stretches on private lands,
according to Wyden spokes-
person Hank Stern.
The new legislation in-
cludes the requirement that
federal land managers assess
wildfi re risks in the stream
corridors, implement a plan
to reduce wildfi re risks to
homes and businesses near
Wild and Scenic Rivers, assist
Night @ Old Auburn
“COVID STYLE” • February 27, 2021
Poker Run: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Drive Through Dinner: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
“POKER RUN”
Enjoy a drive through historical Baker City as you collect your best poker
hand at 7 different landmarks.
You will begin at the Baker Heritage Museum and collect
your first card as well as the clues to the rest of the land-
marks to collect your poker hand. Best 5 out of 7 cards to
be turned in back at the museum by 5:00 pm.
$20 buy in to start your journey.
$300 Visa Gift Card is up for grabs.
REMEMBER, All proceeds benefit the Baker Heritage museum
“DRIVE THRU DINNER”
End your day with a delightful dinner of a Prime Rib sandwich with all the
fixings. $35 not only buys you an incredible dinner, each ticket will be entered
into a drawing for an array of prizes. All you need to do is drive thru at North
Baker School, entering on 8th Street, off of B street.
SPONSORED BY: The Grove Team, Ash Grove
Cement, OTEC and Triple C Ready-Mix
BAKER CITY HERALD — 3A
LOCAL & STATE
local governments to mitigate
wildfi re risks and restore wa-
ter quality should a fi re strike
near a Wild and Scenic River.
“This is a remarkable
achievement by Sen. Wyden,”
said Gregg Haller, executive
director of the Pacifi c Rivers
Council. “It’s a landmark ef-
fort to build climate resiliency
into our watersheds, includ-
ing concerns for drought,
increased wildfi re, stream
temperatures for fi sh habitat.
It’s a very forward-looking
bill and it makes Oregon the
leader in this area.”
The list of streams is long.
All streams and reaches, and
their proposed designations,
are listed in the River Democ-
racy Act of 2021, available at
www.wyden.senate.gov/down-
load/river-democracy-act-of-
2021-bill-text.
In Wallowa County,
about 440 miles of rivers
and streams in the drain-
ages of Joseph Creek and the
Imnaha, Grande Ronde and
Snake rivers are in the bill.
See Rivers/Page 5A
• Eagle Creek, 28.9
miles, Eagle Lake to
Wallowa-Whitman
boundary at Skull Creek.
Designated in 1988.
• Grande Ronde River,
43.8 miles, Wallowa
River confl uence to
Washington border.
Designated in 1988.
• North Fork John
Day River, 54.1 miles,
headwaters to Camas
Creek confl uence.
Designated in 1988.
• Joseph Creek,
8.6 miles, one mile
downstream from
Cougar Creek to
Wallowa-Whitman
boundary. Designated
in 1988.
• Lostine River, 16 miles,
from headwaters to
Wallowa-Whitman
boundary. Designated
in 1988.
• Minam River, 41.9
miles, from headwaters
to Eagle Cap Wilderness
boundary. Designated
in 1988.
• North Powder
River, 6.4 miles, from
headwaters to Wallowa-
Whitman boundary.
Designated in 1988.
• Powder River, 11.7
miles, from Thief Valley
Dam to Highway 203.
Designated in 1988.
• Snake River,
66.9 miles, from
Hells Canyon Dam
downstream.
Designated in 1975.
L OCAL B RIEFING
Baker Middle School announces honor roll
Baker Middle School has announced its fi rst semes-
ter honor roll.
Students with an asterisk after their name earned a
perfect 4.0 GPA.
Eighth grade
Jose Armenta*, Benjamin Ashton, Colton Birming-
ham, Daniel Brown, Palmer Chandler, Kadyn Child,
Rebecca Craigmile*, Ashlyn Dalton*, Tessa Feeley,
Kevin Gutierrez-Dealy, Sofi a Hanson*, Olivia Jacoby*,
Annastasia Johnson, Hannah Lay, Jaxon Logsdon*,
Jessica Mercado, Zane Morgan, Emylia Myer*, Brook-
lyn Rayl*, Anastacio Rodriguez, Alexis Rupel*, Eowyn
Smith*, Sadie Stampfl ee, Tiyana Stevens, Antonio
Washington*, Peyton Waters, Jayden Whitford, Lil-
lyana Wilson, Alexander Wise, Paige Wolfe
Seventh grade
Claire Bachman, Sage Baker, Athena Bork, Kegan
Bott*, Nolan Briels*, Ashlyn Child*, Jasmine Cole,
Dylan Conklin, Andie-Jo Craigmile, Sage Cuzick,
Landon Dougherty, Harris Gaslin*, Talon Gyllenberg*,
Gage Hatfi eld, Henry Hester, Riley Hurliman, Alex
Jaca, Dean Jobes, Taylor Johnson, Rasean Jones, Jack
Joseph*, Daniel Maldonado*, Jake McClaughry*,
Kathryn Murphy, Elissa Nilsen, William O’Connell,
Gwendolyn Rasmussen, Kara Regan*, Andrew
Richards, Reagan Ritter*, Leona Rose, Erelah Rosin,
Chase Roy, Reese Roys*, Madelyn Rudi, Gracie Spike*,
Clayton Stevens, Wayland Thomas, Ella Wilde*, Ro-
man Zickgraf
County seeks proposals for transportation
agencies that serve seniors, others
Baker County is soliciting proposals for projects
benefi ting transportation agencies that serve seniors
and people with disabilities. The purpose is to remove
barriers to people using transportation services.
Information on the program and the application
can be found at: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/RPTD/
Pages/Funding-Opportunities.aspx under the 5310 tab.
Proposals can be up to $163,000.
Project proposals are due by 4 p.m. on Feb. 24.
Submit proposals to Doni, Transportation Grants
Administrator, 1995 Third St., Baker City, OR 97814 or
dbruland@bakercounty.org
New At The Library
Patrons can reserve materials in advance online or by
calling 541-523-6419. Drive-in hours at 2400 Resort St. are
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday
and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
FICTION
• “Blood Grove,” Walter Mosley
• “The Four Winds,” Kristin Hannah
• “The Lost Boys,” Faye Kellerman
• “The Shadow Box,” Luanne Rice
• “Crown of Shards” series, Jennifer Estep
NONFICTION
• “Wicked Plants,” Amy Stewart
• “This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids,” Dannielle
Owens-Reid
• “Stay Fit For Life,” Joshua Kozak
• “Women of the Blue & Gray,” Marianne Monson
• “The Total Gun Manual,” David Petzal
DVDS
• “Born Racer” (Documentary)
• “Jungleland” (Drama)
• “Shot Caller” (Action)
• “Undertaker: the Last Ride” (Documentary)
• “Hope Has a Name” (Documentary)
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