OUTDOORS & REC
B2 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
Marine deputies focus
on intoxicated boaters
EO Media Group
SALEM — Marine law
enforcement offi cers across the
state will be partnering with the
Oregon State Marine Board and
the US Coast Guard to enforce
Oregon’s Boating Under the
Infl uence of Intoxicants (BUII)
laws this July Fourth weekend.
“Our message is simple.
If you boat impaired, you are
endangering your life and the
lives of others on the water,”
said Brian Paulsen, boating
safety program manager with
the Oregon State Marine
Board. “There’s a huge risk
with no reward, and often
innocent people become the
victims.”
Marine offi cers will specif-
ically be looking for impaired
boat operators over the holiday
weekend as part of the national
Operation Dry Water Cam-
paign. Many marine offi cers
have completed specialized
training to recognize alcohol
and drug impairment. This
includes prescription drugs,
alcohol, inhalants, marijuana,
or any other substance that
impairs a person’s ability to
make good judgment and safely
operate any boat. The eff ects
of drugs and alcohol are also
amplifi ed on the water with the
combination of sun glare, wind,
waves, and other environ-
mental stressors. Alcohol also
dehydrates the body making
sudden immersion into cold
water at an even greater risk of
drowning.
Agencies participating in
the eff ort include the Baker
and Umatilla county sheriff ’s
offi ces.
Impaired boaters can expect
to be arrested or face serious
penalties. In Oregon, the conse-
quences of being convicted of
BUII include the possibility of
jail time, $6,250 in fi nes, loss of
boating privileges, and a one-
to-three-year suspension of the
boater education card. Marine
offi cers can arrest boaters on
observed impairment and can
legally obtain blood, breath, or
urine if a boater fails standard-
ized fi eld sobriety testing.
“Recreating responsibly
doesn’t just mean boating sober.
Be a courteous boater, and
wear your lifejacket,” Paulsen
said. “Waterways are becoming
more crowded with a variety of
mixed boating and other activ-
ities, so it’s important to pay
attention to what’s going on
around you and for everyone to
follow the navigation rules of
the road.”
“If boaters changed two
things — wear life jackets and
abstain from impairing sub-
stances — boating fatalities
would be reduced by more
than half,” Paulsen said. “Ore-
gon’s waters can be challenging
enough to navigate for a sober
boater.”
If you see an impaired oper-
ator or someone who is oper-
ating in a way that threatens
others’ safety, call 911 and
report it. Paulsen says, “We can
work together to save lives. See
something, say something.”
For more information about
Operation Dry Water, visit
www.operationdrywater.org.
SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2022
OUTDOORS BRIEFS
Kids Fishing Derby
July 9 at Jubilee Lake
PENDLETON — The
annual Kids Fishing Day
at Jubilee Lake will be
held Saturday, July 9, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event
will feature fi shing instruc-
tion, games, snacks, prizes
and activities for children
and adults.
The Fishing Day is
free for all participants
under the age of 14, how-
ever all children over the
age of 12 will be required
to have a valid fi shing
license. Children partic-
ipating in the event must
be accompanied by an
adult. Fishing poles will
be available on loan for
those who do not have
one and volunteers will be
onsite to provide instruc-
tion to fi rst-time anglers.
Free hot dogs and soda
pop will be provided to
all children who register
and participate.
“We will have lots for
the kids to do, including
a casting contest with
prizes for each age group
and awards for the biggest
fi sh caught during offi cial
derby hours,” said Bill
Dowdy, Umatilla National
Forest fi sh biologist.
The lake will be
stocked with legal and
trophy-sized fi sh for the
event, Dowdy said.
Tri-State Steel-
headers, a Walla Wal-
la-based group, will also
be conducting a fi shing
pole drive and collecting
fi shing poles in any con-
Jubilee Lake is
about 12 miles
northeast of
Tollgate on
the Umatilla
National Forest.
Umatilla National
Forest/Contribut-
ed Photo
11 a.m. and noon to
4:30 p.m.
• July 11-13 — 6 a.m.
to 11 a.m. and noon to
4:30 p.m.
• July 14 — 6 a.m. to
11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
dition. Donated poles are
refurbished and will be
given away to children at
future events in hopes of
encouraging a life-long
love of fi shing.
Jubilee Lake is about
12 miles northeast of Toll-
gate on Forest Road 64.
Leftover hunting
tags available
for sale now
Temporary road
closures over Hells
Canyon Dam
SALEM — Leftover
controlled hunt tags go
on sale July 1 at 10 a.m.
Tags can be purchased via
ODFW’s online licensing
system at https://odfw.
huntfi shoregon.com/
login.
Hunters who drew a
controlled hunt must wait
until July 2 at 10 a.m. to
try to exchange it for a
leftover tag.
New this year, starting
July 2 at 10 a.m., leftover
tags can be purchased
through a license agent in
addition to the online sale.
An existing tag already
purchased or a controlled
hunt win for which you
haven’t yet purchased
the tag can be exchanged
online or with an agent
for $7 (residents) and $15
OXBOW — People
planning to cross Hells
Canyon Dam over the
next two weeks should
plan their trip to avoid
periods when the road
over the dam will be
closed to accommodate
cranes involved in routine
testing of the dam’s water
outlet and spillgates.
Idaho Power Com-
pany, which owns the
dam about 90 miles east
of Baker City, announced
that the dam road will
be closed to vehicles and
pedestrians on the fol-
lowing days (all times
PDT):
• July 6 — 6 a.m. to
11 a.m., noon to 2 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• July 7 — 6 a.m. to
(non-residents).
If you have not yet
purchased the controlled
hunt tag you won, there
is no fee to exchange this
tag. These exchanges can
be for leftover or general
season tags.
A list of leftover tags is
available at dfw.state.or.us
Purchasing a leftover tag
does not aff ect your pref-
erence points.
Hunters who want to
try purchasing one of the
more than 7,000 leftover
tags (4,599 for 100 buck
deer series, 2,648 for
200 elk series) through
ODFW’s online licensing
system must set up their
online account with a
username and password
before the sale date. See
MyODFW.com for how to
purchase a leftover tag.
As a reminder, left-
over tags are no longer
available as an additional
tag, a change enacted in
2020 to distribute hunting
opportunities more equi-
tably. That means hunters
who have already pur-
chased a controlled or
general season deer or
elk tag cannot purchase
a leftover tag in the same
hunt series unless they
exchange the existing tag.
Also, any hunter who
purchases a leftover tag
cannot purchase any other
controlled hunt or general
season tag for that hunt
series. Hunters who pur-
chased a SportPac can
also choose to redeem
their deer and/or elk tag
vouchers for a leftover tag.
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