THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 A7
Eloise
Continued from A1
The two deaths follow the death
of Gracie, a beloved resident swan
at the Sunriver Nature Center who
was likely killed by a coyote in
October. Gracie was another im-
portant part of the state’s breeding
program, having produced 12 off-
spring since 2016.
Each offspring, or cygnet, is sent
to live in the wild at the Summer
Lake Wildlife Area, a 19,000-acre
wetland in central Lake County
that is ideal for swans. The state’s
goal is to increase the number of
wild swans so the species can sus-
tain itself without relying on pro-
tected areas like the Sisters golf
course or Sunriver Nature Center.
But due to the recent deaths,
wildlife officials are expecting a
disappointing breeding season this
spring. Eloise’s mate, Bob, is now
alone at the golf course and Gra-
cie’s mate, Gus, was introduced to
a new mate, Val, but the two have
not shown any signs of nesting this
year.
“I expected to hear they were
building a nest by now, so I think
they are probably not going to nest
this year,” said Gary Ivey, a past
president of the Trumpeter Swan
Society, which partners with the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife to run the breeding pro-
gram.
Ivey hopes the Sunriver pair will
start nesting next spring, but this
year it will be up to wild swans
across the state to produce cygnets.
The only other additions to the
state’s swan population will be two
young swans from Wyoming that
will be released in June at Summer
Lake.
“That’s the only birds we have
on tap right now,” Ivey said.
Wildlife officials had hope ear-
lier this year when Gus was in-
troduced to Val in Sunriver and
Eloise was introduced to Bob,
who arrived Feb. 5 from the same
breeder in North Carolina who
sent Pete to the Sisters golf course.
But Eloise never appeared to
connect with Bob, Gold said.
“They were getting along. They
swam around together. But it
wasn’t like with Pete,” Gold said.
The Aspen Lakes community in
Sisters, which helps support the lo-
cal swans, is deciding if it wants to
find another female swan or find a
new home for Bob.
“We don’t know what’s going to
happen,” Gold said. “But for now,
we have a very lonely male swan.”
Reporter: 541-617-7820,
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Submitted photo
In this 2019 file photo, trumpeter swans Pete and Eloise are seen at the Aspen Lakes Golf Course in Sisters.
Power
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The move by Pacific Power
onto 17 acres at the Juniper
Ridge Industrial and Business
Park completes a major section
of the city’s vision for that area
that’s been in the works for 16
years.
“Pacific Power has been
working more than a decade
to find an optimal site to con-
solidate operations and build a
state-of-the-art training facil-
ity,” said Roger Lee, Economic
Development for Central Ore-
gon CEO.
The new facility will house
70 employees who will do
training for the entire com-
pany, and provide a central-
ized location for customer
service. In addition, it will in-
clude administrative offices, a
warehouse, truck bays, stag-
ing areas, a mechanics shop
Submitted photo
Artist rendering of the new Pacific Power facility on 17 acres in Juniper Ridge.
and storage areas, according
to planning documents on file
with the city of Bend.
Carolyn Eagan, Bend Eco-
nomic Development director,
said the submittal of construc-
tion documents by Pacific
Power represents a textbook
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partnership. The city’s promise
is to finish out the construction
of roads on NE Cooley Road
and NE Talus Place and the
utility will begin construction
on the new facility.
“It’s a major component of Ju-
niper Ridge,” Eagan said. “The
first phase of the city’s vision is
coming to fruition. By end of
2022 have more parcels to sell.”
Pacific Power plans to com-
plete the work on the outdoor
training yard by November
and begin construction on
the building. The building is
expected to be completed in
2022, Gaunet said.
The new facility will be built
to green building standards, in-
corporating sustainable build-
ing design elements and solar
arrays, according to the com-
pany’s announcement. Local
architect Stemach Design and
Architecture was selected to
design the project.
According to city docu-
ments, an online public hear-
ing was held April 8 where
the design of the building will
be at NE Cooley Road to the
south and NE Talus Place to
the north in the business park,
which has been part of the
city’s growth plan since 2005.
The facility is one of several
businesses in the 1,500 acres of
city-owned land in northeast
Bend. About 500 acres are in
the city limits and zoned for
light industrial use.
It is considered an enterprise
zone, which gives property
tax incentives for three to five
years for economic develop-
ment whenever a business adds
jobs or constructs a building.
Pacific Power serves more
than 770,00 customers in Or-
egon, Washington and Cali-
fornia. It is part of PacifiCorp,
which provides power for 1.9
million customers in six West-
ern states.
Reporter: 541-633-2117,
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