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A2 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us 2022 May Primary Election CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL bulletin@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 Republican governor’s forum in Bend to air Thursday night Bulletin staff report The Bulletin and Central Oregon Daily News are hosting a political fo- rum in Bend with the top four Republi- can gubernatorial candidates Thursday. The four of 19 Republican candidates were selected for the forum as they met several strict criteria regarding their campaigning and fundraising efforts. The four are: Christine Drazan, Stan Pulliam, Bud Pierce and Bob Tiernan. The recorded forum will air at 7 p.m. on CBS (KBNZ) in Bend. It will post online at approximately the same time at bendbulletin.com and at centralore- gondaily.com. The remaining Republican candi- dates have been asked to participate in an online forum Thursday, April 28, which also will be posted on the web- sites of The Bulletin and CO Daily. “Due to the large field of primary candidates, it became clear that to host a live debate with all the candidates would be nearly impossible and a bit chaotic,” said Bulletin Editor Gerry O’Brien. “Instead, we chose to partner with CO Daily, Pamplin Media Group and KOIN-TV in Portland to estab- lish criteria for the top fundraisers and front-runners from a recent poll and host two forums with the top four can- didates and a secondary, online forum with the remaining ones.” The second forum will be held in Portland and hosted by Pamplin and KOIN-TV. 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Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B 21 Oregon wolves killed last year by poison, cars, wildlife officials Deaths have slowed the growth of state wolf population Associated Press ADMINISTRATION Publisher Heidi Wright ..............................541-383-0341 Editor Gerry O’Brien .............................541-633-2166 DEPARTMENT HEADS Advertising Brian Naplachowski .................541-383-0370 Circulation/Operations Maria Johnson ..........................541-617-7830 Finance Wendy Dougherty ...541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 TALK TO AN EDITOR City Julie Johnson ...................541-383-0367 Business, Features, GO! 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The 2021 census counted 175 wolves, up just two ani- mals from the previous year, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The number of documented packs decreased to 21 from 22 after eight wolves in East- ern Oregon were illegally poisoned, wiping out an entire pack. The number of breeding pairs of wolves was down to 16, from 17 in 2020. It was the slowest rate of wolf growth since 2016, al- though agency officials did add that wolves expanded their range into four new ar- eas of activity in rural areas in Jefferson, Klamath, Grant and Union counties. The count only captures wolves observed through vi- sual observations, tracks and remote camera photographs and the actual number of wolves in Oregon is higher, officials stressed. Just 13% of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, file This photo taken in August 2019 by a trail camera shows a wolf pack that had at least four pups in the Umpqua National Forest. State officials said Wednesday that the growth of Oregon’s wolf population slowed last year because 21 wolves were killed. the wolves in Oregon are in the western part of the state. The number of wolf at- tacks on livestock was up in 2021, including 49 con- firmed incidents last year versus 31 in 2020, the depart- ment said. Wildlife officials said they killed eight members of the Lookout Mountain Pack because the animals chron- ically attacked nearby live- stock. A conservation group, Cascadia Wildlands, said Wednesday the high num- ber of wolf deaths at the hands of humans was unac- ceptable. “Oregon’s wolf population simply cannot sustain such high levels of human-caused wolf mortality,” said Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands’ legal director. “The state needs to both seriously pros- ecute poachers and stop killing wolves to subsidize commercial livestock oper- ations.” Wolves once ranged most of the U.S. But they were wiped out in most places by the 1930s under govern- ment-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns. More than 2,000 wolves occupy six states in the Northern Rockies and Pa- cific Northwest after the animals from Canada were reintroduced in Idaho and Yellowstone National Park starting in 1995. However, wolves remain absent across most of their historical range. Wildlife ad- vocates argue that continued protections are needed so they can continue to expand in California, Colorado, Or- egon and other states. Wolves in Oregon no lon- ger have state protection and were without federal Endan- gered Species Act protection for 2021 after the Trump ad- ministration removed those protections. In February, federal protection was re- stored to wolves in the west- ern two-thirds of the state. REDMOND BUREAU Mailing address ..................P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 CORRECTIONS The Bulletin’s primary concern is that all stories are accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call us at 541-383-0367. TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week To sign up for our e-Editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. 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Periodicals postage paid at Bend, OR. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Bulletin circulation department, P.O. Box 6020, Bend, OR 97708. The Bulletin retains ownership and copyright protection of all staff-prepared news copy, advertising copy and news or ad illustrations. They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. COVID-19 community levels for Central Oregon counties The Bulletin is no longer publishing COVID-19 daily case counts by county. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors community lev- els of COVID-19 to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium or high and are deter- mined by looking at hospital beds be- ing used, hospital admissions and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. The CDC listed the following levels for Central Oregon: Deschutes County: Low Crook County: Low Jefferson County: Low Precautions the CDC recommends for communities with low levels: Stay up to date on vaccines and get tested if you have symptoms. Tuesday is deadline to register with major party BETSY HAMMOND The Oregonian Oregon makes it easy to vote – fill out your ballot at home, then pop it in the mail, no stamp needed. But Oregon voters don’t get a say in which Democratic or Republican candidates get nom- inated for governor, Congress or the Legislature unless they’re a registered member of one of those parties. And right now, a huge chunk of Oregon vot- ers – about 41%, or nearly 1.3 million– are not. About 34% of registered voters are Democrats, and 24% are Republicans. Reg- istering without a party affili- ation has become much more common since Oregon adopted automatic voter registration tied to getting or renewing an Ore- gon driver’s license or state ID. You might be among the 1.3 million who are not registered with a major party — and it’s easy to check. Simply go to or- egonvotes.gov/myvote. Enter your first and last names and birthday and you’ll see whether your registration is current and which party, if any, you belong to. Many unaffiliated voters are perfectly content with that sta- tus. They get to vote in the May 17 primary for state labor com- missioner, county commission- ers, city council members and other nonpartisan positions, such as auditor. But elections officials say the top complaint about perceived election unfairness in spring primaries comes from voters who are certain they registered as members of the Republican or Democratic parties and are outraged someone changed their registration and took away their ability to vote for or against a major party candidate. State and county elections of- ficials looked into many such complaints in 2020 and found no cases where a voter’s party registration was changed by anyone but the voter. The upshot: If you want to vote for or against Tina Kotek, Bud Pierce or any other Repub- lican or Democrat next month, you should act now. http://ore- gonvotes.gov/myvote and con- sider changing your party reg- istration if you’re not satisfied with the current one. All you need to switch your party mem- bership online is your birthdate and Oregon driver license or state ID number to verify your identity. But you must do it by Tuesday’s deadline to affect which ballot you’ll receive later this month. WE’RE ALL EARS Take our brief online survey and you could win a $100 Old Mill District gift card! Your answers will help us learn about our community’s concerns so we can better serve your needs. BendBulletin.us/survey
