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A2 THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us 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. SOUTHERN DESCHUTES COUNTY New group of wolves spotted ODFW declares area in Deschutes, northern Klamath counties as Area of Known Wolf Activity ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B BY GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press A new group of wolves has taken up residence in Cen- tral Oregon, including parts of Deschutes and northern Klamath counties. State wildlife officials desig- nated an Area of Known Wolf Activity in the Upper De- schutes Wildlife Management Unit, which extends from near Bend south to Crescent along U.S. Highway 97 and west to the Pacific Crest Trail. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife creates wolf activity areas in locations where the same wolves — not wolves passing through — use an area repeatedly over time. The designation also helps alert livestock producers about wolf presence. Ranchers in the area should consider nonlethal measures ODFW A trail camera photo shows an adult wolf with five pups in the Upper Deschutes Wildlife Management Area in Central Oregon. ODFW has designated a new Area of Known Wolf Activity in the area, including parts of Deschutes and northern Klamath counties. to protect their livestock, ac- cording to the Oregon De- partment of Fish and Wildlife, such as hiring range riders or using flashing lights and alarms to scare away wolves. ODFW also recommends removing any carcasses or bone piles that might attract wolves. Other deterrents may include guard dogs, electrified fencing of small pastures and fladry. While Oregon’s wolf man- agement plan does allow for killing wolves in the event of repeated attacks on live- stock, this does not apply west of highways 395, 78 and 95, where wolves remain feder- ally protected under the En- dangered Species Act. That includes the Upper Deschutes area. The minimum known wolf population in Oregon based on verified evidence was at least 175 at the end of 2021, though ODFW acknowledges the actual population is likely higher. Biologists began monitor- ing reports of a single wolf in the area in August 2021, and one wolf was counted during ODFW’s annual winter sur- vey. Earlier this year, tracks of four wolves were found in the area, though it wasn’t immedi- ately clear if they came from a new group of wolves or from the Indigo Pack, which occu- pies territory just to the south. On July 4, a trail camera in the area snapped a photo of an adult wolf with five pups, con- firming the new group. Depending on how many wolves are in the group by year’s end, it may be desig- nated the Upper Deschutes Pack, with a pack being de- fined as having at least four wolves traveling together in winter — typically with at least two adults and their offspring. ODFW says additional sur- veys will be conducted to learn more about the Upper De- schutes wolves’ home range. Wolf sightings from the public can be reported to ODFW online at www.dfw. state.or.us/wolves. 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Nova Millsap, 13 months, and Ar- timay Millsap, 7 weeks, went missing with their father, Charles Millsap and their mother, Kayle Spills from Bend earlier this month. The child welfare division is search- ing for the two children in order to as- sess their safety, the department said in a release Thursday. The children are believed to be in Redmond, Terrebonne or Prineville, the release said. However, there is a chance their parents may have taken them outside of the state. The parents and the babies are suspected to be trav- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday returned the three Central Oregon counties to high levels of COVID-19 community spread. According to data released Thurs- day, the agency reported 19 counties at high levels of community spread, 16 at medium and one at low. A week ago, the CDC listed 21 Or- egon counties at high, 12 at medium and three at low. Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties had been at medium levels of COVID-19 community spread since June 30, when they were listed at high for one week, according to CDC data. While COVID-19 hospitalizations have not reached nearly the levels of past surges, the Oregon Health Au- thority on Wednesday urged residents in counties listed at high COVID-19 levels to wear masks, primarily in an Submitted Artimay Millsap, 7 weeks, left, and Nova Millsap, 13 months. State officials are searching for the children and asking the public for help. eling in a white Honda Accord with Oregon license plate number SBD139. Kayle Spills, the mother, sometimes goes by the name Kalye Millsap. Anyone who believes they have in- formation on the location of the two children or their parents is encouraged to call 911 or local law enforcement. 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. 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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. — Bulletin staff reports PORTLAND Mayor declares state of emergency over gun violence REDMOND BUREAU Mailing address ..................P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 effort to reduce the strain on state hos- pitals, especially St. Charles Health System. The CDC monitors levels of COVID-19 to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, me- dium or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions and the total num- ber of new COVID-19 cases in an area. The agency listed the following lev- els for Central Oregon: Deschutes County: High Crook County: High Jefferson County: High Precautions the CDC recommends for communities with high levels: • Wear a mask indoors in public • Stay up to date with vaccines. • Get tested if you have symptoms. • Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for se- vere illness. BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN The Oregonian Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency Thursday due to the city’s historic levels of gun violence. He said the goal is to reduce fatal shootings by 10% during the next two years by increas- ing community-based inter- ventions. “I intend to restore the safety of the Portland commu- nity,” Wheeler said at a City Hall news conference. “We will not stop until we bring peace back to those Portland neighborhoods too often caught in the crossfire.” The mayor tapped Port- land’s former Fire Chief Mike Myers as incident commander of the city’s emergency efforts to intervene in the lives of those responsible for shoot- ings plaguing the city and those at risk of becoming vic- tims. About $2.4 million already set aside in the city’s budget has yet to be distributed to community agencies to sup- port violence intervention programs aimed at people who at greatest risk of being involved in shootings or fall- Craig Mitchelldyer/AP file Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, seen here in 2019, has declared a state of emergency because of increasing gun violence. ing victim to gun violence. So far this year, there have been 52 homicides, put- ting the city on course to meet or exceed last year’s re- cord-breaking annual count of 92 killings. The declaration to support the mayor’s Safer Summer PDX initiative comes during a significant summer spate of fatal shootings that have claimed the lives of five people in less than a week. It also follows a recom- mendation by a community oversight group earlier this week that the city adopt the ShotSpotter gun detection technology with 13 controls to avoid unintended conse- quences. The group also wants the city to allow police to com- pile a Violent Impact Player list to identify so-called “serial trigger pullers,” for interven- tion and enhanced attention. Myers will be responsible for running daily Safer Sum- mer PDX meetings and work- ing to coordinate employees in multiple city bureaus to address the problem, accord- ing to the mayor and his staff. 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