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SOUTHERN DESCHUTES COUNTY
New group of wolves spotted
ODFW declares area
in Deschutes,
northern Klamath
counties as Area of
Known Wolf Activity
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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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LOCAL BRIEFING
2 children missing from Bend
are believed to be at risk
Central Oregon counties back
at high levels of COVID-19 spread
Two young children went missing
along with their mother and father on
July 7, and the Oregon Department of
Human Services Child Welfare Divi-
sion believes the two children might
be in Central Oregon and could be in
danger.
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.
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PORTLAND
Mayor declares state of emergency over gun violence
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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.
Police are encouraged to refer
people they encounter to the
community-based services,
ranging from gang outreach
workers to hospital-based sup-
port to victims of shootings.
“The primary focus of Safer
Summer PDX is to use non-
law enforcement interventions
directed toward the small per-
centage of individuals who are
most likely to commit or be-
come victims of gun violence,
but whom law enforcement is
presently unable or unlikely to
build a case against,” accord-
ing to the mayor’s office.
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“I intend to restore the
safety of the Portland
community. We will not
stop until we bring peace
back to those Portland
neighborhoods too often
caught in the crossfire.”
— Ted Wheeler, Portland mayor
Myers’ Community Safety
Division will focus the $2.4
million to support four areas:
the city’s Office of Violence
Prevention’s outreach work
to those at highest risk of fir-
ing shots, persuading those
involved in shootings to put
down their guns, engaging at-
risk youth with pro-social ac-
tivities, and adopting environ-
mental design changes such as
added lighting or traffic diver-
sions in neighborhoods most
impacted by the shootings.
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