A12 The BulleTin • Wednesday, sepTemBer 21, 2022
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TODAY
THURSDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
60°
LOW
45°
Mostly cloudy and cool with
a few showers
Cloudy with a brief shower
or two
68°
37°
After a cloudy start, sun
returns
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURE
High
Low
Normal
Record
75° 91° in 1918
40° 25° in 1958
PRECIPITATION
24-hour total
Trace
Record
1.17" in 1982
Month to date (normal)
0.35" (0.21")
Year to date (normal)
3.57" (6.54")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.00"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Thursday
Sun
6:51am/7:05pm 6:52am/7:03pm
Moon
2:04am/5:43pm 3:09am/6:10pm
Mercury 7:15am/6:53pm 7:05am/6:48pm
Venus
6:08am/6:53pm 6:10am/6:52pm
Mars
10:30pm/1:40pm 10:28pm/1:39pm
Jupiter
7:19pm/7:27am 7:15pm/7:23am
Saturn
5:36pm/3:32am 5:32pm/3:28am
Uranus 8:57pm/11:22am 8:53pm/11:18am
New
First
Full
Last
Sep 25
Oct 2
Oct 9
Oct 17
Tonight's sky: Mercury at inferior solar
conjunction. Not visible.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
2
2
1
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
Moderate
Trees
Low
Weeds
Low
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
SUNDAY
75°
44°
72°
43°
Mostly sunny and
comfortable
81°
48°
Mostly sunny and beautiful
EAST: Some sun
today; a brief shower
or two; however, dry in
the north. A little rain
tonight.
Astoria
66/54
As of 7 a.m. Tuesday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
38467
70%
Wickiup
12729
6%
Crescent Lake
6751
8%
Ochoco Reservoir
70
0%
Prineville
15709
11%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
222
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1060
Deschutes R. below Bend
95
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1280
Little Deschutes near La Pine
53
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
48
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
0
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
12
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
66
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
1
NATIONAL
Hood
River
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
86/56/0.00
71/48/Tr
71/52/Tr
73/59/0.20
85/51/0.00
65/49/0.00
84/53/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
78/57/pc
62/45/sh
63/45/sh
69/54/sh
75/56/pc
62/45/c
79/59/s
Thursday
Hi/Lo/W
72/54/c
67/38/pc
71/35/pc
76/52/pc
73/49/pc
67/37/pc
75/52/pc
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL WEATHER
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
TUESDAY (for the 48
T-storms
Tuesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
95/72/0.00
Akron
81/57/0.04
Albany
75/59/0.07
Albuquerque
86/66/0.01
Anchorage
53/47/0.55
Atlanta
92/69/0.38
Atlantic City
81/69/0.00
Austin
97/71/0.00
Baltimore
85/65/0.00
Billings
53/49/0.00
Birmingham
94/66/0.00
Bismarck
70/52/0.00
Boise
86/56/0.00
Boston
62/58/0.36
Bridgeport, CT 77/64/Tr
Buffalo
74/59/0.00
Burlington, VT
60/58/0.25
Caribou, ME
52/46/0.20
Charleston, SC 91/67/0.00
Charlotte
89/62/0.00
Chattanooga
93/70/0.05
Cheyenne
85/57/Tr
Chicago
85/63/0.01
Cincinnati
86/61/0.00
Cleveland
79/58/0.17
Colorado Springs 91/59/Tr
Columbia, MO
98/71/0.00
Columbia, SC
94/63/0.00
Columbus, GA
88/65/0.02
Columbus, OH
85/58/0.00
Concord, NH
62/55/0.23
Corpus Christi
93/78/Tr
Dallas
96/77/0.00
Dayton
87/57/0.00
Denver
92/60/0.00
Des Moines
94/73/0.17
Detroit
80/59/0.69
Duluth
83/58/0.00
El Paso
93/69/Tr
Fairbanks
50/42/0.13
Fargo
77/54/0.00
Flagstaff
70/51/0.02
Grand Rapids
75/54/0.28
Green Bay
82/57/0.24
Greensboro
87/66/0.00
Harrisburg
82/64/0.00
Hartford, CT
79/62/0.10
Helena
51/47/0.00
Honolulu
90/77/0.00
Houston
95/73/0.00
Huntsville
97/67/0.00
Indianapolis
86/63/0.00
Jackson, MS
93/66/0.00
Jacksonville
88/72/0.00
Today
Thursday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
96/71/s
96/70/pc
88/60/t
63/47/pc
75/62/pc 67/47/sh
86/63/pc
86/63/s
50/44/c
49/46/r
92/71/s
94/62/s
79/71/s
80/55/t
97/67/s
99/70/s
87/68/s
80/53/t
64/51/pc
69/51/t
95/70/s
95/61/s
66/37/pc
64/48/c
75/52/t
66/47/c
73/64/pc
72/50/t
76/68/s
73/50/t
78/57/t
59/44/sh
71/61/pc 66/45/pc
60/52/c
62/43/sh
91/71/s
92/65/s
91/65/s
92/54/s
94/69/s
90/58/s
60/46/c
58/46/c
82/53/t
63/48/pc
92/62/t
70/46/pc
89/59/t
61/50/pc
68/50/sh
59/49/c
94/59/t
67/53/c
94/67/s
97/61/s
95/69/s
97/67/s
91/61/t
67/44/pc
72/59/pc 67/43/sh
94/74/s
96/76/s
98/74/s
99/72/s
93/60/t
68/42/pc
62/51/sh 67/51/sh
71/51/pc 64/50/pc
89/55/t
63/44/pc
59/41/c
58/40/pc
93/69/s
91/68/s
47/36/r
48/35/c
62/40/pc
60/45/s
67/52/t
67/46/t
81/52/t
58/41/pc
73/46/pc 60/39/pc
88/66/s
89/53/t
85/69/pc
75/50/t
77/65/pc
68/48/t
68/49/pc
61/49/t
87/74/pc 88/76/sh
97/72/s
98/76/s
96/69/s
90/55/s
92/60/t
69/46/pc
96/70/s
96/66/s
89/70/s
92/71/s
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
64/45/pc
78/63/t
66/50/pc
104/77/pc
89/76/t
81/57/s
83/75/s
61/42/pc
64/48/sh
63/44/t
60/51/pc
86/74/c
89/73/s
61/38/s
88/72/pc
66/56/c
65/56/c
64/43/s
88/61/s
88/81/c
71/58/s
77/60/pc
65/50/r
62/58/c
81/65/t
68/50/pc
84/58/pc
86/77/t
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
61/46/0.06
81/66/0.05
62/53/0.22
109/79/0.00
90/81/0.04
79/52/0.00
84/77/0.00
57/43/0.11
64/52/0.10
60/48/0.00
57/48/0.00
82/75/0.20
90/71/0.00
55/36/0.00
88/73/0.29
66/54/0.00
66/52/0.00
64/43/0.00
88/62/0.00
88/82/0.08
70/63/0.00
80/63/0.00
72/49/0.00
62/54/Tr
88/72/0.11
66/50/0.00
84/61/0.38
82/76/0.68
65/50/pc
72/60/sh
64/54/r
102/74/s
88/77/t
82/50/pc
84/74/s
60/42/pc
64/49/r
63/43/pc
63/49/pc
88/75/t
93/75/s
60/43/c
89/72/pc
62/45/r
61/46/r
67/45/s
85/60/s
89/81/pc
64/55/r
78/62/s
73/54/pc
62/58/pc
82/63/s
69/56/c
84/60/s
86/77/t
Logging
Continued from A11
Stewardship contracts are
fundamentally different from
traditional timber sale con-
tracts. Typically, the U.S. For-
est Service awards timber con-
tracts by identifying an area
with commercially marketable
trees, marking the boundaries
of the proposed timber sale
and estimating the amount
of merchantable wood in the
sale area.
Then, the agency evaluates
the fair market value of the
timber and opens up a bid-
ding process to companies
that can meet bonding and
other requirements.
As the Forest Service ex-
panded its forest restoration,
fuels reduction and thinning
activities, it melded forest
management work, which of-
ten lacks commercial value,
with timber sales.
Stewardship brings the two
together, allowing the Forest
Service to award the commer-
cial value that loggers would
ordinarily bid on to finance
restoration work on national
forestland.
In 2013, faced with the im-
minent closure of Malheur
Lumber, Grant County’s lone
sawmill and largest private
employer, due to an incon-
sistent and unreliable timber
Brewery
Continued from A11
Clatsop County documents
show local developer Paul
Caruana and his business
partners sold the building lo-
cated on the corner of 14th
and Exchange streets to Break
for Beer LLC at the end of Au-
gust for more than $1 million.
The side of the building
that contained the Astoria
Co+op has been empty since
the grocery store moved to a
new, larger location off Ma-
rine Drive in 2019. Providence
Heart Clinic North Coast has
been using the other side of
the building.
Filings with the state for
Break for Beer LLC list Nathan
Sasaki, executive director for
APEX Real Estate Partners, as
the registered agent. Scott Law-
rence, founder of Breakside, is
listed as a manager.
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
59/51/0.00
99/72/0.00
73/55/0.94
95/73/0.00
91/62/0.00
103/77/0.00
100/71/0.00
80/63/0.00
93/71/0.00
81/60/0.20
100/74/0.00
93/79/0.21
80/59/0.02
92/65/0.00
99/73/0.00
92/73/0.00
79/67/0.00
81/67/0.00
86/70/0.00
96/67/0.00
100/71/0.00
93/75/1.15
99/68/0.00
96/70/0.00
83/68/0.00
97/82/Tr
78/58/0.00
59/52/0.67
73/61/0.09
91/65/0.00
77/58/0.00
64/51/0.13
91/64/0.00
72/60/0.01
77/60/0.13
97/74/0.00
92/65/0.00
96/77/0.00
78/64/0.00
74/58/0.00
79/58/0.01
84/53/0.02
90/68/0.00
78/55/0.00
95/61/0.00
74/48/0.00
94/67/0.00
92/76/0.07
96/76/0.00
99/78/0.00
86/68/0.00
100/70/0.00
79/46/0.00
99/77/0.00
Today
Thursday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
58/48/r
51/47/r
82/56/t
62/54/c
83/51/t
60/38/pc
91/68/s
92/69/s
93/65/s
74/47/c
72/52/sh
67/49/c
99/72/s
90/61/s
82/64/s
86/66/s
96/67/s
75/51/c
73/46/pc 59/39/pc
100/75/s 88/62/pc
90/77/t
90/77/t
77/52/pc 64/48/pc
68/48/pc
63/47/s
97/72/s
80/54/t
94/75/s
94/76/s
80/69/s
73/50/t
83/70/s
75/53/t
86/70/pc
91/58/t
97/66/s
85/58/s
70/51/sh 67/51/pc
88/75/t
92/74/s
97/69/s
99/76/s
82/55/t
68/46/s
85/71/s
79/54/t
92/78/t
95/81/t
84/61/t
65/46/pc
68/59/pc
68/48/t
73/63/pc
73/50/t
92/67/s
93/56/t
65/44/pc 62/47/pc
64/43/sh
72/47/s
91/68/pc
92/53/t
81/56/t
60/43/sh
76/57/s
81/57/s
95/63/s
70/52/c
83/58/t
76/54/pc
96/71/s
98/73/s
78/66/s
78/66/s
73/58/pc 76/58/pc
75/57/pc
79/56/s
83/54/c
81/54/pc
91/69/s
94/65/s
77/53/pc 69/55/pc
69/43/pc
65/50/s
75/52/s
63/45/c
94/62/s
65/56/c
90/76/t
90/76/s
90/70/t
92/72/t
101/68/s 79/60/pc
88/71/pc
83/54/t
96/58/pc
70/54/c
78/50/s
76/42/pc
97/76/pc
99/79/s
100/80/0.00
73/57/0.24
59/52/Tr
61/46/0.02
81/59/0.02
90/77/0.06
90/79/0.10
75/72/0.02
57/41/0.00
59/52/0.08
64/46/0.00
75/66/0.00
79/61/0.00
54/45/0.00
79/57/0.48
62/58/0.00
77/57/0.00
78/62/0.00
83/79/0.04
53/46/0.16
72/53/0.00
84/75/0.00
83/69/0.00
73/68/0.91
79/61/0.00
70/46/0.00
54/52/0.17
59/48/0.14
102/79/s
72/54/pc
68/57/t
57/46/c
81/55/c
89/79/t
89/78/t
75/65/pc
57/42/pc
72/52/t
66/44/pc
75/70/pc
76/56/pc
60/34/s
69/60/sh
66/51/pc
76/56/s
77/68/c
86/78/t
56/39/pc
71/62/sh
84/71/sh
83/68/pc
71/64/pc
79/55/t
68/51/s
60/43/sh
59/44/c
INTERNATIONAL
contiguous states)
National high: 103°
at Lincoln, NE
National low: 26°
at Yellowstone N.P., WY
Precipitation: 1.82"
at Punta Gorda, FL
FIRE INDEX
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Mostly cloudy
TRAVEL WEATHER
Tuesday
Today Thursday
Tuesday
Today Thursday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Portland
Astoria
78/46/0.00 66/54/pc 66/54/pc
La Grande
78/51/0.00 72/46/pc 65/38/r
Prineville
La Pine
66/47/0.00 58/43/c 65/35/pc
Baker City
77/43/0.00 72/44/pc 65/36/r
Redmond
Medford
75/56/0.43 67/53/r
77/49/pc
Brookings
62/54/0.06 60/52/c 63/51/c
Roseburg
Newport
63/46/0.00 62/54/c 63/52/c
Burns
77/46/0.00 62/40/pc 69/33/pc
Salem
North Bend
63/53/0.08 65/54/r
65/53/c
Eugene
73/54/Tr
71/54/c 74/47/pc
Sisters
Ontario
87/50/0.00 76/52/s 71/43/c
Klamath Falls
59/46/0.72 57/40/r
67/35/pc
The Dalles
Pendleton
78/48/Tr
70/54/pc 71/45/c
Lakeview
58/40/0.00 55/37/r
66/33/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace
-10s
80°
45°
Very warm with plenty of
sunshine
Plenty of sunshine
Umatilla
76/58
Rufus
Hermiston
76/56
75/58
77/59
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
76/58
77/52 78/57
69/44
Wasco
74/45 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: A passing
Tillamook
73/44
73/57
70/54
Sandy
79/59
McMinnville
68/54
shower today, but
Joseph
Heppner
La Grande
74/56
Maupin
Government
76/55
periods of rain in
72/46
73/43
Camp
71/54 Condon 67/53
Union
Lincoln City
the south. A passing
67/52
65/51
73/46
Salem
Spray
shower or two tonight. 63/55
Granite
Warm Springs
75/56
Madras
69/49
Albany
67/40
Newport
Baker City
66/48
64/47
Mitchell
62/54
73/54
72/44
WEST: Times of
Camp Sherman
61/47
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Unity
clouds and sun today; Yachats
62/47
63/45
72/53
Day
Prineville
62/54
69/41
a shower in spots;
Ontario
Sisters
63/46
Paulina
67/44
76/52
however, dry in the
Florence
Eugene 62/45
Brothers 61/43
Bend
Vale
north.
62/54
71/54
57/42
Sunriver 60/45
76/50
Nyssa
58/43
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
76/50
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
58/43
59/43
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
69/45
67/50
69/52
Fort Rock
64/54
Riley 62/40
TUESDAY
Crescent
56/42
60/40
High: 87°
56/42
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
63/54
69/54
57/40
67/43
Low: 34°
Marsh
Lake
61/42
Port Orford
55/37
57/39
at Meacham
Grants
Burns
Junction
Paisley
62/53
Pass
65/41
Chiloquin
55/38
66/53
Rome
Medford
56/39
Gold Beach
67/53
68/43
60/52
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
62/41
64/52
57/40
63/37
60/52
55/37
Seaside
67/53
Cannon Beach
65/54
TUESDAY
83°
45°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
541-683-1577
WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
MONDAY
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. Tue.
Tuesday
68°
52°
SATURDAY
FRIDAY
steven mitchell/Blue mountain eagle, file
Dustin Wright of John Day, part of the gang edger crew at Prairie Wood Products, shortens a saw blade in July. Prairie Wood Products officially
reopened on July 11.
supply, Malheur National For-
est officials decided to award a
10-year, $69 million contract
to Iron Triangle in a bid to sta-
bilize the situation.
The contract, which was
significantly more long-term
and broader in scope than
most stewardship deals, ac-
celerated timber sales and in-
creased the pace of restoration
work on the Malheur.
The plaintiffs argue that
Iron Triangle was awarded the
contract based on its prom-
ises to maximize the contract’s
economic benefits within the
contractually defined “local
community” of Grant and
Harney counties. Not only
that, Iron Triangle was to use
local loggers, including Rude
Logging, Morris Forestry and
Engle Contracting, to perform
thinning and other steward-
ship services.
“Put simply,” the lawyers
write, “Iron Triangle won the
stewardship contract by as-
suring the Forest Service in its
written proposal that it would
administer the contract in a
manner that diversified the
local economy and promoted
the public interest. Once the
contract was secured, how-
Sasaki and Lawrence are
still figuring out ideas and
concepts for the location.
They have a pre-application
meeting scheduled with city
staff in October.
Sasaki told KMUN he has
long been interested in buying
buildings in Astoria. His fa-
ther, since retired, was a doc-
tor in the city and his brother
works in private practice here.
Sasaki said the final result
at the new Breakside location
will be something the com-
munity will be proud of and it
will fit in with the surround-
ing businesses. They would
like to be open by the spring.
“We look forward to it,”
Sasaki said, “and we look for-
ward to being a further part of
the community.”
Local breweries and
beer-related businesses say
they have been hearing word
for some time about a poten-
tial Breakside taproom open-
ing in Astoria.
“It was phenomenal having
the co-op as neighbors right
across the street,” said Josh
Allison, the owner of Reach
Break Brewery. “They brought
a great sense of vibrancy, foot
traffic — and really helped
boost the community when
they were here.”
Allison is happy to see an-
other business poised to move
in and believes Breakside will
help bring more people to the
business hub off Exchange
Street. He’s not worried about
the extra concentration of beer
Breakside’s arrival will mean.
“I think it all is pretty col-
laborative, and we kind of
work together and feed off
each other,” Allison said. “The
more options that we have
helps just refine the fact that
Astoria is a prime craft beer
destination.”
“A rising tide lifts all ships,
so, you know, one more spot
in this little area downtown
won’t hurt,” agreed Dwayne
Smallwood, the owner of
Bridge & Tunnel. “It will bring
a few more people.”
But, he added, it is sur-
prising to see someone, es-
pecially a business the size of
Breakside, looking to open a
satellite taproom in Astoria,
relatively far from its brewery
operations.
A Breakside taproom would
primarily sell Breakside beers,
so Smallwood isn’t worried
about a hit to his business. Un-
like a taproom that primarily
sells its own beers, Bridge &
Tunnel offers a wide diversity
of labels and types of beer.
“So I’m not concerned,”
Smallwood said.
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ever, Iron Triangle did the ex-
act opposite.”
In the fall of 2013, after the
10-year stewardship contract
was awarded, the lawsuit states
Iron Triangle subcontracted
logging services to some of
the loggers identified in its
bid, including plaintiffs Rude
Logging and Engle Contract-
ing. The contracts established
logging service rates of $24
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Nearly all of the partici-
pating U.K. organizations
(86%) said they’ll likely keep
four-day schedules after the
pilots finish in November.
Almost half, 49%, said that
productivity had improved,
while 46% said it has re-
mained stable.
“It’s extremely encour-
aging to see that,” said Joe
O’Connor, chief execu-
tive officer of 4 Day Week
Global, who had expected
organizations to show
steadier output. “We would
see it as a big productivity
success if productivity stayed
the same.”
Pilot studies are continu-
ing in the U.K., U.S., New
Zealand, Australia, Ireland
and Canada.
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per ton for all logging services
from “stump to truck,” which
included falling, bucking,
skidding and decking of logs,
plus loading them aboard
log trucks. The contracts also
specified log trucking rates per
ton for deliveries to the mills
purchasing the logs.
A year later, the lawyers ar-
gue, Iron Triangle presented
contracts to Rude Logging
and Engle Contracting, but
at reduced rates that also tar-
geted timber stands where
logging was less efficient and
thus more costly due to lower
log quality and lower harvest
volume per acre.
While Engle Contracting
declined the work at such an
uneconomic rate, Rude Log-
ging accepted the reduced rate
in 2015 and part of 2016 but
barely covered its costs and
made little to no profit. From
then on, Rude Logging did
not accept contract proposals
from Iron Triangle.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs ar-
gue that by presenting uneco-
nomic forest stewardship and
logging service contracts to
purchase and contract loggers
in 2014 and 2015, Iron Trian-
gle was pursuing a deliberate
anti-competitive strategy to
eliminate these logging com-
panies from competing with
Iron Triangle in the Malheur
Forest Market Area.
the process.
“It wasn’t a walk in the
park at the start, but no ma-
jor change ever is,” said Nicci
Russell, managing director
of Waterwise, a nonprofit
focused on reducing wa-
ter consumption. “We have
all had to work at it-things
like annual leave can make
it harder to fit everything
in. But the team are pretty
happy, and we certainly all
love the extra day out of the
office.”
Once on four-day sched-
ules, the companies that
struggle are often very small
and in fields that necessi-
tate five- or seven-day shift
coverage, which requires
precise scheduling among
small numbers of staff. The
gift company Bookishly, for
example, continues to tin-
ker with staffing during busy
times.