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BY MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
capital Press
Forest treatments planned
for 10,500 acres of Southern
Oregon spotted owl habi-
tat must be reevaluated af-
ter wildfires tore through the
area, according to a federal
judge.
U.S. District Judge Ann
Aiken has ruled that federal
wildlife biologists must again
consult on species impacts
from the two timber projects,
which were approved shortly
before 4,800 acres within their
boundaries burned in 2019.
Federal officials argued an-
other review was unnecessary
because the original biological
opinion to assess the projects
was still valid despite fires that
swept through spotted owl
habitat.
While the government’s
overall conclusions may re-
main unchanged, it’s still re-
quired to consider “new infor-
mation concerning wildfires
in and around the action area”
under the Endangered Species
Act, Aiken said.
Even before wildfires dam-
aged the spotted owl’s critical
habitat, the Poor Windy and
Evans Creek projects weren’t
properly studied by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the judge said.
Specifically, Aiken agreed
Tom Kogut/usFs
A northern spotted owl.
with environmental advocates
that federal officials arrived at
conclusions that were contra-
dicted by their own findings
about competition between
spotted owls and the more ag-
gressive barred owls.
The biological opinion laid
out evidence that spotted owls
are out-competed “with no
known exception” in areas used
for nesting, roosting and forag-
ing, including 10,500 acres of
habitat set to be reduced within
the 16,000-acre project bound-
aries, the ruling said.
Despite these representa-
tions, the opinion assumed
without sufficiently explaining
its reasoning that the nega-
tive influence of barred owls
would be offset by untreated
habitat that’s left available, the
judge said.
While it faults federal offi-
cials for falling short of legal
requirements, the ruling does
not block the forest treat-
ments. A future judgment
may include such remedies
for violations identified in the
ruling.
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Ex-mayor pleads guilty to having child pornography
associated Press
The former mayor of Bea-
verton has pleaded guilty to
a federal charge of possessing
child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the District of Oregon said
Dennis “Denny” Doyle, 74,
entered the plea Tuesday as
part of a plea agreement in
which a sentence of one year
and one day will be recom-
mended.
Between November 2014
and December 2015, Doyle
possessed digital media con-
taining child pornography, ac-
cording to court documents.
Several of the images were of
children under the age of 12
who had been identified as
sexually exploited minors by
the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children.
Doyle appeared with Assis-
tant Federal Public Defender
Elizabeth Daily before U.S.
District Judge Michael W.
Mosman in federal court in
Portland, The Oregonian re-
ported. He’ll be sentenced Jan.
24 and remains out of custody.
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Dennis “Denny” Doyle, center, former mayor of Beaverton, exits the
federal courthouse in downtown Portland after pleading guilty to il-
legally possessing child pornography on Tuesday.
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Doyle told the judge he’s in
counseling.
On his way out of the court-
room, Doyle said, “You know,
we make mistakes.”
Doyle served on the Bea-
verton City Council for more
than a decade before he was
elected mayor in 2008. He lost
reelection in 2020 against cur-
rent Mayor Lacey Beaty.
By pleading guilty to the
felony charge, Doyle won’t be
allowed to have a firearm, vote
or hold future public office,
the judge told him.
league of Oregon cities
Redmond Mayor George Endicott receives an award from the League
of Oregon Cities, presented by former Pendleton Mayor Phil Houk.
Endicott wins award from
League of Oregon Cities
Longtime Redmond Mayor
George Endicott received the
prestigious Mark O. Hatfield
Statesmanship Award from
the League of Oregon Cities
in at its annual conference in
Bend last week.
The award, which hasn’t
been given out since, 2017, is
among the highest honors be-
stowed by the league.
A Central Oregon native,
Endicott returned home af-
ter 40 years of federal service,
first serving on the Redmond
Planning Commission, then
being elected to the City
Council in 2007. He was
elected mayor in 2009 and
has served seven consecutive
terms. He is not running for
reelection in November.
According to the League of
Oregon Cities, the Hatfield
Award is presented to “a de-
serving politician who has
provided a lasting benefit to
the quality of life for the citi-
zens of Oregon.”
Past Hatfield Award win-
ners have included former
state Sen. Betsy Johnson, for-
mer U.S. Rep. Greg Walden,
former Oregon Gov. Neil
Goldschmidt and, the award’s
namesake, former Oregon and
U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield.
Hatfield became the youngest-
ever Oregon Secretary of State
in 1956 at the age of 34. He
was elected to the U.S. Senate
in 1966 and is the longest-
serving senator in Oregon
history.
Deschutes County staff to
discuss growth at events
Deschutes County plan-
ning staff has scheduled four
meetings to provide informa-
tion about the future growth
and development in rural ar-
eas of the county.
Since 2010, the popula-
tion of Deschutes County has
grown by more than 25%, the
Deschutes County Commu-
nity Development Depart-
ment said in a news release
on Wednesday. In response
to that growth, the county is
inviting the public to discuss
key issues, challenges and op-
portunities facing rural De-
schutes County, and a vision
for the future.
Each of the four events —
in Bend, Sisters, Sunriver, and
Redmond — will follow the
same format, so there is no
need to attend all four meet-
ings, the release said.
• The Bend event will be
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 at the Deschutes
County Service Center, 1300
NW Wall St. in the Barnes
and Sawyer Room.
• The Sisters event will be
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 20
in the Lecture Room at Sisters
High School, 1700 W. McKin-
ney Butte Road.
• The Sunriver event will be
from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24
in Benham Hall at the Home-
owners Aquatic & Recreation
Center, 57250 Overlook Road.
• In Redmond the event
will take place from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Redmond
City Hall, 411 SW Ninth St.,
in rooms 207 and 208.
For those who cannot at-
tend make it to one of the
events in person, an open
house and survey will be avail-
able on the county’s website
beginning Oct. 19 and will re-
main open through Nov. 4, the
release said.
For members of homeown-
ers associations, social organi-
zations or a book club, there
is an opportunity for a more
personal meeting with county
staff to discuss the future of
Deschutes County. To partic-
ipate, email deschutes2040@
deschutes.org.
— Bulletin staff reports