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Sports & Outdoors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Archers get set for 3-D target shooting
Two archery events are on tap in May
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
PRAIRIE CITY – Mem-
bers of the Canyon Creek
Bowhunters group enjoy
using the Bear Creek Shoot-
ing Range for practice, and
they and other archers will
have that opportunity with
the upcoming Predator Fun
Shoot membership drive.
The event is set for 8
a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May
2, at the range, west of
Prairie City and just west
of Keeney Forks Road on
Highway 26.
Archers will aim at 3-D
foam targets, including coy-
otes, wolves, cougars and
bears.
The cost is $5 to shoot
the course, or free with the
purchase of a $15 annual
club membership.
Currently, there are 20
members.
Members can use the
range, and club president
Mike Springer said there will
be club trips to other archery
ranges.
The club also will host, for
the second year, the Ironman
Shoot on Saturday, May 30.
Landscaping at the archery
area of the Bear Creek Shoot-
ing Range is improving due
to generous donations, and a
good dose of elbow grease.
Springer said that last
year that part of the proper-
ty was covered with grass,
juniper and sage brush.
“In March, Tidewater
Construction shaped the
range,” he said.
“We appreciate all the
help and donations we’ve
received from everybody,
including Les Schwab,
which gave $1,000 to the
development of the archery
range,” he said. “We have a
long range plan that’s com-
ing together.”
For more information on
the events, call Springer at
541-620-0676.
Contributed photo
Working on the archery range at Bear Creek Shooting Range near Prairie
City are, from left, Joe Hitz of Sisul Engineering, Lorin Hodge of Tidewater
Construction, and Les Percy, vice president of Canyon Creek Bowhunters.
Spring brings mushrooms to the Blue Mountains
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Mushroom
hunters are gearing up for
another season, as fungi be-
gin pushing up through the
soil on the national forest
lands.
A permit is not required
to harvest, possess, or trans-
the
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port less than one gallon
in Oregon or less than five
gallons in Washington on
the national forests. These
free-use mushrooms are for
personal consumption and
cannot be sold, bartered, or
given away.
A commercial mushroom
permit is required if you are
corner’s
prohibited from camping in
developed campgrounds.
The commercial permit
rates are:
• Consecutive-Day: $2
per day, with a minimum of
10 days for $20.
• Annual Permit: Jan. 1 -
Dec. 31, $100.
• Buyer’s permit: $600,
plus administrative costs.
Commercial mushroom
picking is prohibited in wil-
derness areas.
Commercial pickers are
required to keep a record
of the date, time, and quan-
tity of mushrooms removed
from the national forest sys-
tem lands; a chart is located
on the front of the permit.
Mushroomers on the
Umatilla National Forests
and Wallowa-Whitman are
required to display a recre-
ation pass in the windshield
of their vehicle when using
a designated fee trailhead.
The Malheur National Forest
does not require a recreation
pass.
Proper identification and
determination of whether a
mushroom is edible is the
responsibility of the picker.
Officials caution that
many forest mushroom va-
rieties are poisonous. Some
forests sell field guides to
help with identification, or
pickers can check the local
library, county Extension
offices, or a Mycological
Society group for more in-
formation.
Remember: When in
doubt throw it out, the ex-
perts say.
Ranger District
• Knox, Prairie City Rang-
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• Pine Creek, Prairie City
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evaluating conditions to con-
• Crawford Creek, Blue
tinue prescribed burning on Mountain Ranger District
the Malheur National Forest.
• Balance, Blue Mountain
Burning is expected to take Ranger District
place over the next several
• Damon, Blue Mountain
months. The exact days will Ranger District
depend on weather.
• Starr, Blue Mountain
Landscape burning this Ranger District
spring may include the fol-
• Canyon Creek, Blue
lowing units:
Mountain Ranger District
• Dairy, Emigrant Creek
• 18 Road, Blue Mountain
Ranger District
Burning may have some
short-term impacts on air
quality levels, but managers
will seek to conduct burns
during weather conditions
that should minimize smoke
impacts on local communi-
ties.
Areas to be burned are
often prepared by construct-
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restore overall health of the
national forest lands, and they
are an integral part of the land
management on the Malheur.
For updates, visit the Mal-
heur website.
18 years or older and harvest
mushrooms to sell, or if you
plan to harvest, possess, or
transport more than one gal-
lon in Oregon or more than
five gallons in Washington.
In addition, an industrial
camping permit is required
if commercial mushroom
harvesters and buyers plan to
camp overnight on national
forest lands. Those permits
can be obtained only at local
ranger district offices.
Commercial mushroom
harvesters and buyers are
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LA GRANDE – Grant
Union’s Prospectors suffered
a tough 2-12 loss on April 7 to
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The Prospectors were hop-
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day, when they were sched-
uled to meet up with them at
Malone Field, past press time.
Grant Union hits the road
this Saturday for a 1 p.m.
game against Crook County
in Prineville.
The Pros will host Irrigon
next Tuesday, April 28.
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