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News BURN Con t inu ed f rom Pag e A1 Bu t tho s e r e s , wh i l e sp r e ad ing w ide , we re o f low in ten s i ty . They bu rned up g ra s s , downed l imb s and dead t ree s , bu t la rge hea l thy t ree s we re s t rong enough to su rv ive . The f i re s the re fo re kep t i t a hea l thy eco sy s tem , re s to r ing nu t r ien t s wh i le c lean ing ou t fue l s . In the la s t f i f ty yea r s , Beve r l in sa id th i s i s the f i r s t t ime f i re bu rned the ave rage amoun t o f ac reage tha t bu rned up in the fo re s t be fo re human in te rven t ion . “ I f you look a t how ac - t ive we ’ve been the la s t coup le yea r s , I ’m no t su re we cou ld go a t i t any ha rd - e r ,” sa id Beve r l in , po in t - ing ou t p re sc r ibed th inn ing pro jec t s on a map in h i s o f f ice . Bob V idou rek , a re t i red U .S . Bu reau o f Land Man - agemen t fo re s te r in John Day , l ive s on L i t t le Can - yon Moun ta in , a few m i le s sou th o f John Day and ju s t ea s t o f Canyon C i ty . Be fo re he re t i red 7 yea r s ago , V idou rek gu ided a se r ie s o f p ro jec t s tha t re - su l ted in mo s t o f the 2 ,500 ac re s o f BLM land on the moun ta in be ing c leaned up . Tha t inc luded the th in - n ing o f fo re s t s tand s , the c lean ing up o f a s ign i f i - can t amoun t o f s la sh f rom the fo re s t f loo r and t imbe r sa lvage sa le s . The p ro jec t s occu r red f rom 2003 -2007 . One o f the p ro jec t s wa s a 10 -yea r BLM s tewa rd sh ip con t rac t tha t wa s pu rcha sed by a loca l company tha t h i red a lo t o f sub -con t rac - to r s to do the wo rk . Becau se o f the wo rk tha t wa s done , when the Canyon C reek Comp lex f i re came roa r ing towa rd h i s p rope r - ty , wh ich wa s p laced unde r a Leve l 3 “ leave immed i - a te ly” evacua t ion o rde r , V i - dou rek , who se home abu t s the BLM land , say s he wa s neve r rea l ly wo r r ied . “ I knew i f i t go t in to tha t s tand , i t wou ldn ’ t bu rn too ho t ,” he say s . The f i re d id bu rn some o f the BLM land a s i t roa red up the sou th s ide o f the moun ta in , bu t i t s lowed con s ide rab ly a f te r i t reached the no r the rn pa r t o f the moun ta in and le f t mo s t o f the BLM land un sca thed o r l igh t ly bu rned . I t s topped abou t 1 ,000 fee t above V idou rek ’ s p rope r ty . “ I t k i l led eve ry th ing on the o the r s ide o f the moun - ta in . I ’m con f iden t the wo rk we d id s lowed the f i re down … and p robab ly saved some o f the se hou s - e s ,” he say s , po in t ing in the d i rec t ion o f e igh t o the r home s nea r h i s . G ran t Coun ty ranche r A lec O l ive r say s the f i re ba re ly touched a pa s tu re h i s ca t t le l igh t ly g razed th i s sp r ing . “ I wa s su rp r i sed a t the d i f fe rence be tween the a rea whe re we g razed ea r l ie r th i s yea r compa red w i th the a rea ac ro s s the fence tha t hadn ’ t been g razed in a yea r ,” he say s . Wha t ange r s a lo t o f loca l s , O l ive r say s , i s the law su i t s tha t have s topped a lo t o f p ropo sed fo re s t managemen t wo rk re su l ted in the damage cau sed by the Canyon C reek Comp lex f i re . T ray lo r , V o ig t and V i - dou rek don ’ t lay the b lame on the Fo re s t Se rv ice . Ra th - e r , they b lame env i ronmen - ta l g roup s tha t have sued to s top p ropo sed th inn ing , s la sh c lea r ing o r logg ing p ro jec t s . “ I t ’ s no t the Fo re s t Se r - v ice ; i t ’ s the env i ronmen ta l g roup s tha t have them hand - cu f fed ,” V idou rek say s . T ray lo r say s ba sed on pa s t p rom i se s tha t neve r ma te r ia l ized , he doub t s fo r - e s t managemen t p rac t ice s in the Ma lheu r Na t iona l Fo re s t W edn e sd ay , S ep t emb e r 16 , 2015 w i l l change much , de sp i te the seve r i ty o f th i s f i re . “They ’ re go ing to te l l u s they ’ l l do some th ing bu t the t ru th i s they won ’ t do any th ing tha t amoun t s to any th ing ,” he say s . “They a re no t l i s ten ing to u s .” Robe r t son sa id he too unde r s tand s the dange r o f l iv ing too c lo se to an un - hea l thy fo re s t , ju s t c ro s s ing you r f inge r s un t i l i t l igh t s . And he sa id tha t mo re th in - n ing p ro jec t s may make sen se in u rban / fo re s t in te r - face s , wh ich accoun t s fo r much o f ru ra l G ran t Coun - ty . Bu t he sa id the re a re d i f fe ren t de f in i t ion s o f rea sonab le fo re s t manage - men t , and g roup s l ike h i s d i sag ree w i th o the r s on how be s t to c rea te a hea l thy fo re s t s . “Some p ro jec t s ca l l them th inn ing p ro jec t s , bu t they look mo re l ike c lea rcu t s ,” he sa id . Robe r t son sa id the f i re ha s re focu sed the o rgan i - za t ion ’ s e f fo r t s on mak ing a fo re s t “mo re re s i s tan t” to deva s ta t ing b laze s . “F i re s l ike the se a re t rag - ic , and we have to do wha t we can to s top them f rom be ing so powe r fu l ,” he sa id . Beve r l in sa id the Fo r - e s t Se rv ice i s w i l l ing to do wha t i t can , bu t can ’ t make eve ryone happy . The Fo re s t Se rv ice f ie ld s comp la in t s ac ro s s the boa rd . O f ten , peop le comp la in abou t logg ing p ro jec t s too c lo se to road s o r home s , say ing i t i s loud wo rk and ru in s the i r v iew . Beve r l in sa id peop le a l so comp la in abou t smoke in the a i r when c rew s t ry to do p re sc r ibed bu rn s in sp r ing and fa l l , when they can keep con t ro l ove r them and u se them to c lean ou t downed fue l s . He ge t s com - p la in t s f rom some g roup s when they take a mo re ac - t ive ro le , comp la in t s f rom o the r s when they a re mo re hand s -o f f . Beve r l in sa id he w i l l con t inue to wo rk w i th the pub l ic to t ry to f ind the r igh t amoun t o f manage - men t , the r igh t amoun t o f logg ing , the r igh t amoun t o f f i re f igh t ing , the r igh t amoun t o f le t t ing na tu re do i t s th ing . “W e know wha t a hea l thy fo re s t look s l ike ,” he sa id . “W e wan t to ge t i t to the p lace whe re f i re he lp s ou r fo re s t , doe sn ’ t hu r t i t .” A5 F IRE Con t inu ed f rom Pag e A1 Dry Gu lch F ir e No r thwe s t o f R ich land , O regon . S i z e : 17 ,536 a c r e s Con ta inm en t : 20% P e r sonn e l : 274 W ea th e r fo r e ca s t : C lo s e to a qu a r t e r in ch o f r a in f e l l on th e D ry Gu l ch F i r e Mon - d ay , S ep t . 14 c a lm ing r e b eh av io r and s low ing r e sp r e ad . Gr izz ly Bear Comp lex Lo c a t ed 20 m i l e s sou th - e a s t o f D ay ton , W a sh . , on th e Um a t i l l a N a t ion a l Fo r - e s t , in th e W en ah a -Tu c an - non W i ld e rn e s s and th e W a sh ingon /O r egon bo rd e r . Th e m a in in c id en t comm and po s t i s lo c a t ed in E lg in . S i z e : 76 ,475 a c r e s Con ta inm en t : 44% P e r sonn e l : 331 W ea th e r fo r e ca s t : Coo l - t e r t emp e r a tu r e s w i l l s t a r s low ing any r e g row th to low . P ro Saw Shop and a Who le Lo t Mo re 02131 B lu e Moun t a in E ag l e C OPS & C OURTS A r r e s t s and c i ta t ion s in th e B lu e Moun ta in Eag l e a r e ta k en f r om th e log s o f law en - f o r c em en t ag en c i e s . E v e r y e f - f o r t i s mad e to r epo r t th e cou r t d i spo s i t ion o f a r r e s t ca s e s . C i r cu i t Cou r t CANYON C ITY – Th e G r an t Coun ty C i r cu i t Cou r t r e - po r t ed th e o l lo ing n e s and j udgm en t s : • K ev in John R app , w a s found in con t emp t o f cou r t fo r no t p ay ing h i s mon th ly ch i ld suppo r t p aym en t s . H e w a s s en t en c ed to 18 mon th s ben ch p rob a t ion w i th sp e c ic t e rm s to comp ly w i th Ch i ld Suppo r t En fo r c em en t , and 20 d ay s in j a i l , to b e su sp end ed i f ch i ld suppo r t p aym en t s a r e pa id e a ch mon th o f p rob a t ion beg inn ing O c t . 15 . • No rm an K e l l ey Bu rn e t t , 64 , p l e ad ed gu i l ty to a t t emp t to comm i t fou r th -d eg r e e a s s au l t . H e w a s s en t en c ed to b en ch prob a t ion fo r 12 mon th s and 40 hou r s commun i ty s e rv i c e . H e w a s n ed 200 , and o rd e r ed to h av e no con t a c t w i th th e v i c t im . G ran t Coun ty Sh e r i f f CANYON C ITY – Th e G r an t Coun ty Sh e r i f fs O fc e r epo r t ed th e fo l low ing fo r th e w e ek o f S ep t . 3 -10 : • Con c e a l ed h andgun l i - c en s e s : 12 • A v e r ag e inm a t e s : 15 • Book ing s : 8 • R e l e a s e s : 9 • A r r e s t s : 2 • C i t a t ion s : 1 • F ing e rp r in t s : 15 • C iv i l p ap e r s : 20 • W a r r an t s p ro c e s s ed : 3 • A s s t . /w e l f a r e ch e ck : 2 D i spa t ch John D ay d i sp a t ch wo rk ed 133 c a l l s du r ing th e w e ek o f S ep t . 7 -13 . A long w i th th e v a r iou s t r a fc w a rn ing s , t r e s - pa s s ing , in ju r ed an im a l s , no i s e comp l a in t s and juv en i l e com - pl a in t s , th e s e c a l l s in c lud ed : • John Day Po l i c e: S ep t . 9 : Dom e s t i c r epo r t - ed on John son S t r e e t in P r a i - r i e C i ty ; th e f t r epo r t ed in th e Coun t ry Sp i c e a r e a . S ep t . 1 1 : Th e f t r epo r t ed a t th e W e s t Sh e l l s t a t ion ; th e f t r epo r t ed on Co t tonwood S t r e e t in M t . V e rnon . S ep t . 12 : C i t ed a John D ay m an fo r no b r ak e l igh t s on a t r a i l e r . S ep t . 13 : Th e f t r epo r t ed a t two John D ay bu s in e s s e s . • G ran t Coun ty Sh e r i f f: S ep t . 7 : R epo r t o f a th e f t in th e M a ry sv i l l e Ro ad a r e a . S ep t . 8 : T r e sp a s s ing r epo r t - ed in th e Long C r e ek a r e a . S ep t . 9 : H a r a s sm en t r epo r t - ed on T r a f ton L an e . S ep t . 10 : G r a s s r e r epo r t - ed on H ighw ay 26 e a s t o f L ay - co ck C r e ek . S ep t . 12 : C i t ed th r e e p eop l e f rom Sp r inge ld – a wom an fo r sp e ed ing and two m en fo r m ino r - in -po s s e s s ion o f m a r i - ju an a . S ep t . 13 : Sho t s r ed on H ighw ay 402 . • John Day ambu lan c e: S ep t . 8 : R e spond ed fo r an 84 -y e a r -o ld wom an . S ep t . 10 : R e spond ed fo r a ed 220 ; Ch r i s to - ay , n 64 -y e a r -o ld m an w i th a l eg in - John D e r A l an Ho l l i s t e r , 28 , F r e s - ju ry ; r e spond ed fo r an 86 -y e a r - ph no , C a l i f . , n ed 260 . o ld m an . • Ex c e ed ing t r a i l e r l eng th : Ju s t i c e Cou r t J a son T a a l en , 24 , M en i s i - CANYON C ITY – Th e no ed , M an i tob a , C an ad a , n G r an t Coun ty Ju s t i c e Cou r t r e - 110 . po r t ed th e fo l low ing n e s and judgm en t s : PROPER TY CLEANUP , • V io l a t ion o f th e b a s i c ru l e : D R I V EW A Y S , P A R K I N G D ebo r ah D a r l en e G ib son , 49 , L O T R E P A I RS P r a i r i e C i ty , 74 /55 on e , n ed 135 ; D eb r a M ay W a lk e r , 35 , B r u c e W a r d e , n ed D ayv i l l e , 72 /55 on Sun r ise 135 ; Gu s t av D . S t in e r , 28 , Cons t ruc t ion e , n ed P end l e ton , 75 /55 on MOST Y A W E V I R 160 ; K e l ly L ynn M e lb e rg , 50 , D s s e l t s s co r i On a l a sk a , W a sh . , 77 /55 zon e , repa f o d a o l an a th n ed 160 . l e v a r g CCB#189765 • P a s s ing a s topp ed v eh i - c l e c ro s s ing : Nob l e H i ck s , 82 , 5 41- 620- 1664 P r a i r i e C i ty , n ed 260 . • D r iv ing w i thou t a l i c en s e : D eb r a M ay W a lk e r , 35 , D ay - ed 260 . v i l l e , n • D r iv ing un in su r ed : D eb - r a M ay W a lk e r , 35 , D ayv i l l e , n ed 260 . • C a r e l e s s d r iv ing -no a c c i - d en t : T oby J am e s Y a z z i e , 22 , L e s l i e B a rn e t t Long C r e ek Lodg e Long C r e ek , O r egon CANYON CREEK COPMPLEX B e e n n e e f f i i t t & F u u n n d d r r a a i i s s e e r r B R E R E T T W E E L T L T Y Y B R E T W E L T Y B A N A D N D A N D B R o ck & B l u e s LANDOWNERS W i th Bu rned T imbe r Ca l l I R ON T R IAN G L E , L L C B B e e n n d d C C o o m m e e d d y y F r iday Sep . 18 • 9 PM B e nd C o me d y Sa tu rday Sep . 19 • 8pm 00 $5 Cov e r Ch a r g e Cov e r ch a r g e and 50¢ o f a l l d r ink s go tow a rd th e F i r e R e l i e f Fund I I t t ’ ’ s s a a • F ind ing be s t p r i ce fo r you r t imbe r • Fa s t remova l to re ta in va lue • A s s i s tan ce in c leanup • Ge t t ing pe rm i t s I ron T r iang le , LLC p rov ide s : F a m i l y f r i e n d l y u n t i l 8 p m ! 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