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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Dove project public
meeting scheduled
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The Malheur National Forest
is holding a public meeting
to discuss the Proposed Ac-
tion for the Dove Vegeta-
tion Project on the Emigrant
Creek Ranger District from
6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 19 at the
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Center, 484 N. Broadway in
Burns.
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and Grant Counties.
The project proposes to
treat almost 27,000 acres
of vegetation and com-
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Palmer declined to com-
ment on the plan, saying he
would have to coordinate with
his appointed deputies before
speaking about its purpose.
Coordination is a law that
requires the Forest Service
and Bureau of Land Manage-
ment to work together with lo-
cal governments on how their
public lands are managed. Cit-
ies, counties and tribes can all
coordinate, but the question
is whether the sheriff has the
same authority.
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all cities, counties and local
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state, and all administrative
subdivisions of those cities,
counties and local service dis-
tricts.”
As a rural sheriff and the
head of Search and Rescue,
Palmer told the commissioners
in a public meeting that his job
depends on active forest man-
agement — which his resourc-
es plan emphasizes as a way to
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ple, he pointed to the Canyon
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110,000-plus acres and de-
stroyed more than 40 homes
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Palmer told commissioners.
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heard.”
To do that, Palmer depu-
tized 11 people to write the
Grant County Public Lands
Natural Resources Plan, mod-
eled on the same plan in neigh-
boring Baker County. The
deputies appointed were: Todd
Smith, Elaine Smith, Mike
Smith, Brooks Smith, Judy
Kerr, Billie Jo George, Terry
George, Dave Traylor, Rog-
er McKinley, Jim Sproul and
Frances Preston.
All 11 deputies and Palmer
are members of the special in-
terest group Citizens for Pub-
lic Access, which according
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are members of two families
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the parents of Todd Smith, and
Frances Preston is the sister of
Billie Jo George, who is mar-
ried to Terry George.
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said Commission Boyd Britton
during a discussion regarding
the 11 deputized citizens cho-
sen to put together the plan.
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agement policies for things
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not support federal and state
agencies on land management
decisions when the social and
economic impact is not care-
fully considered,” it reads.
But others argue the plan
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all. Former county judge Mark
Webb said it appears Palmer
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cedures for appointing an ad-
visory committee, nor did the
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public meeting laws.
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mercial and non-commer-
cial treatments. Landscape
scale fuel treatments are
also proposed across 38,595
acres.
Forest road activities
would include closing, sea-
son closing, decommission-
ing and opening roads.
The public comment peri-
od ends Oct. 23. The scoping
document can be accessed on
the Forest Service website
at: www.fs.usda.gov. For a
hardcopy request, questions
about the meeting or project,
contact Lori Bailey, NEPA
Planner at 541-573-4300 or
labailey@fs.fed.us.
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ordination status and would
encourage the county court
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nation status, the fact remains
the sheriff does not have that
right,” Webb said.
Commissioner Boyd Brit-
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the committee can claim to
represent all of Grant Coun-
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moving forward.”
While the county court is
hesitant, the Grant County
Public Forest Commission did
approve support for the sheriff
at a meeting Wednesday night
Oct. 7.
The public forest com-
mission is an elected body
that provides input on man-
agement issues. Two of the
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— Roger McKinley and Dave
Traylor — also serve on the
commission, and took part in
the vote.
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imous. Larry Blasing voted
against it, admitting he was
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that were blind,” Blasing said.
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everything is correct.”
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dent of the county, said the
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ties will bring their plan for-
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wide majority.
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should have been doing all
along.”
Gil Riddell, policy director
for the Association of Oregon
Counties, said he is not sure
if the sheriff needs approval
from the county court to in-
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he said the association already
has agreements with the For-
est Service and BLM to coor-
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happened historically in many
of our counties already.”
Steve Beverlin, forest su-
pervisor on the Malheur Na-
tional Forest headquartered in
John Day, said the agency will
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forest works closely with the
Grant County Court, he said,
and believes they have a solid
process of engagement.
Beverlin said he wants to
establish a relationship with
Palmer, and has tried diligent-
ly to communicate with him
through letters, emails and
phone calls.
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with me at all,” Beverlin said.
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to have a coordinated Search
and Rescue plan throughout
the forest, and said a partner-
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health and safety of residents.
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engage proactively, and have
an open dialogue about how
lands are managed in the coun-
ty,” he said.
Contact George Plaven at
gplaven@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0825.
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