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About The Blue Mountain eagle. (John Day, Or.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (April 6, 2016)
A4 Opinion Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, April 6, 2016 A forest plan we can live with T he Blue Mountains Forest Plan is the overarching management document that guides decisions on millions RIDFUHVRISXEOLFODQGLQ (DVWHUQ2UHJRQ Land managers on the Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman national IRUHVWVKDYHEHHQZRUNLQJ under that plan, which has not EHHQXSGDWHGVLQFH7KDW was two Bush presidents ago DQGDERXWHLJKW\HDUVEHIRUH *RRJOHZDVIRXQGHG The plan is long overdue IRUDQXSGDWHEXWWKHSXEOLF DQGODQGRZQHUVWKHIHGHUDO government and we the SHRSOHKDYHDVRI\HWEHHQ XQDEOHWRPDNHKHDGZD\RQ ZKDWWKDWVKRXOGORRNOLNH After a long, arduous process to collect and FROODWHSXEOLFFRPPHQW the Forest Service released VL[SRVVLELOLWLHVIRUZKDWDQ XSGDWHGSODQFRXOGORRNOLNH 7KH\FDOOWKRVHDOWHUQDWLYHV 7KHSXEOLFGLGQ¶WOLNHDQ\RI the six, and the Forest Service GHFLGHGWRJREDFNWRWKH GUDZLQJERDUGDQGFRQVLGHU PRUHDOWHUQDWLYHV,WZDV another delay for a new forest SODQEXWSHUKDSVLWZLOODOORZ for an outcome that more SHRSOHZLOOEHKDSS\ZLWK ,W¶VKDUGWRGR)RUHVWXVHUV come in all different stripes, and they want different and sometimes opposite things IURPWKHIRUHVWSODQ/XPEHU LQGXVWULHVZDQWPRUHERDUG IHHW(QYLURQPHQWDOJURXSV want more trees in the JURXQGDQGZLOGOLIHKDELWDW Recreationalists want great hunting opportunities and easy access to their favorite VSRWV7ULEDOJURXSVZDQW to conserve resources and SUHVHUYHWUDGLWLRQDOFXOWXUH ,W¶VLPSRVVLEOHWRSHUIHFWO\ SOHDVHHYHU\RQH%XWDVZH saw in other Eastern Oregon SXEOLFODQGVGHEDWHVWKDWJRW out of hand, it is important for local organizations and LQGLYLGXDOVWRWDNHSDUWLQ the process and provide DFFRXQWDELOLW\IRULWVRXWFRPH How can we expect our JRYHUQPHQWWRNQRZZKDW ZHZDQWLIZHGRQ¶WWHOO them? And not in all caps VRFLDOPHGLDVZHDULQJEXWLQ UHDVRQHGSXEOLFWHVWLPRQ\ At the same time, we need RXUJRYHUQPHQWWROLVWHQ :HFDQQRWEHVRVHOILVKDVWR WKLQNZHZLOOJHWHYHU\WKLQJ ZHZDQWEXWZHDUHDOO VWDNHKROGHUVDQGZHGHVHUYH to have our voices heard and FRQVLGHUHG 7KHSXEOLFKDVKDGPDQ\ opportunities to chime in and EHFRQVLGHUHGDQGQRZ\RX KDYHRQHPRUHLQQHLJKERULQJ 8PDWLOOD&RXQW\ The East Oregonian and 2UHJRQ3XEOLF%URDGFDVWLQJ KDYHWHDPHGXSWREULQJWKH 23%VKRZ7KLQN2XW/RXG to Pendleton to discuss the SODQ5HSUHVHQWDWLYHVIURP the Forest Service will answer questions and discuss the difficulty of the process, and PHPEHUVZLWKLQGXVWULDO recreational environmental DQGWULEDOFRQFHUQVZLOOPDNH their case for how they want WKHZRRGVWRORRNDQGIHHO The forum is Wednesday from SPDW%OXH0RXQWDLQ &RPPXQLW\&ROOHJH¶VPDLQ OHFWXUHKDOO If you plan to attend, please DUULYHE\SPVR\RX¶OO EHLQ\RXUVHDWE\WKHWLPHWKH audio engineers hit the record EXWWRQ,I\RX¶GSUHIHUWR listen, the show will air from SPDQGSP$SULO RQ23% This forest plan revision KDVEHHQDORQJWRRORQJ H[SHQVLYHWRRH[SHQVLYH FRPSOH[WRRFRPSOH[ SURFHVV%XWDVZHHQWHU another stage, Oregonians have the opportunity to listen DQGOHDUQ7KDWLVWKHEHVW way to feel involved and LQYHVWHG USPS 226-340 Blue Mountain EAGLE Grant County’s Weekly Newspaper Email: www.MyEagleNews.com Phone: 541-575-0710 John Day, Oregon MEMBER OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION P UBLISHER E DITOR A DMINISTRATIVE A SSISTANT E DITORIAL A SSISTANT C OMMUNITY N EWS S PORTS M ARKETING R EP O FFICE M ANAGER Marissa Williams, marissa@bmeagle.com Sean Hart, editor@bmeagle.com Kristina Kreger, kristina@bmeagle.com Cheryl Hoefler, cheryl@bmeagle.com Angel Carpenter, angel@bmeagle.com Angel Carpenter, angel@bmeagle.com Kim Kell, ads@bmeagle.com Lindsay Bullock, office@bmeagle.com PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY EO Media Group Periodicals Postage Paid at John Day DQGDGGLWLRQDOPDLOLQJRI¿FHV 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES (including online access) Grant County .....................................$40 Everywhere else in U.S. .....................$51 Outside Continental U.S. ....................$60 Subscriptions must be paid prior to delivery POSTMASTER — send address changes to Blue Mountain Eagle 195 N. 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No part of this publication cov- ered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means — graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping or information storage and retrieval systems — without written permission of the publisher. www.facebook.com/MyEagleNews @MyEagleNews L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR Constitutional accountability must begin at county level To the Editor: 7KH RI¿FH RI VKHULII LV FRQVWL tutionally imperative in the United 6WDWHV RI $PHULFD *UDQW &RXQW\ 6KHULII*OHQQ3DOPHULVWKHVXSUHPH ODZRIWKHODQGLQWKLVFRXQW\3DOPHU swore an oath to protect and defend WKH &RQVWLWXWLRQ DQG WKH SHRSOH RI *UDQW&RXQW\IURPDOOHQHPLHVERWK IRUHLJQDQGGRPHVWLF 7KH)%,,56%/0%$7)HWF are all agencies of an unconstitution- al government and are not required to adhere to our constitutional pro- tections; they operate outside of the &RQVWLWXWLRQ ,IDQ\DEXVHRISRZHUZHUHWRRF FXU LQ *UDQW &RXQW\ , NQRZ LQ P\ heart Palmer has the integrity, loyalty and courage to protect 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