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NEWS MyEagleNews.com Wednesday, January 22, 2020 A7 Timber Unity to Oregon legislators: ‘We’re fed up’ By Sierra Dawn McClain EO Media Group Angelita Sanchez’s mes- sage was loud and clear when she spoke about the renewed effort in the Ore- gon Legislature to pass a new cap-and-trade bill. “We’re fed up,” Sanchez said. “The Legislature is giv- ing us a false narrative so they can shove through a tax scam. But there’s no more room for these taxes. We’ve been working, working, working, and there’s no room to pinch anymore. So we’re saying enough is enough.” Sanchez said the new leg- islation, a similar proposal to 2019’s cap-and-trade bill, is 157 pages and counting. The Sierra Dawn McClain/Capital Press Angelita Sanchez of Timber Unity speaks Wednesday at the Northwest Agricultural Show in Salem. bill would limit the carbon dioxide emissions of some businesses in urban areas, but rural residents say the costs of the bill will ultimately be passed on to them as well. Sanchez spoke Wednes- day at the 50th Northwest Agricultural Show. The Legislature’s five- week session begins Feb. 3, with lawmakers in the Dem- ocratic supermajority plan- ning to push through the new bill. On Feb. 6, Timber Unity members plan to take their complaints to the Capitol with a truck convoy and a protest — while also deploy- ing semi-truck fleets to demonstrate in Portland and other cities the same day. Last year’s attempt to limit carbon dioxide emis- sions flopped. Protesters, most of whom were part of Timber Unity’s movement, rallied in Salem against the bill. The measure provoked a nine-day walkout by Sen- ate Republicans in late June. They returned two days before the session ended. By then, the bill was dead. “I thought last year’s bill was bad,” said Sanchez. “And it was. But I think this year’s bill may be worse.” After 2019’s legislative chaos, Gov. Kate Brown met with rural residents from across the state and listened to their concerns. According to Kate Kondayen, deputy communications director for Brown, the governor is com- mitted to “ensure the bill protects jobs and livelihoods in rural communities.” Sanchez, however, said that although the bill may not target rural communi- ties initially, it has the poten- tial to hold them under its power later. This is because, according to the legislation’s text, once 19 counties have bought into the cap-and- trade program, the legisla- tion will then apply to the rest of Oregon, too. “The reality is,” said Julie Parrish, another spokesper- son for Timber Unity, “the Legislature is really saying, ‘Here’s your first bite of the apple, then here’s your next bite.’” Although Timber Unity formed in 2019 to protest cap-and-trade legislation, the movement has mushroomed into something broader. When Sanchez joined the movement last summer, she wanted to stand up for her trucking business. Now, she said, the movement runs a political action commit- tee and a nonprofit, teaches people how to exercise their political rights, is planning new chapters in five states and will begin endorsing political candidates Feb. 6 at the upcoming rally. “Why in the circle of life do we have to deal with stuff like this crushing us?” asked Phil Kuehnel, 85, a retired salesman from Yam- hill County. He was sport- ing red suspenders that said “Loggers World” — one word per suspender. “I tell you, it’s time we stood up.” White tailed deer die-off reported in Blue Mountains By Katy Nesbitt For EO Media Group The death of roughly 2,000 white-tailed deer in Umatilla County is being blamed on a virus spread by tiny gnats. Greg Rimbach, district biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild- life Pendleton field office, said die-offs found between Mil- ton-Freewater and Pilot Rock due to Epizootic hemorrhagic disease occur every couple of years, but for the most part it goes unnoticed. “A die-off to this degree, in the county at least, is very rare and may have never hap- pened before,” he said. “This year was a whopper.” In fact, Rimbach said he is unaware of such an occur- rence being recorded in Oregon. In October, Rimbach said his office started receiving calls from farmers and ranch- ers reporting dead white-tailed deer in creek bottoms and drainages. Rimbach and a fellow wildlife biologist hit the field to see what was happening. The flat land behind Wild- horse Resort & Casino sev- eral miles east of Pendleton, for example, Rimbach said, usually is home for about 150 white tail. “Went out there and counted none,” he said. If a deer has been dead just a day or two tests are run on organs like the heart, spleen or abdominal cavity, but when deer are found greatly decom- posed he said they were able to test femurs and humeruses Contributed photo/ODFW Tests conducted by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife veterinarians confirmed that Epizootic hemorrhagic disease is responsible for the die-off of an estimated 2,000 white- tailed deer in Eastern Oregon. to determine what disease killed them. Samples were sent to ODFW’s wildlife health and population lab in Corval- lis, and then on to the Ore- gon State University diagnos- tic lab for testing. Evidence of Epizootic hemorrhagic dis- ease was found, a disease spread by biting gnats that breed in pools of stagnant water — sometimes as small as a hoof print. Mule deer, Rimbach said, are not nearly as susceptible to hemorrhagic diseases and have not been affected by the outbreak, which he said could be due to a genetic disposition. Not all deer infected with the virus die, Rimbach said, but will be sick for a while, compromising their health as winter approaches. White-tailed deer num- bers are on the rise in East- ern Oregon, but the die-off has the state wildlife depart- ment determining whether to reduce the number of deer tags or cancel hunts in the Walla Walla, Mount Emily and Ukiah hunting units. The state agency reported it will inform hunters of any changes by April 15 so they have time to change their controlled hunt application choices before the May 15 deadline. If Rimbach does decide to cancel some of the tags in the Walla Walla, Mt. Emily and Ukiah hunting units, he said it won’t affect buck deer rifle hunting. Meat from game with EHD is consumable and the disease is not transmittable to humans, according to the wildlife department, but experts rec- ommend thoroughly cooking any meat from animals from an infected area. Well-cooked venison, Rimbach said, would be just fine. “I would eat it,” he said. 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