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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
BLM to gather wild horses in Harney County
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Bureau of Land Man-
agement Burns District
announced plans to conduct
a helicopter gather of wild
horses within and immedi-
ately adjacent to the Stink-
ingwater Herd Management
Area beginning in mid-Au-
gust 2021. The gather is
being conducted to remove
approximately 390 excess
wild horses.
The Wild-Free Roaming
Horses and Burros Act of
1971 gives BLM the direc-
tion for protecting and over-
seeing wild horses and bur-
ros on public lands. In
managing these animals, the
BLM works to maintain a
thriving ecological balance
that supports healthy horses
on healthy rangelands.
The Stinkingwater HMA
is located approximately 25
air miles east of Burns in
Harney County. The appro-
priate management level —
the number of horses the
range can sustainably sup-
port in conjunction with
other animals and resource
uses — for this area is 40 to
80 horses, and the current
population is approximately
449.
Animals gathered from
the range will be transported
to Oregon’s Off -Range Wild
Horse and Burro Corrals
in Hines. Here, about 30
horses will be selected for
return to the HMA, 18 of
which will be mares treated
with
GonaCon-Equine
contraceptive and then
released.
The remaining horses will
be prepared for adoption or
sale into private care or long-
term holding in Midwestern
states.
The public is welcome to
observe the gather. Details
will be provided on the 2021
Stinkingwater Wild Horse
Gather web page at: https://
go.usa.gov/xFkdZ.
Supporting
National
Environmental Policy Act
documents for this gather
are available on the BLM’s
ePlanning web site at https://
eplanning.blm.gov/eplan-
ning-ui/project/71905 .
The gather will likely last
one to two weeks, though
exact start and end dates will
be determined by the con-
tractor’s availability.
For more information, con-
tact Tara Thissell at tthissell@
blm.gov or 541-573-4519.
EO Media Group/Ryan Brennecke
A herd of feral horses graze in the Ochoco National Forest near Prineville in 2018.
July warmer than normal
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John Day was warmer than normal in July. Above-normal temperatures are expected in
August too.
Oregon Cattlemen open wildfi re
Cottonwood Creek Fire
near Fossil 40% contained assistance fund for donations
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Fire crews have fully tran-
sitioned to mop-up work Mon-
day after containment of the
159-acre blaze reached 40%
and fi refi ghters completed
hose lays, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Forestry reported in a
Monday press release.
According to ODF, light-
ning from a Thursday thun-
derstorm ignited the Cot-
tonwood Creek Fire, but it
was not reported until Friday
afternoon.
ODF’s press release noted
that dozers, wildland engines,
helicopters and air tankers
were successful in stopping
forward growth of the fi re by
late Friday evening.
Fire offi cials, ODF said,
have been concerned about
burning snags and “rollers”
for the last several days as they
worked to strengthen fi re lines
and keep the fi re within the
original footprint. “Rollers”
are burning chunks of logs or
other material that can ignite
unburned fuels as they roll
down steep terrain, according
to ODF.
ODF said that the fi re is
being managed by a Type 3
organization from ODF’s Cen-
tral Oregon District.
With the wildfi re season
already aff ecting cattle pro-
ducers, the Oregon Cattle-
men’s Association has opened
the Wildfi re Stewardship Fund
to receive cash donations. The
donations will be made avail-
able to producers who expe-
rience loss due to the 2021
wildfi res.
Donations can be made
online at orcattle.com or mailed
to the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Association offi ce: 1320 Capi-
tol Street NE, Suite 150, Salem,
OR 97301, made payable to the
Stewardship Fund.
OCA was able to provide
$45,000 in wildfi re assistance to
ranchers and rangeland fi re pro-
tection associations impacted by
2020 wildfi res. However, OCA
received a combined request for
funds exceeding $258,000. This
year will be no exception to that
request.
Additionally, as part of
their GrangeGives campaign,
Grange Co-op has also pledged
to match up to $5,000 in relief
funds raised by customers.
All Grange Co-op retail stores
within Oregon are now off ering
the opportunity for customers to
round up their transactions and
donate funds to provide assis-
tance for the cattlemen devas-
tated by the Bootleg Fire.
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on July 28, 2021, at Valley View Assisted Living. No ser-
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be made to Blue Mountain Hospice through Driskill Memo-
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Temperatures in John Day averaged warmer than
normal during the month of July, according to pre-
liminary data received by the National Weather Ser-
vice in Pendleton.
The average temperature was 73 degrees, which
was 4.1 degrees above normal. High temperatures
averaged 92.9 degrees, which was 4.7 degrees
above normal. The highest was 104 degrees on July
6. Low temperatures averaged 53.2 degrees, which
was 3.6 degrees above normal. The lowest was 44
degrees on July 24.
On 19 days, the temperature exceeded 90
degrees. It was at least 100 degrees on three days.
Precipitation totaled 0.01 inches during July,
which was 0.59 inches below normal. Measurable
precipitation was received on one day.
Precipitation this year has reached 3.16 inches,
which is 5.16 inches below normal. Since October,
the water year precipitation at John Day has been
4.53 inches, which is 7.37 inches below normal.
The outlook for August from NOAA’s Climate
Prediction Center calls for above-normal tempera-
tures and near-normal precipitation. Normal highs
for John Day during August are 88.2 degrees, and
normal lows are 48.3 degrees. The 30-year normal
precipitation is 0.64 inches.
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W EATHER F ORECAST FOR THE WEEK OF A UG . 4-10
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Chance of
thunderstorms
Chance of
showers
Sunny
Sunny
Sunny
Sunny
Sunny
101
90
84
83
85
87
91
62
55
53
51
52
46
51