T he C olumbia P ress
March 30, 2018
State begins cormorant hazing program in April
Harassment, or “hazing,” of
double-crested cormorants
begins soon in several areas
along the Oregon Coast in
hopes of improving survival
of juvenile salmon.
Double-crested cormorants
are fish-eating water birds
found throughout the state.
The species is an Oregon na-
tive, and is particularly prev-
alent on the state’s estuaries
from April through October.
Research indicates cormo-
rants can consume significant
numbers of juvenile salmon
during this time.
Hazing workers in this
area are being provided by
the Clatsop County Fisheries
Project.
Hazing will take place at
a variety of locations on the
Columbia River, including
Youngs Bay, Blind Slough
and Tongue Point.
Hazing involves driving the
birds from locations where
Courtesy ODFW
Double-crested cormorants feast on juvenile salmon throughout summer.
juvenile salmon are season-
ally concentrated toward ar-
eas where other fish species
are more abundant.
Hazing is intended to in-
crease the survival of both
wild-spawned and hatchery
salmon juveniles as they mi-
grate to the ocean.
Some are federally threat-
ened in Oregon under the
Endangered Species Act.
ODFW, which has overseen
the program for nine years,
will provide a portion of the
funding and program over-
sight, and may conduct some
hazing operations to protect
hatchery releases on the low-
er Columbia River.
Public Safety Calls
Continued from Page 2
March 21, VA Clinic Camp Rilea.
• Male with infected hand, 3:26
a.m. March 19, 90500 block
Highway 101.
• Male in pain, 10:04 March 19,
900 block King Salmon Place.
• Male with chest pain, 6:39 p.m.
March 19, 600 block South Main
Avenue.
• Male who’s possibly deceased,
7:13 p.m. March 19, 0-100 block
Southeast Ninth Street.
• Female suicide attempt, 8:06
p.m. March 19, Peter Iredale ap-
proach Fort Stevens State Park.
• Male with chest pain, 7:48 a.m.
March 20, Clatsop Behavioral
Respite Center.
• Male with numbness, 1:49
p.m. March 20, 100 block South
Highway 101.
• Male with gastro-intestinal
issues, 11:54 p.m. March 20,
91500 block Highway 101.
• Female with knee pain, 11:15
a.m. March 21, 200 block South-
east Anchor Avenue.
• Male with jaundice, 1:59 p.m.
• Female with seizures, 4:17 a.m.
March 21, 33200 block Sunset
Beach Lane.
• Female with blood-pressure
issues, 9:21 a.m. March 21, 200
block Southwest Alder Avenue.
• Female with chest pain, 1:09
p.m. March 21, VA Clinic Camp
Rilea.
• Female with dizziness and ab-
dominal pain, 3:51 p.m. March
21, 1600 block East Harbor
Drive.
• Female assault victim, 5:20
p.m. March 21, 500 block Pacific
Drive.
• Female with severe headache,
7:56 p.m. March 21, 0-100 block
South Main Avenue.
• Male with pneumonia, 4:48
p.m. March 23, 300 block SW
Fifth Street.
• Male sleeping in doorway, 4:02
p.m. March 24, 100 block South
Highway 101.
• Suicidal male, 3:09 p.m. March
25, 500 block Jetty Street.
• Female requiring emergency
medical response, 8:07 p.m.
March 25, 33200 block Sunset
Beach Lane.
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Police pay agreement includes
COLA raises over three years
The city has approved a
three-year agreement with
the Warrenton police offi-
cers union, giving officers
raises during each of the
next three years.
“For the work that we do,
our unit felt it very much
was undervalued,” Tyler
Johnston told city commis-
sioners in February, when
negotiations had stalled.
The collective bargain-
ing agreement between the
city and Warrenton Police
Employees Local 2746-1
includes a 2 percent cost of
living adjustment retroac-
tive to July 1, 2017.
There will be two addition-
al salary raises, a 2.5 percent
raise effective July 1, 2018,
and another 2.5 percent
raise on July 1, 2019.
Additional adjustments
were made for uniforms,
scheduling, canine pay and
long-term disability insur-
ance.
In February, the com-
mission approved a three-
year collective bargaining
agreement with its general
employees.
Those workers, which
include secretaries, main-
tennce workers, treatment
plant employees and oth-
ers, giving them a 2 percent
cost of living adjustment
retroactive to July 1, 2017
and 2 percent increases
for each of the next three
years.