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April 24, 2020 T he C olumbia P ress 8 BLM has new public map, data library Maps, ownership, and ori- entation are increasingly im- portant in a complex world. The Bureau of Land Man- Areas to hunt and search for minerals are part of the BLM’s data library. Does Your Financial Institution Give You the Banking Blues? SHAKE IT OFF And Join a Credit Union That Treats You Like Family! agement in Oregon and Washington recently an- nounced a new data library that’s available to the public. It has access to geospatial data for such diverse land management programs as wildland fire, hydrography, minerals, range, vegetation, and wildlife. Also available is an inter- active data viewer that will help the public determine if they’re on BLM land or to determine the correct town- ship/range of an individual location. The interactive data viewer allow the public to print cus- tom maps for their needs. In addition, the BLM also is releasing free maps asso- ciated with the Dingell Act (Public Law 116-9), showing the designation of 200 miles of wild and scenic rivers in the Coos Bay, Medford, and Northwest Oregon Districts. Oregon now has 34 of the 81 wild and scenic rivers man- aged nationally by the BLM, or over 1,010 of the roughly 2,700 total miles across the country. To learn more The data library- can be found on the BLM’s website, blm.gov/services/geospatial. A volunteer removes Scotch broom at North Coach Land Conservancy’s Reed Ranch Habitat Reserve in Warrenton in 2016. Time for a Scotch broom party North Coast Land Conser- vancy usually hosts a Scotch broom eradication party in May. But Broom Buster Month won’t be held this year be- cause of coronavirus-related restrictions. The group encourages coastal property owners to bust broom on their own property instead and May is the ideal time because the plant is so easily identifiable, thanks to its bright yellow blooms. Widely planted and ad- mired in the early 20th cen- tury, Scotch broom out-com- petes native plants and is turning open coastal prairies into a monoculture of dense, weedy shrubs, destroying the habitat wildlife need to sur- vive. Small plants can be re- moved easily with hand tools. The most effective way to get rid of mature Scotch broom is to cut it with loppers, hand saw or chain saw below the photosynthetic stem (at or below ground level and brown stems, not green). For more information about how and why to re- move Scotch broom from your property, visit nclctrust. org/bust-broom-in-your- backyard. Gearhart plans cleanup event Deverie, James, Shantelle, and Eva Fibre Family Members Since 2007 85 W Marine Dr, Astoria 2315 N Roosevelt Dr, Seaside 1771 Ensign Ln, Warrenton 503.842.7523 www.tlcfcu.org A DIVISION OF CREDIT UNION The city of Gearhart has its free cleanup event from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 25, with drop boxes at Gearhart City Hall. Unwanted junk and other trash should go in the drop boxes. A separate dump bin will be on site for discarding electronics. Participants should ensure they can lift items from their vehicle to the dump bins; due to social distancing, city em- ployees won’t be able to assist as in prior years.