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ViJ -tS" '--';v-" ', The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 25, 1979 ELEVEN make Oregon Fish and Wildlife Dept. headlines Earlier this year the badger was trapped in Oregon about 10 miles southeast of Harper in Malheur County. It was sporting a tag in one ear which indicated it had previously been captured across the state line. Communication with the Idaho Cooperative Research Unit which had earlier con ducted a badger study in dicated this animal had been tagged in June 1977 about 10 miles southeast of Melba, Idaho in the Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area. If the animal traveled in a straight line, the distance is somewhere in the neighbor hood of 60 miles. Badger number 198 had to cross the rugged Owyhee drainage, Suc cor Creek (no small drainage in itself), and possibly the Snake River since it was uncertain whether the animal was tagged east or west of the river. In a letter to Oregon district wildlife biologist Bill Olson of Ontario, John Messick, re search biologist who original ly tagged the badger, said the badger was a yearling when captured and weighed about 15 pounds. "We have found that young-of-year badgers and some yearlings disperse rather long distances from their natal area," he wrote. "I have not yet calculated the distance moved by this animal, but it may be the longest yet recorded. One of our juvenile females moved 50 km (31 miles)." ,The badger is one of the larger members of the weasel family and is best known for its flattened appearance, fear less demeanor, and digging ability. Outdoor writer John Madson once wrote a short story about the badger appro priately titled "The Fighting Doormat." The badger is one of the few animals that makes its living by outdigging other earth- moving animals. Equipped with short, powerful legs and long claws, this squat carni vore can move earth, faster than the earth-living rodents on which it feeds. The badger will eat anything in the way of meat, fresh or carrion, but rodents make up the largest items on its diet. It is found in mountains as well as range lands and prefers the dryer climate of Eastern and South ern Oregon. 1979 ANGLING REGULATIONS NOW AVAILABLE The 1979 synopsis of angling regulations is now available from license agents through out the state, according to the Fish and Wildlife Department. The booklets, which are nor mally available Drior to Jan uary 1, were delayed this year due to paper shortages. Booklets have been mailed out during the past two weeks from the Department's Port land office and should now be available wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Booklets are free and the Department urges all anglers to pick up a copy of the new rules. eUMJW A BUMBLE BEE CHUNK mm tuna OIL OR WATER PACK, 6.5-OZ. 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' Ullman's district includes thousands of acres of land irrigated by federal water projects, primarily in the central and southeastern por tions of Oregon. The Oregon Democrat orig inally introduced the measure in the last Congress, but subsequent court actions de layed implementation of pro posed Interior Department regulations which had clouded the status of land holdings irrigated with federal water. The proposed Interior regu lations are aimed at imple menting the 160-acre per person limitation contained in the 1902 Reclamation Act. "This bill is a simple one.. .It will give Congress the oppor tunity to demonstrate that the federal government is as good as its word," Ullman said. Federal water users have long relied on the Bureau of Reclamation's interpretation of law allowing for release from the acreage limitations once project construction costs are repaid. Ullman said some farmers agreed to the restrictions and conditions of the contracts only because of government assurances that the restric tions would end on repayment. The proposed Interior regu lations would require disposal of excess lands even by those landowners who had been assured they were released from restrictions. Ullman said his contract ratification proposal should be considered promptly and, if need be, separately from the general review of reclamation law expected during the 96th Congress. "The only issue addressed by this legislation is whether the United States government does indeed intend to keep its words to Federal water users in the Western states," Ull man said. The 2nd District congress man said he would be review ing the other, more compre hensive, proposals for addres sing problems raised by the proposed Interior regulations, including limitations based on the potential of the land's productivity, rather than an arbitrary acreage restriction. McElligott on U. of Portland honor roll Michael James McElligott of lone is listed on the fall semester honor roll at the University of Portland. He is a senior in the School of Business Adminsistration at the university. v . 1 J;lfi93itfTfc' r
