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EIGHT The Heppner Gaiette-Timet, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 8, 1984 Chemical control of budworm canceled The local economy will not be affected measurably by a cancellation of the chemical control of the spruce budworm this summer on the nearly 300,000 acres of forest land within the Umatilla National Forest, reports Forest Super visor John Lowe, Pendleton. Lowe, advises that econo mic loss is calculated in loss of growth in the diseased trees over a 100 year rotation period. Growth loss on the 2.4 million acres of infested forest land throughout Eastern Ore gon is estimated at 394 million board feet. "The outbreak is not con tained. It continues to expand, and it will probably spread this summer," Lowe warned. The budworm outbreak, now in its fourth season, is expected to run its course in three to six years. It will be allowed to continue until it collapses or an environmental analysis determines that con trol action is warranted, he said. Areas on the Umatilla Na tional Forest affected by the budworm, a needle defoliator which kills tree tops and stunts growth, are located on the Dale, Heppner and Ukiah ranger districts, Infestations are located also on 2.1 million acres of land on the Ochoco, Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman national forests, and on state forest land and private lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. Lands are located in Morrow, Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Union, Wheeler and Umatilla counties. The high cost of spraying is the overriding reason for let ting nature take its course, according to Lowe, who points out that anticipated return in timber revenue does not justi fy spraying costs. The Forest Service is now planning for conservative in creases in stumpage rates in the next decade," Lowe said. Earlier assessments of tim ber values were based on assumptions of expanding building starts and high de mand for Pacific Northwest soft pine. On those assump tions, a 7.62 percent increase in timber prices was predicted by 1990; post timber-recession information forecast a rise of only .42 percent. Increased cost of spraying (from $9.18 per acre in 1983 to $12 this season) also had a bearing on the decision not to spray. The use of the biologi cal control agent Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) in stream side zones is primarily re sponsible for the higher cost. Also adding to the spray ex pense are more rigid monito ring of spraying action and increased safety standards designed to prevent insecti cide spills in fish-bearing streams, such as occurred last summer. Willow Creek, the scene of a chemical spill which killed virtually all fish and aquatic Singspiration slated A March Singspiration will be held this Sunday, Mar. 11, at the Lexington Christian Church. It will begin at 7 p.m. The monthly Singspirations are sponsored by the South Morrow County Ministerial Association at various churches. insects for approximately 22 miles from the spill site to the town of Heppner, is now re covering, according to recent samplings. The stream will be restocked in late March or early April by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild life, which plans to move native fish from adjacent streams to Willow Creek, Lowe said. (See related story). Control and safety features, protecting the environment but escalating spraying costs, include stipulations that pilot cars guide tank trucks; that heliports be located away from meadows or other wet lands ; that boundary aircraft marking be intensified; that smaller, slower spray aircraft be used; that the number of observation aircraft be in creased; and that coordina tion between state and federal agencies be increased. These controls will be built into future National Forest spray contracts, said Lowe. While the outbreak runs its course, current management practices will continue. Bud worm activity will be moni tored annually to determine the extent and severity of defoliation. Direct action will await an analysis of the long term effects on an area of the region, and that action will be done in concert with state and national forest planning. Lowe added. Cardinal Club to meet The lone Cardinal Club will be holding an important meeting on Thursday, Mar. 15, at 8 p.m. in the school cafete ria, announced a club spokes person, lone school Principal Charles Starr will review the school district's proposed budget, and a film, "Epidemic - Kids, Alcohol, and Drugs," will be presented. Sergeant Verlin Denton of the Morrow County Sheriff's Department is to attend the meeting to discuss and answer questions about the film, the spokesper son said. Two Trackers to meet By KRISTI O'BRIEN The Two Trackers 4-H Club met on March 3 and decided to start having riding practices and work on record books on Sundays. The meeting day was changed to Sundays be cause some members are not able to come on Saturdays. Last Saturday members rode horses but not enough people were present to work on record books. The next meeting will be held on Sunday, Mar. 11. Beginners will ride at 1 p.m., we will work on record books from 2 to 2:30 p.m., and the advanced members will ride at 3 p.m. Tht Baltimore Oriole wai named for Lord Baltimore, who governed the colo ny of Maryland, whera the bird was first discovered. It is orange and black, the colon on Lord Balti more's coat of arms. Coined Sickle Sections What! Hard-Surfaced Sickle Sections Yaa, mat atckla aactlana an twllabta hw-Mf1aeaa'. ehmmt , mr fetact. Ac alnta' ttcfcw Mctlaaa I traat re M H will. i a aai at M rttti fAcm mnain Nmr torttt Fan SoppIlM la altartng II 00 aUacawil m I) ba Dwl Ml Otter aead MM ApM lith. 1M4 f oiAien iwoumie MM tm U.S.A. mVtTEO Fw i tntantMi contact : Aarirt Fan SuprXiaa t. 1. aoi 111 Sm"1. Waaft. Molt Or eaM 1-aO U4 FAWM 1-Mt-MS-iaU "The long-term solution to reducing the budworm impact is to manage our forests to reduce the amount of white fir, and work toward estab lishing vigorous plantations of mixed species," Lowe said. Efforts to control the bud worm infestation in Eastern Oregon were made in 1982 when 180.0(10 acres were trea ted, and again in 1983 when more than half a million acres were sprayed with the insecti cide Sevin. Budworm popula tions were reduced to man ageable levels. The decision to halt spray ing this year is the result of an interagency environmental study of four alternatives: no action, direct suppression by treatment with both chemical and biological insecticides, direct suppression with B.t. only, and direct suppression with the chemical insecticide only. The present outbreak is generally confined to Eastern Oregon; however, there is a separate budworm outbreak on the Mt. Hood National, Forest just east of Mt. Hood, Lowe concluded. Fish & Wildlife Annual Report Since the last annual report, ,,e"on- we,n n-.na corpo- Montana and transported the Oregon Department of Fish ral,on and &K n Inc-. to Oregon for release. 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