1984 Morrow Soil & Water
Conservation District Annual Report
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SWCD receives citation from FF A
Water - who gets it?
W ater
w ho gets It. and who
doesn 't p r o m ise s to be a big issu e in
this se ssio n of the O re go n le g is t s
lure, a s la w m a k e r s g ra p p le with
what could be up to 75 separate
w ater relate d issu e s
T h e M o rro w Soil A W ater ( 'w is e r
vation D istrict a lso w ill debate
w ater issu e * w hen it h o ld * its a n n u a l
m e eting next Tu esda y M a r c h 12, at
the le x in g t o n O ra n g e b e g in n in g at
6 30 p m
f ’e rh a p s the moat p r e ss in g le gisla
lion for K a s t e r n O re go n now before
Alex
with
Lindsay
(Rig ht)
a citation
given
presents Chairman
by
The M o rro w S W C I) su p p o rt*
the K u tu re K a rm e n s of A m e r ic a
a n n u a lly by H ivin g a c a sh a w a rd to
the w in n in g district soil ju d g in g
team Th e a w a rd I* used for the
te a m * e xp e n se * to go to the state
final*
M o rro w S V t I ' D re c e ive d a cila
McElligott
FFA
lion from K u tu re f a r m e r * of A m e r
tea. B lu e M o u n ta in D istric t a s a
token of ap pre ciatio n for e n c o u ra g e
ment, cooperation a n d a ssista n c e
giv e n the K K A in h e lp in g to a c c o m p
lish o u tsta n d in g ach ie ve m e n ts in
fa rm in g , le a d e rsh ip c itize n sh ip and
c o m m u n ity w elfare
M a rek » IIM
and of benefit to the a p p ru p ria lo r
and at the sa m e lim e co nsistent
with the inte re sts of the p u b lic in the
best u tilisatio n of the w ater re
so u rce s of this state
T h o se fo llo w ing this le gislatio n
a r r co ncerne d w ith how the " in
te re stso f the p u b lic " w ill be defined
and how the im p o rta n c e of w ater
use s w ould be w e ighe d a c c o rd in g ly
S o m e m e m b e rs of the le g is la t iv e
C o m m itte e on W ate r P o lic y are
co ncerne d that the lis ts of use s w ere
put there for a p u rp o se and h ave
m eant so m e th in g to the h o ld e rs of
e x istin g w a trr rig h ts
The m in im u m stre am flo w bill S B
2»u w ill re q u ire the W ater P o lic y
K rv ie w B o a rd to adopt m in im u m
flow s a s a
goal
to be reache d
w hether or not there is w ater a v a il
able to meet the flow
In the
m eantim e, the affected stre a m w ill
be "w it h d r a w n
and no furthe r
w ater rig h ts m ay be ap p lie d for until
these " g o a l " o r "t a r g e te d f lo w s "
a r r met at som e tim e in the future
T h e bill furthe r p o in ts out that
the le g isla tu re is the B e n e ficia l l se
B ill M in im u m Stre a m flo w B ill and
W ater K e p o rtin g B ill
B e n e ficia l I s e < S B 2B6i w ould
p ro vid e sig n ific a n t im p a ct on exist
in g vested w ater rights, a co n c e rn of
e v e ry fa r m e r o r ra n c h e r w ho now
h a s w ater rig h ts
The bill p ro p o se * to re m o v e from
the law the listin g of those w ater
u se * that a re im portant, in clu d in g
irrig a tio n w a t rr use T h e bill w ould
redefine "beneficial u s e " to m e an
the use of w ater that is re a so n ab le
stre a m flo w * w ill be com e a v a ila b le
"t h ro u g h a b and o nm e nt o r c a n c r lla
lion of w ater r ig h ts "
T h e w ater K e p o rtin g B ill iS H 2811 >
w ould re q u ire that h o ld e rs of w a trr
right ce rtifica te s su b m it state m e n ts
of use to the W ate r R e so u rc e s
l>epartm ent at least once e very five
y e a r s S e lle r * of real estate m ust
in fo rm p u rc h a se s a * to w ater right
ce rtificate
A se rio u s co nse que nce of the bill is
that if an o w n er fails to report "t h e
W ate r R e so u r c e s D ire c to r m a y in
itiatr p ro ce e d in g s for Ih r c a n c rlla
tion of the w afe r right
N e e d less to
sa y this co u ld h a v e se rio u s const-
que n e rs, for e x istin g w ater right
ho ld ers
In addition, there h a v e tieen eight
other bills identified tiy the S W t 'D as
h a v in g great im pa ct on w ater use in
K a s te r n O regon, and the S W C D
u rg e s all those w ho could tie affected
to c o m e to the a n n u a l m e e tin g and
d is c u s s these issu e s before they
becom e law
la ir r y N unn, w ater m a ste r for the
I'm a t illa R iv e r w ill tie on h a n d at
the
m e e t in g
to
an sw e r
any
que stions
Weed district organized No-till fallow possible as alternative
for Morrow County
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W ith the support of the M o rro w
C ounty L iv e sto c k (¡ro w rrs. the M o r
row C ounty W heat tiro w e r*. H ep
pner M o rro w C o u n ty C h a m b e r of
C o m m e rc e a n d local fa r m e rs and
ra n c h e rs a Weed C o n trol D istric t
h a s berm o rg a n iz e d for M o rro w
County T h e district is a su b -d iv isio n
of the M o rro w Soil an d W ater
C o n se rva tio n D istrict
T h e weed
policies and weed su p e r v is o r are
go ve rn e d by a five m e m b e r W eed
A d v iso r y H o ard
W hat does a Weed D istric t d o ’
P i n t , a s u p e rv is o r m ust be h ire d to
c a r r y out the re sp o n sib ilitie s of the
W eed D istric t Th e re sp o n sib ilitie s
of the district are to prevent the
e s t a b lis h m e n t
and
sp re a d
of
n o xio u s w eeds w ithin the cou n ty,
im p le m e n t the e r a d ic a t i o n of
d e signa te d n o xio u s w eed*, en co u r
age an d a ssist in o rg a n iz in g weed
control p r o g ra m s on p riv a te and
public la n d * cooperate w ith slate,
county and federal a g e n c ie s . to
develop ch e m ic a l an d b io lo g ica l
weed control m e asu re s, conduct
weed s u rv e y s and d e ve lo p educa
tional p r o g ra m s
A weed c la ssific a tio n for M o rro w
C ounty h a * been e stab lish e d by the
W eed B o a rd an d inclu de " A " and
“ B " w eeds " A " w eeds a re an y
plant w hich is d e te rm in e d by the
W eed B o a rd an d C o u n ty C o u rt to be
in ju rio u s to public health, crops,
livestock, la n d o r other p ro pe rty
Th ese weeds a re not yet present or
well e stab lish e d in the co u n ty and
a re in su ch s m a ll a m o u n ts that total
e ra d ication is p o ssib le T h e follow
m g n o xio u s weeds h ave been target
ed by the W eed A d v iso r y b o a rd for
e ra d ication w ithin M o rro w C o u n ty
F o u n d w ithin the co unty Yellow
Starthistle. T a n s y R a gw o rt, D a lm a
tion an d Y e llow T o a d fla x. Sp ik e
Weed. M u s k T h istle
N ot ye t e s t a b lis h e d
S k e le t o n
W eed L e a fy S p u rg e M e d ite rra n e a n
S a ge
It is the la n d o w n e rs re sp o n sib ility
to e ra d ic ate an d control these
weeds T h e " B " w eeds a re defined
a * w eed* of eco n o m ic im po rta nce
w hich o c c u r in la rg e e n o u gh infesta
turn* to m a k e e ra d ic atio n im p rac ti
cal in moat of M o r ro w C ounty
H ow ever, these w eeds m a y be up
gra d e d to " A " w eed* w hen eradia
tion be com e s e c o n o m ic a lly le a sab le
o r w h e n the e c o n o m ic t h re a t
becom es gre at eno u gh to req u ire
total e ra d ic atio n M o rro w C ounty
h as d e c la re d 19 w eed* of e conom ic
im po rta n ce
A nother im po rta n t role of the
weed D istric t is to w ork w ith the
landow ner a n d im ple m ent a weed
control m an a ge m e n t p ro g ra m It is
not p ra c tic a l to sp ra y an area
h e a v ily infested with w eeds and then
forget it A n in te n sive ra n ge m an
agem ent an d or re se e d in g p ro g ra m
m ust be in clu de d or w eeds w ill ag a in
in vad e the area
N o x io u s w eeds h a v e becom e so
t h o r o u g h ly e s t a b lis h e d a n d a re
sp re a d in g r a p id ly on stale, county
an d fe de rally ow ned la n d s that a
weed control p ro g ra m m ust be
continued for M o rro w C o u n ty Y o u r
support an d efforts a s re sid e n ts of
M o rro w C o u n ty a re u rge ntly needed
to m a k e this p ro g ra m su c c e ssfu l If
an y " A " w eeds or s tra n g e lo o king
plan ts a re seen please contact the
W eed D ist ric t S u p e rv is o r of their
n atu re an d location by c a llin g 876-
MU
N o till c h e m ic a l fallow p e rh a p s
so m e d a y w ill be com e a via b le alter
n ative to the co n v e n tio n al tillage
p r o g ra m p ra c tic e d today T h ro u g h a
gra n t p r o g ra m from the S o il C o n se r
vation S e rv ic e and M o r ro w S o il and
W ater C o n se rv a tio n D istric t, a field
trial w a s set up in (he fall of 1982 on
J im S w a n so n * fa rm to e v a lu a te the
e ffe ctivene ss of this concept
The p r o g ra m w a s ge a re d at m om
t o n n g m o istu re diffe re n ce s between
no till and co n v e n tio n al o pe rations,
and d e te rm in in g yie ld potentials
under this p ro g ra m M o is tu r e w as
m onitored u sin g a ne utro n probe
throughout the com ple te wheat fai
low rotation
R e su lts e sse n tia lly
show ed no sig n ific a n t diffe re n ce s in
total m o istu re T h e m o istu re w as
p e rh a p s slig h tly ne are r the su rfa c e
in the no till plot A re q u ire m e n t for
this to be true is that o v e r SS percent
g ro u n d co v e r (re sid u e i is n e c e ssa ry
a p ro b le m than the in itia l y e a r
tlo in g into c h e m ic a l fallow re q u ire *
that the fields tie re la tiv e ly clean
fro m g r a s s y weed p ro b le m s The
A bill for an act — when —
B y DAVID CHILD»
O u r land, a n y w h e re a n d e v e ry
where, is the w atershed, a n d it is the
p r im a r y source of q u a lity and
quantity of both su rfa c e a n d g ro u n d
w a trr in the fo rm we d a lly use
It is therefore u n la w fu l hence
forth, in O regon, to d is t u rb o r affect
any d ra in a g e in a n y m a n n e r that
w ill red uce the w ater h o ld in g c a p s
city, the soil intake rate, o r in cre ase
the velocity of w ater a n d thus
d a m age , without a d e sig n a te d plan
w as adequate Y ie ld s of Tty75 bus
he Is per a c re w ere m o n ito re d on the
no tili site a n d *0 b ushel on the
co n ve n tio n al site
T h is p r o g ra m is be ing e valua te d
for a se co nd se a so n It is anticipated
that w eed co ntro l w ill be com e le ss of
for im m e d ia te m itig a tin g action,
de sign e d to m a in ta in the w ater
h o ld in g c a p a b ilitie s of the w atershe d
or d ra in a g e
T h is law is e sta b lish e d to m a in ta in
the v ia b ility of the la n d s of hte slate
am i to b rin g to the attention of all
u se rs a n d d o e rs T h o se w ho huild.
m o v e cut. d rive , fly. plant, graze,
launch, drain , flood, float, d rill pan,
store, w alk, rest, ride, pack, cheer,
view
ponder, w orship, co n su m e ,
p lug in. d is c a rd and inhab it the
land
that a n y th in g we do h a s
sig n ific a n t effect on w ater
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to be m a in ta in e d thro ugho ut the
s u m m e r and e a rly fall m o n th s of the
s u m m e r fallow period T h is m a in
tain s a low er soil te m p e ra tu re and
red uce s the e v a p o ra tio n s! lo sse s
Y ie ld data w a s collected this last
c ro p ye a r K xce lle n t y ie ld s w ere
obtaine d w here d rill p e rfo rm a n c e
e c o n o m ic s of this p r o g ra m w ill lie
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tng to sp r a y m o re than 3 4 tim es
d u rin g the fallow jierind w ould lim it
the fe a sib ility of this concept
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