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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1990)
, • .... • ■ • - . • •• . • •: f- . l - • P«f* 6, MSW CD S uppknw nl to th r Heppner Gazette T lm n , Jnnuarv 17, I WO * • * ... • i . ■ .• > :< •. . r ,4 1 U ' » ¿K» /T • .. * « Forest attacked by teens for good reason OSU Extension supports SWCD with CRP field tour The Forest was attacked by teenagers this summer who ac complished over IM)0 hours of im portant tasks Eight youths par ticipated in the Youth Conservation Corp program on the Heppner Ranger District, acquiring skills in many jobs and gaining know ledge in learning about the forest environment Under the direction of Eddie Ciundervm, crew supervivir, the students worked five weeks in con servation. fish and wildlife, recrea non. silviculture and fire prevention YCC crew cleaning weeds in Duties varied for these 15- IK year front of the Ranger district office olds, ranging from pulling noxious weeds, painting, trail maintenance. ASCS funds support conservation During the 1488 84 Morrow County Agricultural Stabilization ( onser vation Service paid out over $543,140 in erosion control Conservation Reserve led the way with *444.520 00 It was followed by the following conservation practices Ter rares H*2.7hO units •78.400 cost share 740 units 8.480 cost share Reduce Till Si ream bank 6.M04 units 1.418 coat- share Protection Slreambank 1.415 coit share 120 units Stahli/at ion NivTill 8ft units 1.720 cost share 1.147 cost share Sod waterway 2 units •V %♦> I fence building, surveying streams, landscaping, fuel inventory and other numerous duties For Scott Johnson, a junior at Heppner High School, the ex perience was great and really rewar ding Tncia Coe. a junior, express ed enthusiasm for the program hul found snakes were a major downfall While senior Dawn* (»entry found she had muscles she thought she never had. Jodec Ashheck learned four teenagers could huild a fence enclosure Marc Angell. a tumor, enjoyed being in the outdoors Terry Chincn, a recent graduate, had thr opfortum ty to see a herd of elk Jodie Wilson enjoyed w orking w uh other teenagers ansi senior Eric Connor gained a lot of valuable experience he otherw ise might not have received The success of this YCC program is not only shown through the eyes of the students participating, hut the district has also hired many YCC graduates during seasonal employ nient. high school work study and a college co-op program, stated War ren Plocharsky, coordinator of the program Mans of these students continue their interest in the Forest Scrs ice or related fields as they plan a future career F arm ers view ing chem ical spray on w eed s on C R P The OSU Extension Service sup ported SWCD activity in several ways during 1488 84 For the third year an interagency field tour of Conservation Reserve Program fields was held at which SCS. ASCS. and ES personnel discussed grass field stands in counties across the Columbia Basin The 1484 tour focused on weed control in establish ed stands Tom Bedell. Extension rangeland CAR AVIATION Here at Kinzua, Conservation is a “growing" concern. JOHN BOYER P ro fessio n a l A via tio n Service* Spraying, Seeding, Fertilizing Phone: 989-8422 or 989-8510 (¿■xington, Oregon 97839 specialist, organized the tour which had stops in Morrow, Sherman, and Wasco Counties Morrow County stops included an atra/ine trial in mixed wheatgrass and alfalfa to con trol goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrical and chcatgra.es (Bromus tretorum) The treatments were at 0 75, 10. and I 25 lbs a i./ac, and were effec tive in controlling the weeds Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) has been a severe deterrent to stand establishment in CRP fields One stop looked at chemical treat men) of bindweed in an established stand to encourage grass competition of the bindweed Eire can he an excellent manage ment tool in keeping the CRP stands healthy . and the tour examined two sites which were burned in 1488. one accidentally and one planned In both burns there was no evidence of significant reduction in Russian wheal aphid numbers user an adjoin mg field that was not burned The CRP tour has been successful in bringing agencies together, in helping them understand ihc pro blems that exist in implementing such a large program PORT OF MORROW eh . 3 \ < MORROW C O U N TY OREGON P O Box 200 • Board man. OR 47H1H (503)481 PORT • (503)481 DOCK P r o v i d i n g E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t f o r all M o r r o w C o u n t y •4 Airport and air industrial land ■ Industrial land • Container terminal • General purpose dock • Rail & interstate highway • Commissioners: ■i V l^trrv Lindsay,President John Bristow .Vice President Kent Citxxlvcar.Secretary Dan Creamer.Treasurer Bill Sharke\ .Commissioner Good Conservation today; Means good business tomorrow. 1 r* V ; • tl» t *< ♦ >8 • a t V.* ^ • %*>■ P G eneral Manager: Gary Veal
