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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
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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
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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
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Airport and air industrial land
■ Industrial land
• Container terminal
• General purpose dock
• Rail & interstate highway
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Commissioners:
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l^trrv Lindsay,President
John Bristow .Vice President
Kent Citxxlvcar.Secretary
Dan Creamer.Treasurer
Bill Sharke\ .Commissioner
Good Conservation today;
Means good business tomorrow.
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G eneral Manager:
Gary Veal