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C H R IS RA UCH C H A IR M A N
Zone 4 ..........Lexington area
R IC H A R D JO H N S O N
Zone 1 ..........Boardman area
Soil and Water District Direc
tors have an important role as
local conservation leaders.
Elected at the County general
election for four years, stag
gered terms, they serve as
grassroots representatives of
landowners and the general
public in their communities.
They provide leadership and
direction in bringing volunteer
cooperation in natural resource
conservation programs. To de
velop and maintain effective
programs, directors must iden
tify local conservation needs,
set corresponding goals, devel
op a plan to achieve those
goals, ensure implementation
and evaluate effectiveness.
Morrow SWCD has seven
directors, five elected from
specific zones and two elected
at-large (see corresponding
map):
ZONE 1: Richard Johnson
represents the Boardman area.
In addition to full-time employ
ment with Portland General
Electric, he and his wife,
Susan, raise purebred Limou
sin cattle and hay on their north
Morrow County farm. He also
serves as a board member for
the West Extension Irrigation
District and the Morrow Coun
ty United Way. As a Morrow
SW CD D irector, Joh nson
hopes to bring more attention
to the "w a ter" component,
focusing on both the conserva
tion benefits and the local eco
nomic concerns.
ZONE 2: Vernon Frederick-
son represents the Irrigon area.
He operates Frederickson Far
ming and Portview Ranches in
north Morrow County. He is
also active in Oregon Hay, an
agricultural export business at
the Port of Morrow. Vern is
assisted by his wife, Suzanne,
and son, Greg, 12. As a SWCD
Director, he will help local pro
ducers with their interactions
with state and federal agencies.
SU SA N W A R D
Zone 5 ............ Heppner area
He is especially interested in
seeing the Morrow SWCD help
with the implementation of the
1995 Farm Bill, as well as con
tinue its lobbying efforts for
programs which will benefit
local producers.
ZONE 3: Bill Jepsen repre
sents the lone area. He and his
wife, Nancy, farm dryland
wheat and barley 18 miles west
of Heppner. The Jepsens have
five children-Matt, 13, Dan, 11,
Amy, 7, Eric, 3 and Rebecca, 1.
Bill hopes to help the SWCD
continue with viable worth
while projects while making
sure it does not get bogged
down in bureaucracy. He is
especially interested in matters
concening dryland wheat farm
ers. He would like to see farm
ers make the right choices con
cerning CRP take-out. He also
keeps close tabs on current
farm legislation.
ZONE 4: Chris Rauch, Chair
man of Morrow SWCD, farms
dryland wheat north of Lexing
ton. He and his wife, Kathy,
have two children-Andre, 5
and Natalie, 1. As Chairman,
Chris makes sure that the
SWCD is efficient, productive
and accessible to all of Morrow
County. He has helped Mor
row SWCD continue its role as
a leader in conservation plan
ning and implementation state
wide.
ZONE 5: Susan Ward repre
sents the Heppner area. She
and her husband, Jim, operate
the French-Ward cattle ranch
up Big ButterCreek in the foot
hills of the Blue Mountains.
They have two daughters-Lind-
sey, 13 and Ashley, 11. Susie
hopes to heighten awareness of
the conservation programs
available to landow ners
through the SWCD. She is
especially interested in the new
opportunities available to
rangeland operators. She plans
to help livestock operators take
advantage of the information
and programs pertaining to
them.
AT-LARGE: Jim McEUigott
farms dryland wheat 13 miles
south of lone. He also runs a
cow/calf operation utilizing
summer range at Hardman and
Long Creek. He and his wife,
Eileen, have three children-
Randi, 13, Colin, 11 and Taylor,
8. Jim wants to see a more ac
tive SWCD based on a broad
database of existing local con
ditions, resources and potential
cooperators. By emphasizing
education and cooperation, he
hopes to get projects completed
in a timely manner. Jim be
lieves conservation education
should include the schools and
general public, in addition to
the landowners and/or opera
tors. He would like the schools
to be involved in gathering
data on an on-going basis in
order to keep the database cur
rent. Jim also hopes to provide
landowners assistance in ob
taining grants and/or cost-share
monies for conservation pro
jects. However, with the future
of supplemental funding un-
KEITH REA
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Zone 2 ................. Irrigon area
certain, he believes it important
to convince landowners of the
long-term benefits of imple
menting conservation practices
now.
AT-LARGE: Keith Rea farms
wheat eight miles south of
lone. He is assisted by his wife,
Judy, and son, Gary. He helps
JIM M cELLIG O TT
At L a rg e ....................• lone
the SWCD identify local con
servation needs and goals so as
to develop and maintain effec
tive programs. He hopes to
keep the public informed, and
is especially interested in nox
ious weed control.
Morrow SWCD is fortunate
to have such a broad-based
directorship.
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On November 22, the Ore
gon Fish and Wildlife Commis
sion heard public testimony
and accepted the proposed
Northeast Oregon elk hunting
strategies. The strategies were
developed over the course of a
year and included input pro
vided by two public working
groups.
The strategies were designed
to improve post-season bull
ratios, keep elk populations
within their accepted manage
m ent objective population
levels, maintain hunter oppor
tunity and continue to address
elk damage problems on pri
vate lands. The two public
working groups included hunt
ers, landowners and state/fed-
eral agency personnel. The pro
posals developed were then
reviewed/discussed at 41 public
meetings, 7,500 questionnaires
were mailed to elk hunters and
during the deer and elk season
this past fall, many hunters
were contacted and the strate
gies were explained to them.
Locally, there has been a lot
of interest and many questions
as to what the 19% elk season
will be. Hopefully, the follow
ing information will help in
form everyone:
Heppner Unit-First Season:
800 either sex elk tags (tag num
bers are approximate); 1,000
spike only tags; hunters will
have to apply for an either sex
tag or a spike tag by May 15.
Heppner Unit-Second Sea
son: Spike only, no tag limit
and hunters can purchase a tag
at any POS vendor prior to the
tag sale deadline, November 1,
19%.
The Fossil Unit was changed
and in 19%, will be manged as
two subunits. The North Fossil
area will have an either sex first
season and an any bull second
season. The overall manage
ment of this area will remain as
it has been. Hunters will have*
to apply for the first season
either sex tags by the May 15
application deadline, and se
cond season tags will be avail
able at POS vendors until the
November 1 tag sale deadline.
There will also be an antlerless
elk season after the bull season,
for population control and to
address damage problems as
they arise.
The South Fossil area will
have an any bull bag limit for
both the first and second
seasons and hunters will have
to apply for these tags prior to
the May 15 application dead-
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