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FOUR • Heppner Gazette-Times,
Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. August 11, 2004
Public invited to comment on national
restricted or prohibited on
proposed OHV rule
roads and trails and in areas
Fair activities are underway
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M orrow County Fair activities are underway. (L-R): Sean Barron, C urtis Harper, Mary Rietmann
and Rebecca Jepsen compete in the M easuring Contest on Aug. 5. Cham pion was aw arded to
Rebecca Jepsen and Reserve Champion was aw arded to M ary Rietmann.
Experience the history in Heppner
All are invited to
participate and “Experience
the H isto ry ” d u ring the
parade and the M orrow
County Fair and the 82ml
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo.
Parade entries are
still being accepted and a
form may be obtained by
callin g
the
H eppner
C ham ber at 676-5536 or
parade chair Cliff Green at
Heppner Hardware at 676-
9961. "W e’ll see you in
Heppner next week,” said
Green.
M orrow C o u n ty ’s
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo kicks off Aug. 18-22
w ith the w estern parade
scheduled for Saturday, Aug.
21 at 10 a.m.
Horses, history and
humor will file down the
street in Heppner, led by the
C olor G uard, the C ourt:
Queen Lexi Kennedy and
Princess Jessica Wainwright
and Emily Bergstrom and
G rand
M arshall
Rod
Murray.
Morrow SWCD now accepting grant
applications
The Umatilla-Walla
W alla-W illow
C reek
OWEB Small Grant Team,
consisting of members from
the
M orrow
SW CD .
U m atilla County SWCD,
Ufrtitlflb Basin Watershed
C o u n cil, W alla W alla
W atershed C ouncil and
C TU IR
(C o n fed erated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation), announces the
availability of up to $ 10.000
sm all g rants to p rivate
lan d o w n ers and o thers
eligible for regular OWEB
(O regon
W atershed
Enhancement Board) grants.
The grants are for
the purposes of enhancing
w atershed co n d itio n s to
improve water quality and
quantity while meeting the
needs of all beneficial uses;
flood plain and upland
im provem ent
and
enhancement; and reducing
erosion, sedimentation and
nutrients. Projects will also
be considered dealing with
invasive plants and noxious
A
weeds. Funding is provided
through OWEB.
I n t e r e s t e d
landowners should contact a
team member in their area
for an application or further
Information. The contact for
Morrow County is Morrow
SWCD at 676-5452, ext.
109. A two-week signup for
small grants will be held
Aug. 16-27 with funding
decisions being made in
September.
Magnetic
Door
Signs
Order Yours Here
Heppner
Gazette-Times
676-922
CBEC
announces open
directors’
positions
C o lu m b ia B asin
E lectric C o o p erativ e is
accepting nominations for
four d irecto rs’ positions.
These positions are for three
year terms and are in the
following zones:
Z one #2- T hat
territory served, or to be
served, by the Cooperative
lying west of the Morrow-
G illiam C ounty line and
south of the Township line
dividing Townships 3 South
and 4 South.
Z one #5- T hat
territory served, or to be
served, by the Cooperative
lying south of the Township
line dividing Townships 2
South and 3 South and east
o f the M o rro w -G illiam
County line and in Wheeler
County that area east of the
range line between Range 24
East and 25 East.
Z one #6- T hat
territory served, or to be
served, by the Cooperative
within the incorporated city
limits of Condon.
Z one #8- T hat
territory served, or to be
served, by the Cooperative
within the incorporated city
limits of Heppner.
The members of the
nominating committee are:
Z one #2: Paul
O ’D ell, Lonerock, (541)
384-3008; Zone #5: Lyndale
Qualls, Heppner, (541 ) 676-
9705; Zone #6: Cassandra
Flatt, Condon, (541) 384-
2621; and Zone #8: Cliff
Green, Heppner, (541 ) 676-
9961.
The no m in atin g
co m m ittee w ill accept
n o m in atio n s up to and
including the last day of
August 2004.
Nominees must be
members of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
and they must reside in and
receive electrical service in,
the Zone in which they will
be running.
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Heppner
Gazette-Tim es
676-9228
On July 7, 2004, the
U .S.
D ep artm en t
of
Agriculture Forest Service
released its proposal for
managing m otorized off-
highway vehicle (OHV) use
in n atio n al fo rests and
g ra ssla n d s, w hich w ill
en h an ce
re c rea tio n a l
opportunities for the public
and b e tte r p ro te c t the
environment by requiring
units to e sta b lish a
designated system of roads,
trails and areas.
The proposed rule
re p re se n ts a n atio n ally
consistent approach to travel
management by requiring
each forest and grassland to
designate a system of roads,
trails and areas slated for
motor vehicle use.
L o cally,
the
U m atilla National Forest
anticipates little change to
th e ir A ccess and Travel
Management (ATM) Plans
implemented on the Forest
in the early 1990s. “The
proposed rule is very similar
to o ur c u rre n t ATM
program, that is to say that
cross country m otorized
travel will continue to be
restricted or prohibited and
that vehicles must stay on
designated roads and trails,”
said Rich Weaver, Forest
R oad M anager. “ It w ill
provide a clear identification
of riding opportunities for
the variety of Off-Highway
vehicles available today.”
ODOT schedules
Lexington public
information
meeting
A
p ublic
information meeting will be
held on Aug. 17 qt 7 p.m. at
the Lexington Town Hall,
located at 150 W. Mairi in
Lexington.
The meeting is being
held to discuss proposed
2005
roadw ay
im p ro v em en ts to State
Highway 52 in Lexington.
The im p ro v em en ts are
scheduled from A Street to
F S treet and include
p av em en t o v erlay and
limited bicycle-pedestrian
facilities. Improvements to
the intersection of Highway
52 and H ighw ay 207 in
Lexington are also being
considered.
Anderson Perry and
A sso c ia tes,
In c.,
a
consulting engineering firm,
will be present to outline
proposed im provem ents,
answer questions and obtain
public suggestions and input
on the proposed roadway
im provem ents. A nderson
Perry and Associates, Inc.,
has been c o n tra c te d by
O D O T to d esig n the
roadway improvements in
Lexington.
R esid en ts
and
b u sin ess
ow n ers
in
L ex in g to n and o th ers
interested in the proposed
project are encouraged to
atten d .
For
m ore
in fo rm atio n ab o u t this
m eetin g , p lease co n tac t
Howard Perry at (541) 963-
8309.
The biggest change
for the Umatilla National
Forest, under the proposed
rule, would be a shift from
the current management of
roads and trails as “open
unless closed” to managing
as “closed unless open.” For
the forest user, this would
mean new signing at road
and trail entry points. “This
could be a good thing, said
Weaver, adding, “People are
less likely to vandalize a
“Road O pen” sign than a
“Road Closed” sign and the
public as well as our own
employees deserve clear and
consistent information.”
Currently, there are
several OHV opportunities
on the Um atilla N ational
F o rest. T he W est-E nd
R iding A rea, located 35
m iles south o f H eppner,
provides over 91,000 acres
open to C lass I and III
ATV’s. This cross-country
area is open year round to
off-highway vehicle travel
and offers numerous unused
or low standard roads. The
W in o m /F razier
O ff-
Highway Vehicle Complex,
located 12 m iles east o f
Ukiah, gives riders access to
m ore than 140 m iles o f
challenging trails and scenic
views. There are additional
designated roads and trails,
such as the W alla W alla
R iver T rail, N orth Fork
A sotin C reek T rail and
Meadow Creek Trail that are
open to a variety of OHV
travel.
The proposed rule
would allow national forests
to denote use of routes and
areas by vehicle type and, if
appropriate, by time of year.
O nce the d e sig n a tio n
process is complete, OHV
use would, bq confinejd to
designated routes and areas,,,
and OHV use pf/.Jhqsq,
routes (cross-country travel)
w ould be p ro h ib ited .
S n ow m obile use w ould
continue to be managed as
it is cu rren tly — allow ed,
on National Forest System
lands.
T he
rule
text
submitted to the Office of
the F ed eral R eg iste r is
a v a ila b le
on
h ttp ://
www.fs.fed.us/. The 60-day
public comment period on
the proposed rule will end
Sept. 13, 2004. Comments
on the proposed rule will be
analyzed and addressed in
developing the final rule and
may be sent by the following
m ethods:
V isit:
w w w .regulations.gov; E-
m ail: trv m an @ fs.fed .u s;
Mail: Proposed Rule for
D esig n ated R outes and
Areas for M otor Vehicle
Use, c/o Content Analysis
Team, P.O. Box 221150, Salt
Lake C ity, U tah 84122-
1150; or Fax: (801) 517-
1014
The proposed rule
responds directly to one of
Forest Service Chief Dale
Bosworth’s four threats to
N ational Forests. “OHVs
are a great way to experience
the national fo rests, but
because their popularity has
increased in recent years, we
need an approach that will
su stain natural reso u rce
valu es through m ore
effective m anagem ent of
m otor v eh icle use. The
benefits of improving OHV
use in clu d e en h an ced
protection of habitat and
aquatic, soil, air and cultural
re s o u rc e s ,” said F o rest
S erv ice
C h ie f
D ale
B osw orth. “ The F o rest
Service wants to improve its
management by balancing
the public’s enjoyment of
using OHVs with ensuring
the best possible care of the
land.”
For
m ore
information on current OHV
policies on the U m atilla
N atio n al F o rest, p lease
contact the S u p e rv iso r’s
Office at (541) 278-3716 or
visit the Forest website at
w w w .fs .fe d .u s /r6 /u m a /
recreation.
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