FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 6,2011
IONE
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Public invited to forest collaborative
listening tour
The public is in
vited to attend a forest col
laborative listening tour on
the Umatilla National For
est, Saturday July 16 near
Heppner.
Transportation for
the tour is provided and
includes field stops on the
Heppner Ranger District
that have both dry and moist
upland forest characteris
tics.
The group will
depart from the Heppner
Ranger District office on
July 16, at 9 a.m. Partici
pants should pack a lunch
and be prepared to walk
short distances. Appropri
ate clothing includes long
pants, sturdy footwear and
weather-appropriate cloth
ing. The tour will end back
at the district office in Hep-
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and has ordered $1,471 in
state Title grants and $8,248
in ARRA IDEA grants;
received $38,203 from the
Morrow County Unified
Recreation district for the
extracurricular fund; and
learned that federal stimu
lus grants from the state
have been ordered.
-learned that inter
views for science and fourth
grade teaching positions are
underway.
-heard a construc
tion update including the
HVAC heating system, the
solar project, the fire alarm
system and bond status.
-set July 6 at 4 p.m.
for the boiler RFP hearing.
pner around 4:30 p.m.
The tour, hosted
by the Morrow County
Court, the Columbia-Blue
Mountains RC&D, and
Oregon Solutions, will give
participants an opportunity
to share and discuss their
hopes and concerns related
to forest management goals
and practices on the Uma
tilla National Forest, and
to discuss opportunities to
use collaborative process
to identify common ground
and reduce conflict.
Umatilla National
Forest supervisor Kevin
Martin has expressed inter
est in the development of a
forest stakeholder’s group
to foster dialog between
the Forest Service, other
federal agency staffs, en
vironmental and industry
Pesticide permit bill approved
by senate ag committee
groups, local civic leaders,
and interested members of
the public.
“Our vision is a
multi-stakeholder group
that would work collab-
oratively with the Forest to
help resolve forest vegeta
tion management issues, de
velop consensus regarding
land management goals and
practices at the landscape
scale, and help define the
national forest’s contribu
tion to local economic sta
bility,” said Martin.
To coordinate ad
equate transportation for
the tour, confirm atten
dance with Myma Neil at
541- 278-3720 or mneil@
fs.fed.us by July 8. For
more information about the
tour, contact Scott Aycock
at (541)390-4653.
The Senate agri
culture committee voted to
advance a bill that would
overturn new permitting
requirements for pesticide
applications.
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will amend the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (F1FRA)
and the Clean Water Act
to clarify Congressional
intent and eliminate the
requirement for National
Pollutant Discharge Elimi
nation System (NPDES)
permits for applications
of pesticides approved for
use under F1FRA. The bill
was approved by the House
of Representatives in late
March.
A January 2009
Sixth Circuit Court decision
said pesticide discharge is
a point source of pollution
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subject to additional regula
tion under the Clean Water
Act, necessitating the new
permits.
The decision has
been stayed twice to allow
time for government agen
cies to implement it. It is
now set to go into effect
in October, though most
departments at the federal
and local levels remain un
prepared for the massive
paperwork required.
The Environmental
Protection Agency has esti
mated the ruling will affect
approximately 365,000 pes
ticide applicators that per
form 5.6 million pesticide
applications annually.
If a legislative so
lution is not achieved when
the new requirement goes
into effect, farmers running
afoul of it could be subject
to fines of up to $37,500
per day.
“We ate happy to
see the Senate taking action
on this important legisla
tion,” said Wayne Hurst,
National Association of
Wheat Growers (NAWG)
president and a wheat pro
ducer from the Burley,
Idaho, area, in a NAWG
press release following the
Senate committee’s vote.
“Wheat farmers work hard
to comply with the exten
sive processes in place to
ensure the products we use
on our farms are safe. New
requirements added by the
Sixth Circuit Court would
only create paperwork for
us and government officials
without adding any addi
tional measure of safety for
the public. We urge quick
completion of this bill.”
H. R. 872 has
achieved widespread bipar
tisan and bicameral support
from Congressional leaders
concerned about increasing
regulation without environ
mental benefit and burden
ing government officials
and farmers with new and
complicated requirements
in a time of tighter bud
gets.
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The Umatilla Na
tional Forest is looking for
a volunteer to spend the
summer as a campground
host at Jubilee Lake Camp
ground from July through
September 15.
“A camp host helps
by providing information on
the area and making other
campers feel at home,” said
Jeff Bloom, recreation spe
cialist on the Walla Walla
Ranger District.
Hosts will visit with
other campers and day-use
visitors, clean and maintain
restrooms, restock supplies,
occasionally clean up after
a messy camper and carry
out a few other tasks.
“They keep an eye
on things and set a good
example for others in the
campground,” Bloom said.
Individuals or cou
ples can apply to be hosts.
Hosts need to be
friendly, flexible and re
sponsible. Host applicants
may be subject to a criminal
background check.
Those who apply
will need to supply their
own trailer, camper, or mo
tor home. Camp hosts will
be provided a campsite,
usually near the main en
tryway to the campground.
Though the host program
is a volunteer program, a
food allowance is offered
and hosts will be given a
mileage allowance for per
sonal vehicle use within the
campground.
For more informa
tion or to obtain an appli
cation, contact Jeff Bloom
at the Walla Walla Ranger
District at 1415 West Rose,
Walla Walla or call (509)
522-6290.