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The INDEPENDENT, August 21,1996
More Letters
VERNONIA FIRE DISTRICT
REPORT FOR JULY, 1996
EMS COMPANY
City 9-1-1 Calls
Rural 9-1-1 Calls
title d “ C lo s e d g o v e rn m e n t
equals [open] distrust’, states
th e D e p a rtm e n t of F o restry
"... effectively lied to citizens
of Fishhaw k Lake by saying
th a t th e y ha d no p la n s to
clear-cut the area (see article
on page 1) even though they
w e re s e e k in g a p p ro v a l fo r
som eone else to clear-cut the
sam e property.” That alleg a
tion is patently false.
15
10
25
TOTAL 9-1-1 CALLS
Patients Transported ALS
Patients Transported BLS
9
2
TOTAL TRANSPORTS
11
Volunteer Hours
Vol. Training Hours
Other Volunteer Hours
126.0
32.0
16.0
TOTAL VOLUNTEER HRS.
174.0
I s h a re y o u r p a s s io n fo r
tru th and o p e n n e ss in c o n
ducting business; especially
governm ent business. E rro
neous sta te m e n ts fro m any
source, including the media,
contribute to the distrust that
you have noted. Therefore, I
want to make it clear that this
exchange proposal does not
“seek approval fo r som eone
e ls e to c le a r-c u t th e s a m e
p r o p e r ty ” . E x c h a n g e s a re
proposed in order to increase
the efficiency and e ffe c tiv e
ness of fo re st m anagem ent
through “blocking in” ow ner
ships. Scattered parcels and
fra g m e n te d b o u n d a rie s are
sim ply less efficient to m an
age than consolidated blocks
of land. Once an exchange is
Fishhawk Lake representa
tives have, on several occa
s io n s , m is re p re s e n te d th e
content of a reply I made ear
ly this year regarding their de
sire to preserve the forested
background around the lake,
w h ic h in c lu d e s m uch m ore
than the 34 acres of this par
cel tha t are visib le from the
lake. In that reply, I did not
address the exchange specif
ically, as I knew tha t re p re
sentatives of Fishhawk Lake
w ere a lre ad y fu lly aw are of
th e o n g o in g n e g o tia tio n s .
Representatives of Fishhawk
Lake have known of the con
tin u in g effort to d e v e lo p an
OTHER
Life Flight
Patients Treated
Non-Transports
Walk-ins
Stand-by
Recalls
Mutual Aid
Multiple Patient Calls
exchange proposal betw een
the State and Longview Fibre
s in c e J a n u a ry 1994. S in c e
then, there have been discus
s io n s and c o rre s p o n d e n c e
betw een Fishhaw k Lake Es
ta te s r e p re s e n ta tiv e s a n d
representatives from Forestry
and Longview Fibre confirm
ing the intention to proceed
with the exchange.
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ARE YOU BORED? Become a vol
unteer. There are unlimited oppor
tunities with your public schools, se
nior citizen centers, community or
ganizations, fire departments, li
braries, city and county govern
ments. Be a volunteer - and help
yourself while you help others!
a p p ro v e d a n d title s a re
recorded, all rights of ow ner
s h ip , in c lu d in g th e rig h t to
harvest, are transferred.
S e v e ra l m o n th s a g o ,
Longview Fibre Company in
dicated the intention to ha r
vest this parcel upon com ple
tio n o f th e e x c h a n g e , a n d
stated to the Fishhaw k Lake
residents, both p u b lic ly and
privately, that it will work with
them to address scenic and
s a fe ty c o n c e rn s th a t h a v e
be en e x p re s s e d . L o n g v ie w
F ib re h a s e v e n o ffe re d to
co n s id e r the option of Fish
h a w k L a k e r e s id e n ts p u r
c h a s in g p o rtio n s o f th e 34
acre parcel. This is no differ
ent than the options the State
o f O re g o n has a v a ila b le to
address the concerns of Fish
hawk Lake residents, except
th e S ta te is re q u ire d to d e
clare property “surplus to its
needs” and allow other gover-
ment entities to acquire it be
fo re a p u b lic s a le w ould be
perm itted. U nder S tate ow n
ership, it is very doubtful that
the sale option would be con
side red b e cause in te n sive ly
m a nag ed fo re s t lan d is not
s u rp lu s to th e ne e d s o f th e
State.
Contrary to what you have
evidently been led to believe,
th e p ro c e s s fo r c o n d u c tin g
this exchange has been very
open and honest on the part
of government. Open govern
ment is absolutely necessary
in m ain tain in g tru s t w ith the
citizens — and so are factual
reporting and citize n p a rtic i
pation th a t do not m isre p re
sent the facts through om m is-
sion of essential information.
Sincerely,
J. Michael Beyerle
Deputy State Forester
Ed. note: Though Mr. Beyer
le understandably objects to
the “Opinion" statement that
the Dep't. of Forestry "... ef
fectively lied to citizens", The
INDEPENDENT didn’t previ
ously m ention that he was
even m ild ly re b u k e d by a
member of the state Board of
F orestry fo r his le ss-th an -
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