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2 days ago |
centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely
THE DALLES, Ore. -- For fishermen and fisherwomen who like the idea of getting paid to catch fish, get your boat and head to the Columbia River. It’s called the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program. Pikeminnow eat baby salmon and steelhead and you can get paid to catch them. On the first day of the season, one angler checked in 79 fish worth $582 at the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program check station at The Dalles boat basin.
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3 days ago |
centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely
SISTERS, Ore. -- Oregon's annual wolf report was published last week, documenting the ongoing presence of a pack of wolves in the Metolius River basin. The wolves are near Camp Sherman, on Green Ridge and around Black Butte. It's something to keep in mind when you are out there camping, fishing and hiking. Helping document the wolves' movements is a 14-year-old boy from Sisters who developed an interest in tracking predators at a young age. “Wolf tracking is very difficult. It requires a lot of time.
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1 week ago |
centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely
Water normally starts flowing to customers of the Arnold Irrigation District in southeast Bend on April 15. Those water deliveries are now delayed until May 31 as a contractor struggles to complete a canal piping project. Phase 2 of Arnold Irrigation District’s main canal piping project bogged down during this winter’s wet weather.
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1 week ago |
centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely
Spring is the time farmers fertilize their fields and this year one local rancher is trying something new: Basalt dust. Basalt dust is a byproduct of crushing basalt rock to make asphalt. There is a lot of it available and there’s not much use for it. The farmer is trying to show two benefits: One, an organic, widely available and inexpensive fertilizer. Two, potential to create a carbon capture market here in Central Oregon in which companies pay farmers to capture carbon from the atmosphere.
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2 weeks ago |
centraloregondaily.com | Brooke Snavely
BURNS, Ore. -- Flood levels in Burns have receded enough for people to get back in their homes and begin assessing damage. But what remains is a mess, with homeowners who do not have flood insurance unsure of their next steps. More than 80 homes suffered extensive damage and cannot be lived in. Some local businesses and important infrastructure, such as the sewer system, were destroyed. A week ago, people were using boats to reach their flooded homes.
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