Lake County
Ranch, Farm & Timber
2017
Special Edition to the Lake County Examiner
Page 2 — 2017 Ranch, Farm and Timber LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER
Ranch, Farm & Timber 2017
Welcome to our annual Lake County Ranch, Farm and Timber edition. Lake County is a diverse and interesting county — playing home to a variety of agriculture and timber endeavors. As always, the Examiner staff has done their best to compile an array of information and stories to pique your interest and curiosity. And of course to keep you, our valued reader, well informed!
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 2 Graham Tops Collegiate Rodeo Standing by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
The entire staff of: Jimmy Hall, Robert Meredith, Julia Ugalde, Mallory Adams and myself combine efforts to bring this edition together. Forner LCE Managing Editor, Kurt Liedtke also contributed a couple of stories. We also have included a story written by Colleen Withers and Marci Shreder of the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council and the Forest Service staff.
In addition we wish to acknowledge Quincy Warner Photography for use of one of her photos for our cover. As we are always looking for interesting story ideas, please don’t hesitate to contact us with your suggestions. But for now..... sit back, relax and be prepared to gain some new knowledge about our wonderful county and the unique people who live here!
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Editorial Index
Collins Pine Invests in Future Ownership, Chainsaws, by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20 Engineering and Rigs by Robert Meredith . . . . . . . page 36 Family Legacy Returns at Fremont-Winema National Forest KV Bar Ranch Continues Restoration Work by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . page 40 by Forest Service Staff . . . . page 24
Price Returns to Distribute Ag Line Loans by Jimmy Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6 Service, Autonomy to Work Equates to Reputation North Lake Ag. Science, by Robert Meredith . . . . . . page 28 Technology Looks Back on Year by Chad Waldron . . . . . . page 10 NRCS Assists Ranchers with Juniper Thinning Beaty Butte Wild Horse Pilot by Jimmy Hall. . . . . . . . . page 30 Successful in Clearing Land by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . page 14 North Warner Project brings Many Together to Restore Anipro, Seeks to Supplement Forest Health Better Cattle Health by Robert Meredith . . . . page 18 by Forest Service Staff . . . . page 34
Western Home Furnishings by Cowhide Country by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . page 44 Another Avenue to the Consumer by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . page 48 Defining Watershed by Colleen Withers and Marci Shreder . . . . . . . . page 52 Advertising Directory. . . . . .page 54
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Graham Tops Collegiate Rodeo Standings SUBMITTED PHOTO
By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
Graham currently holds the number one spot in calf roping on the Big Sky region boards, skills he’s honed from his many years training in Lake County events.
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As a heeler, Lakeview local Jack Graham holds a steady first place in team roping in the Big Sky Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, with hopes of making finals in June to represent the Montana State University Bobcats.
in the team roping and calf roping events. As a sophomore, he is currently standing first in the region for team roping with a total of 260 points. The Montana State Bobcats sit in second place in the Big Sky Region with 2,048 points total, right being rivals University of Montana, Western. For his second event in team roping, he heels for fellow sophomore Will Powell of St. Ignatius, Mont. The previous year, Graham finished fifth overall in team roping and eighth in calf roping. Though only halfway through the season, he looks to put up a greater amount of points for the Bobcat team, continuing to be first in calf roping to make college finals in calf and team roping. Finals will take place in June in Casper, Wyo. Plans for the summer include Graham participating in the Pro and Amateur Rodeo in Oregon in the Columbia River Circuit. He will take part in the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association, competing in Oregon, Washington and some parts of Idaho. “I didn’t have a ton of luck,” Graham said about last year’s go in the circuit. Getting on the Montana State team wasn’t a small feat, requiring him to tryout, submit a video, interview, show that he had good grades in high school, giving him the opportunity to pull a scholarship to be on the team. He and his rodeo teammates are considered athletes as far as the university goes, so they can schedule their classes around their practices, which are four days per week. Graham said his coach Andy Bolich, works with the team’s professors to get them in the right classes to make those integral practices. “I’ve had a great experience,” Graham said of his time in the collegiate program. “It might’ve been pretty cold but other than that it’s been good.” He recently started the spring semester on the second week of January. When school ends he plans to come back to Lakeview in the summer to take part in the Pro Rodeo during Round-Up weekend along with the Neil Flynn roping and ranch rodeo activities. Graham is pursuing a major in livestock management at the university. Graham is the son of Dr. Scott and Jody Graham of Lakeview.
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Price Returns to Distribute Ag Line Loans
By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
Cori Price is a one-person operation in Lakeview of Bank of Eastern Oregon, working with ranchers, farms and other agriculture operators to get the financing they need to continue in the area. For Cori Price, loan agriculture and commercial lender for Bank of Eastern Oregon, financing local operations is no small matter, but working for an institution that is focused on the small communities and operations makes all the difference. Now in her position at the Lakeview branch for three years, she has had considerable amount of practice even before moving back to where she was born to service Lake County’s most integral industries. As a fifth generation born in Lake County, Price has a long reach as far as who she is related. She moved out of the area when she was in junior high and attended high school in Molalla, located just outside of Portland. College was postponed until later in life, but instead stayed with her grandmother Betty Morris back in Lakeview. Price went to work for her aunt Connie Start at Start’s Electric until she made the jump to attend college at Western Oregon in Monmouth, achieving a business degree and economics minor in 1994. There is where she met her husband, James Price, past Lake County Round-Up president.
Though she was hesitant with the idea, Price came home to southeastern Oregon, working in Klamath Falls at a CPA firm and then South Valley Bank in La Pine, Gilchrist and Lakeview for 17 years. The bank was bought out by Washington Federal and she looked for a better fit for her in Lakeview. While she was on the Oregon Banking Ag Lender Committee, Price made connections with the Bank of Eastern Oregon and its president Jeff Bailey. She recalled that the financing firm has been around since 1945 and started by a group of farmers in Arlington, Ore., eventually moving their offices to Heppner. “What I like about the Bank of Eastern Oregon is that they were headquartered in a small community, are used to how business is done in small communities and ag, and are very involved in donating with different sports activities, booster clubs, FFA and 4-H sale. Those types of things are high priorities,” she said. “So I thought that was a good fit for Lakeview and me.” Through visiting with the bank administration, they hired her to start the branch three years ago in Lakeview. Last January, they got
the smart ATM that takes deposits, check and cash. Most customers use this convenience along with mobile banking and home computer. “They understand how small towns and communities work, which is a lot different than a big bank,” she said. Many of her accounts moved with her to Bank of Eastern Oregon when she was hired on. She said that many of her clients who she initially started have since transitioned to the next generation of ownership, giving her more of history of understanding with their operations and needs. Though she primarily works with agriculture businesses, there are those who chose to go with the smaller bank because they weren’t content with what was happening with their previous bank. Price estimated that about 95 percent of her customers are agriculturally based businesses that pursue real estate loans, equipment loans and operating lines of credit. She said with the latter, December through February is her busiest time of year because AG LINES the cow-calf ranchers See page 8 are sold in the fall or
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From page 6 first in the year and has to redo their line for the next year. “It gives people an option, the smaller bank environment, especially in agriculture, you’re vested in your customers and their business and helping them succeed,” she said of the advantages of choosing a smaller bank than a bigger one. Price explained that these larger banks are more interested in larger loans, somewhere between $250,000 - $500,000 on the bottom end while a smaller bank can make a $100,000 deal. “We are invested in the communities in Eastern Oregon, it’s been their focus since the beginning,” Price said. Since the loan production office in Lakeview opened, other offices have been started in Madras, Athena and Pasco, Wash. Noting that there are always cycles in agriculture, Price was con-
cerned with staying with a bank that didn’t have that experience in the industry would be more challenged when cow and hay prices took a dip. “I felt like a small agriculture bank would be in a better position to handle the potential agriculture cycle,” she said. One of the things that she and her husband wanted to do is come back to Lakeview to raise their son, Logan, calling the area a good place to raise a family, and run a few cows on their property. As a wife of the Round-Up president, she was pulled into helping out with the Labor Day festivities, though she is thankful she won’t have to lend a hand in that capacity since Price’s tenure is up. For more information, contact Price at 541-947-2533 or visit the Lakeview office at 209 N. F St.
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North Lake Ag. Science, Technology Looks Back on Year
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Agricultural Education is composed of three components: Classroom/shop, Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) projects and Future Farms of America (FFA). North Lake School District has done an exceptional job providing all three of these types of learning opportunities to the students. This is possible because of the support and buy-in from the past and present administration and staff, the community, parents and the students themselves. I cannot thank you enough for your support and help as we have developed this vital educational program over the last 22 years. By Chad Waldron Classroom/Shop: The North Lake AgriAg Instructor & FFA Advisor culture Science and Technology department Special to the is fortunate enough to have a 7,000 square Lake County Examiner foot facility. The program can boast of a new greenhouse, and a productive wood and metal shop with a plethora of modern equipment and tools, and the space for students to work and learn. Technology continues to be and has always been a focus since I started in 1995. Students have access to the shop computer lab, which has the best and most up-to-date computers in the school. We also provide training on computerized welders and wood saws, plasmaCAM, Unmanned Aerial vehicles, forge technology, GPS and AutoCAD. Our most recent equipment updates are brand new hydroponic and aquaponic systems. Students have a variety of shop classes SUBMITTED PHOTO they can choose from: seventh grade Wood Levi Waldron building tables for the new Shop, eighth grade Metal Shop/Tractor Safety, greenhouse. ninth grade Introduction to Ag., High School
Metal Fabrication I, Metal Fabrication II, Woodshop, Ag. Mechanics, AutoCAD and Emerging Ag Technology. Plant and animal science continue to be a focus as students combine the sciences and farming to learn about traditional production agriculture in Natural Resources and Animal Physiology classes. SAE: Students apply the knowledge and skills learned in class by developing their own SAE program outside of school. Most of these projects are in the form of a fair animal. Students are responsible for selecting and purchasing animals, feeding, care and training, showing animals at the fair, and keeping computerized record books with financial transactions and work logs. This year, 29 FFA students or about 40 percent of the high school student body participated in the Lake County Fair. This type of success does not come easy and certainly would not happen without dedicated and supportive parents and 4-H leaders, as well as an extremely generous community willing to purchase animals and contribute to the North Lake Buyer’s Pool. FFA: 43 students comprising 60 percent of the student body, are currently enrolled in the North Lake FFA chapter. The main purpose of the FFA organization is to provide opportunities for student to develop leadership skills, and NORTH LAKE AG to participate in See page 12 activities
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that allow students to apply and develop their science, technology, business and other skills they are learning in the classroom. The CDE’s (Career Development Events) and leadership activities North Lake participated in 2016 include: Parliamentary Procedure, Prepared Public Speaking, Creed Speaking, Chapter Books, Portfolio, Ag Coop, Rituals, Job Interview, Tractor Driving, Shop Skills, Lake County Fair, State Convention, District Leadership Camp, State Officer Tour, Veterans Program, Senior Oregon Ag. Tour, Annual Chapter Banquet and the Washington DC Leadership Conference. Students also excelled in the Crop and Soils CDE, earning honors at the District and State level, and represented Oregon for the third time at the National contest held in Oklahoma City. Three seniors, Nathan Gilbert, Brittnee Kezer and Laurena Schmidt also earned the prestigious Oregon State FFA Degree. Students who actively participate in all three components: classwork/shop, SAE and FFA, can potentially earn twelve dual-enrollment credits through Blue Mountain Community College. This year thirteen students earned ninety-one cred-
its. Since the start of the program with BMCC in 2011, forty-three agricultural students have earned a total of 364 college credits. The Oregon Department of Education recently recognized and awarded North Lake Ag. Department $34,000 in additional Pathway Funding and Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) grants to further update equipment and help fund student travel. This was more than any other vocational program in the Central Oregon region. These grants attest to the high level of community support and involvement, and the continual commitment of excellent when it comes to career technical education North Lake School. The stated vision of the North Lake’s Agriculture program is to develop an atmosphere and climate that allows students to explore and learn practical, relevant, real life knowledge and skills. This is accomplished by providing the appropriate equipment, tools and facilities; and maintaining a classroom/shop environment that is focused on structure, routine, order and predictability. The North Lake Agriculture Department has four rules that all students follow and abide: Be Safe, Be
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Beaty Butte Wild Horse Pilot Successful in Clearing Land By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner SUBMITTED PHOTO
Zack Maita heads up the starting of horses for the pilot program through BLM and local efforts. For years Beaty Butte has had an overgrowth of wild horse herds, which at one time saw 1,200 head, which impacted natural resources in the area. With help through nonprofit and government agencies, there seems to be a brighter future as to horse and land management that may have further reaching implications in the future. The effort to clear horses from Beaty Butte came from the Kylie Beaty Butte Grazing Association in collaboration with Lakeview’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices and other organizations. Together, they came together to figure out a solution as to how to cut down the size of the herd. It wasn’t until Kylie put together a non-profit organization that it was able to put in for an assistance agreement proposal. This gave the organization $1 million of funds over five years to work with.
Last October, BLM gathered all but 160 head of horses and will work throughout next summer to get the rest. There is 100 head, numbering 60 studs and 40 mares, at a Burns facility that will be turned back to the herd after receiving fertility control. The proposal is to get it down to a lower number of horses. Every year a census will be taken to record foals and where it is within appropriate management level. Capturing methods include getting a pen, placing a mare in heat in to get studs trapped. Other methods are hay, salt, horseback and others that they’ve had success with. The easiest way that the BLM has employed was with a helicopter though many activists are opposed to the method, so they are getting away from using them and concentrating on ground-based approaches.
The highlight of the effort is the training facility set up in Adel that will hold 20-30 horses, ranging from two- to three-years-old, that would be started every year. These horses would be adopted out. So far, even with the little time afforded to the program, there have been six horses adopted, going to ranches in Nevada, California and locally in Lakeview and Adel. A permanent facility is being construction and planned to be operational in the spring with Zack Maita, as its facility manager and horse trainer. The facility will be complete with an indoor barn to provide shelter in snowy and cold conditions along with circular pins around a larger round pin. Starting and adopting horses from the Beaty Butte herds will hopefully help supplement the project and that receiving a horse from the facility catches on in the
area. Currently, adoption costs just $150, but is anticipated to increase prices to become more financially stable. BLM’s James Price, who is heading up the project, said the horses aren’t meant to be competitive. “They are an all-around horse that is gentle and doesn’t buck much. They’re not bred to be competitive or a rodeo horse. They’re smart and all-around good.” He added that the hope is that there will be about 20-30 per year that will be adopted out. “The whole point is to not let the horses overpopulate which starts to damage the land,” Price explained. The rest of the horses that weren’t started or treated were sent to holding faWILD HORSES cilities in See page 16 Nevada
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and Burns. “The thing about wild horses is that there are no predators for them out there,” said Price. “They keep multiplying until everything gets destroyed or they migrate to other areas. The thought behind this is if we can get these horses and actively manage these horses, you still have horses but it’s not to the point where they’re doing damage and also the horses are not stuck in holding and are making a profit to pay for the facility.” Price gave some background of Beaty’s Butte, saying that the herd has grown ever since the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act that went into effect in 1971, which made it so ranchers had to claim what they wanted while the others were turned out to be managed. Numbers have steadily grown since. The problem became worse because of the influx from the Sheldon Hart National Refuge, which had at one point had 12,000 head, but has zeroed out since, according to Price. The project is the first of its kind and acts as a pilot program for the BLM, which is optimistic that it will be a new way to manage horses in different Horse Management Areas and around the country. Price explained that the issue is huge around the west because there’s no natural way to keep the numbers in check like wildlife with hunting seasons. “If there are fewer out there, they will use less resources, have water and survive harsher winters,” he said. Price iterated that the goal for the entire project would hope to prove successful enough to be incorporated all over the west.
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Anipro/Xtraformance Feeds seeks to provide the right all natural feed supplements for cows. It is the foundation of the firm’s philosophy of people first and, of course, their cows. The firm is located in 36 states, is expanding annually, and in Australia. In Lakeview the local representative is Jason Markus. He said he is passionate about his work and is willing to assist in any way possible for customers. As an Anipro representative Markus will meet onsite to speak with and carefully listen to a client. “When I visit a customer we will discuss everything,” Markus said. “We talk about testing the hay, the price and amount of pounds per day per head wanted.” Testing the hay or roughage for nutrients that are lacking is the first step in identifying the nutritional needs for cows and calves. A sample is sent to a lab for testing to specifically identify the elements needed for the animals. This process takes between 10 and 14 days to complete. Customer interviews provide representatives with an opportunity to learn about the totality of operation. Interviewing is discovery for the firm’s representatives as it is the foundation for their people first philosophy. “I am able to discuss a firm price with the customer,” Markus said. “I know there is a tight budget, so I work with the customer.” All the aforementioned steps are purposely designed to supplement a feed program, not replace it, as replacement would only lesson the desired outcome of raising healthier cows and calves. Not having the latter directly affects a customer’s business in a negative manner. “Low quality roughage without a nutri-
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Collins Pine Invests in the Future By Kirk Liedtke Special to Lake County Examiner
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Even through snow, Collins Pine workers do their best to break down the deck to help fill the mill. Collins Pine is the last mill standing, carrying on Lakeview’s legacy as a once-thriving timber-based economy. As times have changed so too has industry, where once seven mills stood now it is just one, but large investments in facility upgrades and the community assure that Collins Pine will remain a secure and prominent part of Lake County for years to come. Collins’ facilities, a 35-acre mill just north of Lakeview on Hwy 395, maintains on average 75 employees creating on average five million board feet of lumber products per month. Through a 96,000-acre plot of timber lands owned by Collins as well as forest service cooperation and log-buys from private landowners, the mill maintains steady operations. There are several factors as to why Collins has survived while other mills closed, from long-term forest management of property to heavy investment in facility upgrades; the company has survived fluctuating markets and environmental changes to continue prospering. It hasn’t always been easy, on several occasions the mill curtailing its operations and placing employees on leave when market conditions and product surplus made it impractical to continue business as usual. One of those curtailments occurred in November 2015, where much of the work force was placed on leave until January 2016. It wasn’t a time spent idle, however, as that difficult decision to slow operations was utilized as an opportunity to upgrade equipment, pursue new customers, and develop new products. The re-
sult was an $800,000 investment in upgrades to drying kilns and the development of new radius-edged decking products and one-inch boards of various width. Radius-edged decking is perfectly suited for ponderosa pine and southern yellow pine, which comprises around 60 percent of timber harvested on Collins’ private forest lands. The kiln upgrades have had a profound difference in efficiency, energy use, pollution reduction and bottom-line savings. “During the last curtailment we installed new heat exchangers,” explained Dee Brown, Collins Pine sawmill operations manager. “They are attached to our dry kilns for drying lumber. When we dry lumber there’s a boiler providing steam to heat up lumber to dry it, then as moisture comes out it vents off to the atmosphere. We’re taking 160-degree air, thinning it out into the atmosphere temperature, and then reheating air back to 160 degrees. That puts a lot of pressure on our boilers.” The $850,000 heat exchanger upgrades installed include special heating coils that preheat incoming air to the dry kilns, which in turn means less work for the boilers to maintain temperature levels. The end result is the ability to dry wood fast, more efficiently, at less overall cost and lower strain on equipment. The amount of venting in the drying process is also reduced, reducing the Collins mills’ air quality impact. “It has made a significant difference,” added Brown. “One of the biggest reasons we did it was so that we could dry lumber in the winter to keep up with production rates, and we
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Collins Pines front loaders works tirelessly in the lumber yard year-round. have definitely seen that improvement. Without it we would get behind and have to slow the sawmill down.” Next on the slate of facility upgrades is a $60,000 investment to increase the number of knives on the planer heads. The increase of cutting tools in the planer makes for a finer cut, particular with the mills new one-inch products where appearance is vitally important as wood that thin is utilized typically for aesthetic reasons rather than structural support. According to Brown, the upgrade COLLINS PINE slated to occur at the See page 22 end of January will
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result in a better finish and higher grade return. Of course facility upgrades aren’t the only place where Collins looks to reinvest. Through the CollinsMcDonald Fund and other charitable opportunities, Collins Pine remains a key contributor in Lake County and beyond through continued generous scholarships and grant funding for numerous community projects. Whenever a new community project commences, such as a new soccer field, chances are near certain that construction can commence in large part due to support from the Collins-McDonald Fund. All of the investment in facility upgrades not only enhances operations and reduces operating costs, but the end result is more resiliency against future curtailments in operations. While the mill isn’t curtailment-proof, the investment in equipment helps in reducing the likelihood of future slowdowns. Yet for as many internal improvements are made, the success of Collins Pine is still largely dependent on global supply and demand. One of the largest threats to Collins’ operations and other American mills has been a flood of cheap Canadian softwood on the global market, reducing prices. The influx of Canadian imports is the result of an ongoing debate over renewal of a contentious trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada. For around a year the two countries have operated without a formal deal in place, allowing Canadian timber companies to sell softwood lumber well below market value. Canadian companies can operate in this way because they are subsidized by the Canadian
government, a luxury not afforded to American timber companies. It is an ongoing battle in which Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has been at the forefront, urging an end to the U.S.-Canada trade dispute that would return tariffs on Canadian lumber, giving American companies an equal chance to compete. “It’s definitely had an impact on all softwood lumber mills without a trade agreement in place,” said Brown. “The biggest impact is on dimensional lumber used for homebuilding, not so much for shop and molding wood. It has an effect on the market here in keeping the cost of lumber pricing down. It’s been over a year now since the deal expired, so hopefully it will get resolved soon. The Canadian government subsidizes those mills, which doesn’t occur down here.” Competing international factors aside, while the future is hard to predict Brown and others at Collins Pine continue to look towards reinvestment in operations and the community to assure its place for years to come. “We are moving forward the best we can,” said Brown. “I’ve been here for 12 years, and during that time Collins has probably put $12 million into facility upgrades and equipment. It’s not a great market out there so we try to be wise with any improvements we do around here, and we’re looking outside and down into northern California for logs that can be logged this spring. We’re trying to keep things going.”
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Fremont-Winema National Forest Continues Restoration Work
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forest will meet its 2017 target which is currently estimated to be approximately 60 million board feet. The forest will be able to meet 15 million board feet of the target within the sustained yield unit in Lake County. “The Fremont-Winema National Forest is working hard to help sustain our local infrastructure and timber industry,” Lehman said. “For the past year, the majority of the wood coming into the Lakeview Mill is coming from the North Warner Project.” The forest is also among the first in Oregon to use the Farm Bill Insect and Disease Categorical Exclusion for a project. The approximately 2,500 acre Silver Fox Project is being planned on the Silver Lake Ranger District. “We’re really excited about the Silver Fox project,” Lehman said. “As soon as the snow recedes, forest employees will be in the field working on the unit. It should be sold by the end of the summer with harvest happening in 2018 and 2019.” Another key component in restoration work is the fire and fuels program and forest firefighters have a large role in implementation. They also have additional support as one of the five federal and state agencies that are part of the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) Prescribed fire is the primary tool, with applications including pile burning and broadcast or underburning. Piles of small diameter fuels are strategically stacked during the field season. From fall through spring, piles can be burned. “In the winter we can still burn piles in the snow,” said SCOFMP Fire Information Officer Sarah Saarloos. “This allows us to continue to actively work on fuel reduction, even when we don’t have access to treat the forest floor.” During the spring and fall, as long as conditions permit, firefighters can apply fire to the landscape using drip torches within defined project areas. The fire is generally a creeping fire with small flame lengths, burning finer fuels and underbrush. “Underburning is very productive on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and we are able to reduce fuels while restoring nutrients into the soils, which benefits wildlife habitat by providing better quality grass for deer, elk and wild turkey,” Saarloos said. RESTORATION WORK “Even when we aren’t actively See page 26 applying
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At SS Equipment personal ambition is placed aside for what is best for the whole. Building and maintaining relationships is never far from the thoughts employees at any of the company’s locations. “We have to have an ‘I am responsible’ attitude,” said Sales Representative Chris Ketcham. “We pay special attention to the customer’s details.” Those details require employees at all levels to be prepared to ask the right questions to meet the customer’s needs. This requirement is demanded of all employees, no matter the job they occupy. For SS Equipment reputation is at the forefront at all times and at all locations. “Everybody knows everybody,” Ketcham said. “Word of mouth can question our reputation, our honesty.” For example, sales representatives are not chasing each potential commission as that is considered a personal ambition, rather than one that benefits the customer and the firm. Company personnel are expected to work with the customer on behalf of the company, even if it means not earning that monetary reward. Should a customer, who eventually will be serviced from another location, calls the customer is treated as a neighbor. Following the customer contact notification is communicated to the appropriate personnel to continue working with the customer. “We have an updated equipment list, by location,” Ketcham said. “We want to keep our customers happy, by giving them what they want, when they need it.” The equipment list is a strong element of internal communications between the firm’s locations. Placing service first for SS Equipment
Service, Autonomy to Work Equates to Reputation JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner
Jack Everhart shows Lake County farmers a bailer stuffer brakeon a setting of a Holland BB340 model bailer during an SS Equipment open house on Thursday, March 24. By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner employees is about building trust between each other and most importantly with each customer who calls or arrives at one of the firm’s 11 showrooms. Exhibiting this behavior it is meant to prove that action will dictate customer satisfaction, anything less needs to be and will be evaluated for improvement. The company’s owners reside in Pasco, Wash. and expect autonomous behavior from their employees with an important caveat, know when to ask. Knowing when to ask ownership for assistance is designed to make the best decision for all parties, customer and company. This is simply another element to the firm’s mantra of action on behalf of the company and customer. Action for SS Equipment is being a one stop service entity a customer can depend upon to deliver a needed service. Arrangements can be made to pick up and deliver new or used equipment to a customer’s site. Should a customer have a need not to stop working a temporary piece of equipment will be made available by SS Equipment that helps the work continue. Due to the size of the equipment used in the farming, ranching and agriculture industries special orders may have to be placed in order to meet the customer’s needs. Special orders could also entail transportation arrangements to fulfill the order. Ketcham said he has had customers who own the equipment required to transport larger orders or deliver equipment for servicing. Actionable service for SS Equipment includes the ability to send technicians into the field to service equipment. Technicians are factory trained and certified by New Holland, and master technicians are available to service any piece of equipment a customer has that re-
quires servicing. As for the inside customer service representatives the same scruples that apply elsewhere in the company apply to them as well. For them each order, no matter what it may constitute, is important. Representatives freely discuss alternative that could meet a customer’s needs. For them it is how they can best help the customer. Each showroom is amply stocked with fluids, nut and bolts and a myriad of items that could become a requirement. If the item is not in stock representatives will discuss addressing a need with honesty with the customer. False promises are unacceptable at SS Equipment. SS Equipment has new and pre-owned equipment throughout its system of service centers. It offers a myriad of pieces of equipment for their community of customers. From tractors to combines to seeding equipment to balers and foragers SS Equipment strives to make as many of makes and models available as possible. “We have 11 locations,” Ketcham said. “There are six in Oregon and five in Washington. We will do what it takes to serve a customer.” For Ketcham there is neither a job too small nor a job too large as it is always about action delivering for the customer on behalf of the company. “No matter where the sale is made the company benefits,” Ketcham said. “But helping a customer to the fullest is most important.” SS Equipment is fully positioned to assist a customer and deliver an agreed upon service. Located at 307 N. P St., SS Equipment is open Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop in or call 541947-2188 during regular business hours.
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NRCS Assists Ranchers with Juniper Thinning
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By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
Help has been granted all around the region to ranch operators and land owners through a variety of programs offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NCRS). One of the major programs put forward is the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This program has two priority concerns both with the sage grouse and mule deer habitats. To accomplish this, NCRS is offering financial and technical assistance through EQIP to ranchers and landowners to help improve that habitat whether if they are in the sage grouse core habitat or mule deer. The focus is to pay to cut the trees and to remove the slash left from cutting the juniper down. NCRS has been working since 2010 on the sage grouse issue to improve the habitat to increase their numbers in order to keep them off the threatened and endangered species list, according to District Conversationalist Max Corning. He continued to say that in Sep-
An after picture of the same land shown on page 32, that was treated with juniper removal, making the land increasingly viable for ranches that use it. tember 2015, US Fish and Wildlife Service made the decision that it wasn’t warranted for listing. “We have continued to work with these ranchers to help improve the habitat,” he said. The agency will revisit the decision in five years in 2020 when they will look at it again to determine whether to list the species or not. For the mule deer, the agency has been working with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife under their own strategy, which has a factor of limited is habitat with the mule deer is conifer encroachment on the rangelands that have preferred diet species, which feeds on bitter brush, aspen, mountain mahogany, “As the juniper evades you lose the brush component and the understory,” Corning said. The EQIP program enters into contract with the rancher, which gives them the choice whether to do it themselves or hire out to a private contractor. Corning said it is a mixed bag with what ranchers have chosen to get the job accomplished.
The assistance is by a payment schedule, which is about $100-115 per acre to cut the trees and $100-150 per acre to treat the slash. There are different types of treatment, ranging from cutting the juniper to below four feet high to just cutting them if they are well spaced and small, which doesn’t necessitate treating the slash. They will start seeing the grass component coming back, a valuable forage for their livestock operations. “Most of them like the wildlife, so they are benefitting the species,” said Corning. “They also see springs that have been dry for years and see more water on the land for livestock and the wildlife,” said Corning. Though the focus is primarily on the juniper encroachment, EQIP also looks toward seasonal grass invaders, comprising of medusa head and ventenata. “We can control those with chemicals in the fall and late September,” he said. They are looking at sites that have a brush component, with annuals that are invading that usually
creates a mat, choking out all the good plants. “We don’t want to see that because the ranchers lose valuable feed component,” said Corning. Juniper uses up much of the ground water, becoming a detriment to the land with its coverage that takes the water from the understory foliage. Corning explained that there are other programs under EQIP that they are working on include protecting water bird habitat. Flood irrigation systems can affect migratory water fowl, he said, so NCRS are working with ranchers that flood irrigate by paying a small incentive payment to make it so they flood earlier to improve the habitat. The program also includes improving its irrigation structures to help improve the distribution of water in their fields. The Southern Oregon Northeast California (SONC) region, which the local office works for, is a valu- JUNIPER THINNING See page 32 able region
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for foraging for migrating waterfowl. It acts as a stopping point before they move onto their breeding grounds. NCRS partners with Intermountain West Joint Venture and Ducks Unlimited to help improve these types of habitats. These programs are the main program for the financial assistance, another one is through the Conservations Stewardship program, where they assist financially for ranchers and farmers to do things on their own or through EQIP to improve their resources. NCRS is under the United States Department of Agriculture, an agency that doesn’t have any land on their own but helps the individual landowners to improve their operations and conserve its natural resources, whether it’s plants, wildlife, soil or water. It started off as the Soil and Water Conservationist from the Dust Bowl, changing their name in the mid- 1990’s. “We are here to help on a voluntary basis,” said Corning. NCRS is funded mostly from the national Farm Bill that comes out every five or six years, through it is where the programs are identified and appropriated through Congress. SUBMITTED PHOTO For more information, visit www.nrcs. Before picture of a piece of land that has been overridden with juniper can do more harm usda.gov or contact the Lakeview office at 541than good to ranch land. Government funded efforts such as the Environmental Quality 947-2367 ext. 101.
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North Warner Project brings Many Together to Restore Forest Health SUBMITTED PHOTO
Commercial harvest equipment operates in the Crooked Mud Honey Project as part of fuel reduction in the North Warner Mountains during the summer in 2016. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Partners meet in the field to discuss the North Warner Multi-Ownership Forest Restoration Project. Just northeast of Lakeview – extending past Valley Falls and Plush, the North Warner Mountains provide a wealth of resources beyond the scenic background they provide. The area has extensive fuel loading, leaving it vulnerable to wildfire. To preserve these important forest resources, it was necessary to look at the landscape as a whole, and look for opportunities to fund forest health work such as commercial harvest, small tree thinning, slash removal and prescribed fire. This tremendous landscape inspired numerous partners to come together to plan and implement important forest health treatments across ownership boundaries. The KlamathLake Forest Health Partnership, a collaborative organization of federal, state and local agencies, private landowners, individuals and organizations with an interest in hazardous fuel treatments to reduce the risk of wildfire and forest restoration work, served as an early supporter and building connections between interested partners. They continue to actively support the project through landowner outreach, education and pursuing funding to support restoration on private lands. Among the partners and members of the Klamath-Lake Forest Health Partnership is Daniel Leavell, extension agent for forestry and natural resources with Oregon State University Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (OSU KBREC). “It has been my fortune to work on a landscape management project in Lake County where all the people on the team have put together all the pieces to make it happen,” said Leavell. “The Oregon Department of Forestry, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Service through the Fremont Winema National Forest, The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council, and 30,000 acres of private land belonging to 17 individual landowners, are all coming together to truly ‘Care for the Land and Serve the People.” The project is supported by even more partners, including the Lakeview Stewardship Group, Bureau of Land Management, Lake County, The Collins Companies, Mule Deer Foundation and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. When team members applied for the pres-
tigious Joint Chiefs’ Partnership Funding during fall 2016, letters of support for the project were provided by Sen. Jeff Merkley, the Lake County Board of Commissioners, Lakeview Soil and Water Conservation District, South Central Oregon Economic Development District, Lake County Fire Defense Board and Warner Valley Rangeland Fire Protection Association among the other partners. “Everyone involved has a connection to the land,” said Kellie Carlsen, stewardship forester for the Oregon Department of Forestry. The biggest challenge with such a large landscape-scale project working across boundaries is finding agreement on how to move forward, from planning to implementation. “By coming together, having a common vision and goal, and by brainstorming, everyone was able to contribute something that will result in some very exciting work being done across the landscape to improve multiple resources,” Carlsen said. “It is a win-win for everyone.” For Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council Coordinator Marci Schreder, the team effort has been very rewarding. “The Watershed Council is proud to be a part of this collaborative effort to address forest health in the North Warners,” Schreder said. “This is the first time we get to do hazardous fuel removal on a landscape scale and across all ownerships. It is historical,” said Lake County Resources Initiative Exec. Dir. Jim Walls. The North Warner landscape covers approximately 410,000 acres. The forest health project itself is on approximately 150,000 acres. The project is unique due to the extensive stands of old legacy ponderosa pine intermixed with aspen and meadows. There is greater sage grouse focal habitat immediately adjacent, as risk of wildfire from the upland forests. And the fault-block geology of the North Warner Mountain Range is evident, with unique water seeps, flows and resulting ponds and streams. “Thanks to a grant from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, we went from outreach to private landowners, to mapping and information gathering, to ground-truthing forest stand condition, to forest land management plans, and now putting together sound management projects in concert with the Forest Ser-
vice projects in less than a year,” Leavell said. “Forest health, fire resiliency, wildlife habitat and rangeland – all across boundaries, managed on a scientific foundation on a landscape from top to bottom. The resources will benefit, as will the individuals and community.” The Natural Resources Conservation Service has a major role in working with private landowners in the North Warner Mountains, not only for resource conservation, but responsible restoration of a healthy forest landscape resilient to natural disturbance, including wildfires. “In addition to the great partnerships involved in restoration in the North Warner Mountains, the work being done is directly tied to improving forest health, which has been identified in our long-range plan, that includes restoring resilient landscapes, developing fire adapted communities and ensuring safe and effective wildfire response,” said Max Corning, district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Lakeview Field Office. “Our work with private landowners to identify opportunities and implement treatments like juniper removal, slash disposal, and forest stand improvement have benefitted not only the private landowners’ operation, but also the health of the forest and watershed, as well as Lake County by reducing the risk of wildfire.” The North Warner Multi-Ownership Forest Health Project was selected for funding through the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership, an initiative led by the chiefs of two U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies – the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Forest Service. The project was awarded $1,149,283, which consists of $796,199 to the Natural Resources Conservation Service and $353,084 to the Forest Service. The project was the third highest funded out of the more than $10 million awarded to projects throughout the country for 2017. “The Joint Chiefs funding is highly competitive,” said Fremont-Winema National Forest Wildlife Biologist Amy Markus. “It is a tremendous honor and was only possible through the widespread support and the investment of time and energy by partners and the community.” Landscape treatments in the North Warner Mountains as part of the project are expected to continue through 2019.
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Ownership, Chainsaws, Engineering and Rigs ROBERT MEREDITH Lake County Examiner
Max’s Garage, Inc., owned and operated by Ray and Carol Comstock for nearly five years, is a full service repair operation at 17586 Hwy 395 North in Lakeview that works on just about any piece of equipment. By Robert Meredith Lake County Examiner
Ray Comstock, owner of Max’s Garage, Inc., decided that taking the next step was into the ownership arena of running a business. Comstock purchased his business nearly five years ago and has not looked back since. “I’ve always wanted to run my own business,” Comstock said. “I worked for Max for 17 years prior to this.” At Max’s Garage a multitude of vehicles can be repaired or serviced; however this does not necessarily equate to having work completed at the shop. Comstock provides not only roadside service by also on-site service as well. “We work on just about everything,” Comstock said. “Sometimes we’ll get called out to the airport to fix a fuel line, anything like that, as long as is not AMA regulated we can work that type of job.” In and about the garage were garbage trucks, passenger cars, boats, pickups and recreational vehicles. When Comstock said his shop works on a multitude of equipment and vehicles the evidence was clearly visible. Comstock added, “We work on any kind of agriculture or off road equipment. You name it, loaders, backhoes and graders. We even do cylinder repacking.” Currently, Comstock employs two technicians and one lube technician. “I am hoping to have four on board, including myself, by Feb. 1,” Comstock said. “I have a guy coming from Kansas on Feb. 12.” Expansion of the business has never been far from Comstock’s immediate thoughts. “I wanted to expand the business and couldn’t do that unless I owned the business,” Comstock said. “Ownership gave me more control over the facility, the decisions were mine to make and take ownership for. We have 1700 square feet.” The garage is 1,700 square feet in which the current owner has worked for nearly 17 years. “I engineered most of the footage for this building, when we built it, for the main structure outside,” Comstock said. “I did all the drawings, gave them to Anderson Engineering and they approved them. “I have a background in everything,” Comstock said in a deadpan manner of speaking. Running a business requires a flare for the endeavor and sometimes more than what is obvious. For Comstock his road to ownership started years ago.
“It all began when I took apart my dad’s chainsaw. I was 5 1/2 years old,” Comstock said. “He had burned it up, and I would say it started back then.” From then high school revealed he was mechanically inclined and he engaged in fabrication, engineering and wood working. He joined the Army after school and was a light vehicle mechanic and a heavy embattlement mechanic. This meant servicing tanks, armored personnel carriers, Humvees, just about all manner of military vehicles. “When I got done with that I went to college,” Comstock said. “I graduated from ITT Tech in Portland with an Associate in Arts degree in 1992. I majored in electrical engineering and automated manufacturing, robotics. I am also ASE certified in Cummins and Cat.” The repair shop was full and has been keeping the boss and his employees busy for some time. “We have not slowed down for three years,” Comstock said. “We are the largest repair facility MAX’S GARAGE in Lake County. And we are also a NAPA truck See page 38 care shop. We carry all the heavy duty items for
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MAX’S GARAGE
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them.� Max’s Garage services the vehicles for major local companies, ambulances for Lake County Search and Rescue. Repairs are completed on schools busses and over the road rigs for Vaughn Land and Cattle. In addition Perlite trucks are serviced as well. “I am trying to meet the service needs of the community.� Comstock said. “I will stand behind our work.� Comstock stated that he will admit an error when he has committed one and expects the same from his employees. For him people are fallible and simply owning up to a mistake is being honest. Enjoyment of the work is an element Comstock and his employees derive on a daily basis, no matter the challenge. “My biggest challenge is parts availability,� Comstock said. “Weather can play a huge factor in this. Without the parts the customer will be without his rig. If a vehicle is sitting on the shop floor it is not making money for anybody.�
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At Max’s Garage a multitude of vehicles ranging from passenger cars to garbage trucks and busses are serviced at this location.
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Family Legacy Returns at KV Bar Ranch
John Shine, operator of KV Bar Ranch, returned to the area after many years away to operate the KV Bar Ranch, a responsibility he enjoys to its fullest.
It was an unlikely homecoming in 2014 for John Shine returning to Lake County where he grew up, but one he revels in continuing the family cattle ranching legacy on the same property his grandfather and great-uncle first established as a homestead. From those early Irish settler roots to today, the KV Bar Ranch provides summer pasture on Lakeview’s Westside for the Shine Brothers Ranch. Roots run deep on the 5,000-acre property of the KV Bar Ranch, which stands for Kavanaugh Verling -- the middle and last name of six Irish brothers who migrated to Adel and Lakeview to establish ranches. The site, located along Hwy 140, marks the homestead where John’s mother and uncles grew up. Sold in 1943, the property underwent many changes over the years, until eventually being reacquired by the family in January 2014. Shine grew up in Adel on the family ranch there, which is still operated today by his brother George and wife Robin, known as the Shine Ranch. After graduating from Lakeview High School, Shine left the area and spent decades working in the food industry until selling his business. Retirement proved boring however, and when the opportunity arose to return home and re-establish his family’s roots at the KV Bar, he and his wife Teresa jumped at the chance to purchase the property previously owned by Chuck Kelley. Operated as summer pasture for the cattle maintained at the Adelbased Shine Ranch, Shine welcomes cattle from other local ranchers to graze on the property as well. A well-irrigated landscape that also includes some forest portions and a large reservoir, the site is advantageous for summer grazing with plenty of green grass, nine center pivots and plenty of water. “We truck our cattle from Adel and bring in other rancher’s cattle for the summer too, depending on the water year there can be 600-1,000 head of cattle at one time,” said Shine. “We have cattle there from April to November. It’s a very good pasture operation, we run cattle for about five ranches as well as our own.” After retiring in 2010 following the sale of his company, Shine found the retired life too boring. While he spends his winters in Bend, during
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the summer when cattle are on-site at the KV Bar it’s work from sun-up to sun-down, and he couldn’t be happier about it. “It wasn’t my original plan to come back, but it all worked out,” Shine said. “It’s one of those things I always wanted to do as the oldest of six kids. I wanted to do it, but never had the money until later on. I left Lake County for 40 years. I thought I was retiring, but now I’m working harder than ever before and I love it.” The KV Bar Ranch is atypical of normal ranch operations in that within its KV BAR RANCH boundaries is a spate business -- the JuSee page 42 nipers Reservoir RV Resort. Established
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three decades ago by Chuck and Treva Kelley, the RV park was created as a way to share the inherent beauty of the KV Bar Ranch with visitors. Complete with a reservoir stocked with trout for fishing, the resort has seen many improvements over the years and has become a popular destination for weddings, barbecues and special events each summer. The site of the campground rests on the former original home where Shine’s family first established its roots. While the buildings are long gone, the original well built by his ancestors still serves the RV resort. The Junipers Reservoir RV Resort is open each year from May 15 through September. During the summer months while RV visitors are having fun playing horseshoes, volleyball and barbecuing, Shine can be found hard at work assuring cattle on the pasture get their fill. Numerous improvements to the property have been made over the years, particularly on the irrigation system, with more projects always in the works. While some summer help is brought in, the operation is mostly a family-run business between John, George, Robin and Teresa. From its early Irish roots followed by 70 years of other owners, the KV Bar Ranch is finally back in the hands of the family that first established it, with an eye toward a prosperous future. For more information about the KV Bar Ranch and Junipers Reservoir RV Resort visit www.junipersrv.com.
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A side venture turned to a larger scaled operation for Maralon and Floyd Cornett, Davis Creek, Calif. retried couple with their western furnishing company, Cowhide Country. Creating anything from cowhide, from placemat sets, table runners, blingy visors and caps to pillows and purses, the Cornett production has found its groove into the homes of many ranch homes in the west. Maralon said that their passion came from when the couple made these sorts of cowhide projects in Lincoln, Calif. and blossomed into much more than that. Their niche products don’t just stop
Western Home Furnishings by Cowhide Country By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner
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Floyd Cornett, just half of Cowhide Country along with his wife Maralon, displays a wine rack made from his own hands, which is one of many creations that the small passionate business sells around the west.
at anything cowhide decorated but also expands to animal portraits, old barnwood frames and shelves that make up their ever-expanding selling inventory. The Cornetts’ started with just table runners and placemat sets but found creativity to be a good partner, placing the recognizable pattern on anything from napkin holders, glass holders, wine racks, Kleenex boxes, magazine holders to anything else that strikes their fancy. “It’s whatever hits us at the time,” Maralon said. Their hide comes from Tandy Leather after the couple attempted to dye it themselves and learned that it was far too
labor intensive. This way, they can jump right over that step and get producing. She said that Cowhide Country Products doesn’t stand too far from what can be found at other like markets or by the hand of their fellow creators. “To me it’s everyday stuff, but people think it’s different than what a lot of people make. Not a lot of people make cowhide placemats or table runners.” “It’s something to keep us busy,” Maralon added. She remembered that she’s always has been into arts and music, so this was a natural progression for herself and Floyd. With this series came horse and
dog portraits, elegantly aligned with old barnwood that Floyd collects. “It’s the love of the western love
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A mainstay for the Lake District Hospital Holiday Fair, Cowhide Country brings with them a vast array of country-centered home décor.
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Cowhide placemat sets are a unique and welcome buying piece that Cowhide Country creates. 20-25 years,� Maralon said, adding that it was the biggest event that they have exhibited at. Word of their fine craftsmanship of their products gets spread by mouth, prompting custom orders from time to time. “I like the work ethic that you have to develop in order to become a rancher. I like the freedom of it,� Maralon added. “The beauty of it is being out with nature.�
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With ebbs and flows in the cattle market alternative marketing options become more attractive to ranchers. Under the advisement of extension services and academics, more and more ranchers are looking for direct-to-consumer type marketing, giving them more control and better connectivity with the end user. Lake County rancher, Wes Davies, is one of nearly 100 ranchers in the United States’ western region behind Country Natural Beef, a company that he champions as liberating his operation from the lows of the market. He explained that the co-op of ranchers offers stability and predictability in an ever-more unstable market. Davies went on to explain that most ranchers in Lake County are cow-calf ranchers who sell calves and rely on an open market to dictate their annual income. “Ranchers are at the mercy of the market for their income,” Davies said. “As part of the Country Natural Beef co-op, we don’t sell cattle, we sell beef directly to retail stores. Our ranchers are more connected to the consumer who is eating that beef. So we know what they want and how they want it raised.” He further expounded that their consumers may want their beef without GMO’s or want them natural, without hormones or basically without certain technologies that get a bad stigma. “While these attributes don’t add a lot of cost to the ranch, they do bring a lot of trust and confidence to the consumer about the food they are eating,” Davies said. The cooperative also helps ranchers to influence some laws that are passed by the majority of their state. He said that much of the voting public doesn’t have a clear understanding on issues that affect rural areas. Country Natural Beef allows him to work with the voting population and establish a relationship with consumer so that, when rural issues come to the forefront, they have a friend in eastern Oregon to turn to. The meat is sold to a large array of retail and food service customers such as grocery co-ops, Whole Foods, Burgerville, New Seasons Markets, Blue Apron and McMenamins. Davies explained that today, many land-grant universities and industry advisers are encouraging ranchers to get into direct markets in order to control the margin by basically cutting out the middleman. “It’s a lot of work running a beef company,” he said, “but Country Natural
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Wes Davies (right) talks with Mike McFarland about grazing systems on the McFarland Ranch, which was acquired by Davies this year.
Beef allows ranchers to get the benefits of direct marketing while not having to do all of the work themselves, and gaining the efficiencies of volume that allow us to be competitive.” He went on to say that a common struggle on ranches, whether because of diehard tradition or liquidity in young start-ups, is being able to accommodate retaining ownership on cattle which is a requirement for full membership in the co-op. “CNB has many options for ranchers to be involved COUNTRY NATURAL including financing among others. CNB See page 50 has evolved over the years and wants to
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be more inclusive rather than exclusive.� In Lake County there are several ranchers involved in the cooperative, such as the Schadler Ranch, Fitzgerald Partners, Withers Ranch and Bradbury family, while others sell their cattle to the cooperative. Davies’ father, Stacy Davies, manager of Roaring Springs Ranch in Harney County, supported Wes’ sentiments, saying that the cooperative is in need of ranchers to join in order to meet the ever-growing demand. He went on to say that by participating in the co-op, ranchers get more information on their cattle including carcass and feed lot data, have more stability in their income and more chances to learn about the market that they are serving. Along with that, Stacy said that there are networking opportunities with those who deal with the product day in and day out, including packers, feeders, truckers, retails, restaurant owners and leaders in the industry. As a rancher in eastern Oregon Stacy said he is proud of what he does but the urban customer may put pressure on issues. “By branding our beef and spending time with those customers in the urban setting, I get a chance to tell my story,� he said.
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Fitzgerald Ranch is just one of many partners around the west that take part in the Country Natural Beef co-op. “We depend on one another and CNB gives me a chance to tell them that we are sustainable.� All the standards that the cooperative expects have helped him be a more efficient and effective manager. “Country Natural Beef isn’t
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Defining Watershed By Colleen Withers and Marci Shreder Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council Special to the Lake County Examiner
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Crooked Creek before the “Pond and Plug” technique used to restore the body of water to a healthier state. “What is a watershed?” is the most frequently asked question the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council (LCUWC) receives. Simply defined, a watershed is an area of land where all precipitation drains to a common water body, such as a river or lake. It is often referred to as “the land between two ridgetops.” Lake County is made up of multiple, diverse watersheds. Each are within the management boundaries of the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council (LCUWC). The goal of the LCUWC is to promote cooperative watershed restoration across jurisdictional boundaries, to better Lake County’s watersheds and people. The Council provides services and support to all watersheds and property owners in the region. The LCUWC is directed by names familiar to Lake County: Tom O’Leary, John Taylor, Matt Withers, Adam Schutz, Pete Talbott, and Roger Linton. Additionally, Marci Schreder serves as the council coordinator and project manager and Colleen Withers serves as the fiscal manager and education coordinator. Agency partners, private partners, local contractors, and willing landowners are key to the success of the Council and its projects. In 2016, the LCUWC injected $741,532 into Lake County. These dollars were used to provide local contractors with work and complete a variety of land restoration projects. Such restoration projects include juniper thinning and upland enhancement, streambank stabilization, fish passage improvement, irrigation efficiency improvement, and a myriad of other restoration projects.
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Water flows fuller thanks to the efforts of the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council at Crooked Creek. Engineers and contractors utilize different methods to support restoration efforts, but the method known as “Pond and Plug” became a valuable practice for meadow restoration this summer. The Council hopes to see its full restoration potential. Since 2013, the LCUWC has led Crooked Creek restoration efforts in the Chewaucan Watershed. The goals of the overall project, expected to be completed in 2017, are to improve stream channel function in Crooked Creek and its tributaries, provide fish passage for Redband trout, restore meadow hydrology, and reduce bank erosion. The Pond and Plug method of restoration instantly became a critical component of this project. The Pond and Plug technique results in both reconnection of a stream channel with a functioning floodplain and restoration of a degraded meadow’s water table up to its historic level. A restored floodplain fosters less flood-water stress along the restored stream channel, thus stabilizing stream banks and reducing the potential of future maintenance or reconstruction. Furthermore, restoration of the meadow water table results in re-watering of meadow soils and vegetation, which ultimately improves conditions for healthy hydrology, wildlife, and forage for livestock. This restoration technique can obliterate an incised, 3-10 feet deep stream channel by redirecting the flow of water to a stable channel that is connected with a broad floodplain. When floods or high-water flow occur, water can reach the floodplain and spread out over a large area.
This makes flood flows much shallower and less erosive. Additionally, the process helps establish streamside vegetation and improves overall stream temperature because of deeper base flows, improved shading, and increased ground water interaction. The implementation of the Pond and Plug method consists of constructing a series of earth plugs in a stream channel. Import of enough material to completely fill in a gully or stream incision is extremely costly, so workers widen a gully both upstream and downstream of each “plug” site. Workers use the borrowed material from the widening process to complete the entire earth plug. This process relocates the stream to the meadow surface. As the water table rises, the widened gully areas fill with ground water, resulting in a series of ponds that are as deep as the original gully. Before and after photos of Pond and Plug restoration projects provide the greatest testament to their effectiveness. The LCUWC is recognizing the multitude of benefits associated with restoring floodplain connection and returning a meadow water table to historic conditions. If you would like to know more about the Pond and Plug method or the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council, please contact Marci Schreder at 541-219-0830 or scheder@centurytel.net. If you would like to know more about the Council’s educational opportunities, please contact Colleen Withers at 541-610-3134 or lakecountywsc.edu. The LCUWC website is still under development, but don’t hesitate to visit it at www.lakecountywsc.com.
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Advertiser Directory 1st Class Auto Glass . . . 23 39er Variety Store . . . . . . . . 22 5 Corners Feed LLC. . . . . . . 45 Anderson Engineering . . . 26 Aspen Ridge Resort . . . . . 5 Auto Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Back Yard Floral . . . . . . . . 8 Bank of Eastern Oregon . . . . . 25 Basin Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Bill Black . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Bly FastBreak . . . . . . . . . . 16 Buchanan Angus Ranch . . . . 47 Central OR Pole Buildings . . . 23 Chewaucan Garage . . . . . . . 21 Christmas Valley Market . . . . . 15 Cockrell, Ashley , DVM . . . . 19 Cockrell’s High Desert Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cornerstone Industrial Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Country - Gene Thomas . . . . . . 33 Country Hearth . . . . . . . . 25 Coyote Quick Stop . . . . . . . 50 Dan’s Auto Sales . . . . . . . . . 51 Desert Inn Motel . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Desert Rose Funeral Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Dinsdale Farm . . . . . . . 54 Dog Lake Construction . . . . . . 17
Don Deiter’s Auto Body . . . . 22 Drew’s Massage . . . . . . . . . 3 Duarte Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Eagles Nest Food & Spirits . . 39 Ed Staub & Sons . . . . . . . 37 Evans, Bartlett & Higbe CPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Flying U Angus Ranch . . . 50 Gabe Cobian Trucking . . . . . . . 3 Gage Liquid Feeds . . . . . . . . 39 Gary McCleese & Sons . . . . 49 Gipson’s Warner Valley Lodging . . . . . . . . . . 46 Goose Tracks Quilting & Fabric Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hall Motor Co. - Ford . . . . . 19 Helena Chemical . . . . . . . . 49 Handde Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Harlan’s Furniture & Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hart Mtn. Store . . . . . . . . . 11 Heaton Steel . . . . . . . . . 15 High Country Real Estate . . . 37 High Desert Truss, LLC . . . . . 29 Honker Realty . . . . . . . . . 12 Howard’s Drugs . . . . . . . 11 Hufford’s Herefords . . . . . . . . 31 Ingram Construction . . . . . . 13 Jasco Construction . . . . . . . 5
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Jerry’s Restaurant . . . . . . 12 Joe Barry Construction . . . . . 55 JW Kerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 KBE - Lakeview . . . . . . . . 41 Ken Thomas Real Estate . . . . 31 Klamath Bull Sale . . . . . . 41 Klamath Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Klippenstein, Marc & Rachel / Mr. Klip . . . . . . . . 19 Lake County Cooperative Weed Mgt. Area . . . . 35 Lake County Examiner . . . 2 Lake County Round-Up . . . 7, 37 Lake County Stockgrowers . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 42 Lake County Watershed Council . . . . . . . . 45 Lake Health District . . . . . 17 Lake Health Medical Supply . . . . 23 Lakeview Animal Hospital . . . . . . . . . 51 Lakeview Auto Parts NAPA . . . .17 Lakeview Redi-Mix . . . . 21 Les Schwab Tires . . . . . . 45 Liddycoat, Don CPA . . . . . . . . 15 Maag/Oft/Vallard . . . . . . . 17 Mario’s Dinner House . . . . . . 8 Markus, Jason - Anipro . . . . . 9 Max’s Garage . . . . . . . . . 33 Meadow Acres Angus . . . . . 38 Mile Hi Tire & Exhaust . . . . 15 Miller Oil, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 21 Modoc Steel & Supply . . . . 55 Niles Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Nolte-Fuller Insurance . . . 26 North Lake Tire . . . . . . . 19 Ousley Osterman Huffstutter Funeral Chapel . . . . . . . . 38 Outback Plumbing . . . . . . . . . 47 Paisley Fabric & Quilt . . . . . . 8
Paisley Mercantile . . . . . . . 21 Papa Dan’s/ Lakeview Lanes . . . . . 29 Pardue Construction . . . . . . . 56 Pioneer Saloon . . . . . . . . . . 21 Probuild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Razor’s Edge Salon . . . . . . 11 Richland Feed & Seed . . . . . . 5 Robbins Farm Equipment . . 16 Rusth Spires & Assoc, LLP. . . 46 Sage Rooms Motel . . . . . . 17 Sagewood Grocery . . . . . . . . . . 46 Salt Creek Industries . . . . 37 Shasta Livestock Auction . . 13 Silver Lake Mercantile . . . . . 27 Silver Lake Market . . . . . . . . . 41 Simms Trucking . . . . . . . . 55 J.R. Simplot Co. . . . . . . . 35 Six D Cattle Co. . . . . . . 39 Snack Shack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Start’s Electric . . . . . . . . . . 47 SS Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Subway . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sunny Hancock/LeonFlick Memorial Poetry Show . . . 3 Superior Livestock . . . . . . 32 Surprise Valley Electrification Corp. . . . . 35 Sycan Store . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Tall Town Clothing . . . . . . . 9 Top Knot Hats . . . . . . . . . . 35 Town of Lakeview - MC Wagon Museum . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tracy Electric, LLC . . . . . . . 12 Tri-State Livestock . . . . . . 53 True Value Hardware. . . . . . 51 Walls, Deanna Real Estate . 55 Wampler, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 27 Western Video Auction . . . . . . . 13 Winnemucca Ranch Hand Rodeo . . . . . . . . . 13
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Reasonable Rates
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Beautiful Rural Properties 54922 Hwy 31
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Pardue Construction,
LLC
Family Owned & Operated for More Than 75 Years!
Hometown Service Dependable Quality
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Call Us for All Your Heavy Equipment Needs!
Office: 541-947-2369 • Shop: 541-947-3204 • CCB#194727 Hwy 395 N — 3/4 mile North of Lakeview