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Groups

Homeownership Mll-

eager

lennials are putting it off and renting for longer — but it' s not always by choice.A3

to join

gas tax

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talks

Bullfighting Arash of injured fighters — andthe sport's brutality — are athreat to its existence in Spain.A6

By Tyler Leeds The Bulletin

A committee charged

College athletes De-

with devising possible solutions to the city of Bend's

spite an unfavorable decision on uni onizing,advocatesvow to continue the fight.C1

road maintenance woes

is poised to include two key groups after earlier appearing to lose steam, though the Bend Chamber of Commerce isn't yet part

ImmigratiOn Hard-line stances mayhurt GOPin the general election.A5

of the picture.

The City Council has discussed proposing a 5- or 10-cent-per-gallon gas tax to voters in order to pay for a growing backlog of road repairs worth $80 million. Before going ahead with a

And a Wed exclusive› Inthe Democratic Republic of Congo, a refuge is a fragile one for gorilla orphans. benttbulletin.cern/extras

tax,Bend 2030, a nonprofit

focused on managing growth, urged the city to form a community adviso-

EDITOR'5CHOICE

Culture clash over guns in the backcountry By Jack Mealy New York Times News Service

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah — As a lover of ancient rock art, Steve Acer-

son usually roams Utah's backcountry searching for images of hunters and rams carved on boulders

Photos by Jarod Opperman l The Bulletin

Drew Peterson, a wilderness ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, hikes Green Lakes Trail on Friday. Peterson fulfills a variety of

however, was a council

roles, including maintaining the trail and making sure visitors follow the rules.

vote on Aug. 5 to place a gas tax on the March

By Dylan J. Darling

ballot. This move, the chamber and Bend 2030

The Bulletin

argued, seemed to limit

GREEN LAKES TRAILHEAD — When

what the committee could

anything.

case: On a busy summer day, a wilderness ranger

SeeTalks /A4

may stop to talk with as

m any as 300 people,like a recent day patrolling the popular Green Lakes

Trail off the Cascade Lakes Highway.

Additional combat

"It can take up to six

hours to hike up the trail," Peterson said. The trail runs about 4'/2 miles from

trailhead to Green Lakes. Describing what a wilderness ranger is and what exactly he does quickly becomes complex. Peter-

vide over guns has gone

son, 32, who now primarily patrols wilderness in the

into the woods. As grow-

Ochoco National Forest but

ing numbers of hikers and backpackers flood national

occasionally helps in the Deschutes National Forest,

America's cultural di-

didn't expressly rule out

But that is not always the

one morning, on a hillside speckled with those prehistoric petroglyphs, he was also finding signs of a younger civilization: Shotgun shells. Bullets. Shredded juniper trees. Exploded cans of spray paint. "It's all been shot," he

discuss, though Mayor Jim Clinton argued the vote was intended to give guidance as to what the council would likely support and

Drew Peterson tells people he works as a U.S. Forest Service wilderness ranger, they may assume his job is defined by solitude.

and canyon walls. But

said. "It's just destroying everything."

jobs likely By Lolita C. Baldor

PLUS:

The Associated Press

said the work combines

about a dozen jobs, including customer service,

clashing with recreational target shooters, out for the

trail maintenance and rule

By Dylan J. Darling The Bulletin

that broadly allow shooting and ascarcity ofenforce-

enforcement. Peterson's job is to make sure people are doing the right thing. The current form of the program, in which wilderness rangers go to wilderness areas around the

ment officers have turned

Deschutes National Forest,

many national forests and millions of Western acres

started in 2010, said Jason Fisher, who supervises the

run by the Bureau of Land

five rangers in the national

Management into free-fire zones. People complain about finding shot-up couches and cars deep in forests, or of being pinned down by gunfire where a hiking or biking trail crosses a makeshift target range. Over the Fourth of July

forest. Though the title may bring up notions of

mountainside s. Hiking groups and conservationists say policies

adventure and exploration,

often the work focuses on educating people about

Patrolling the backcoun-

to allow women to serve in most front-line combat

jobs, including special operations forces,senior officials said. Based on early talks, officials say the Army, Navy and Air Force likely will not seek exceptions that close any jobs to women. Marine Corps leaders, they say, have expressed concerns about allowing

Drew Peterson often hears

the same question from people he meets. Is he going fishing'? The answer: No. What other people on the trail often mistake as

a compact fishing pole sticking from his pack is actually the antenna to his

radio. The communication unit — from which he does

women to serve in infantry

jobs and yet may seek an

check-ins at the start, mid-

what they should and

should not be doing.

on the list of gear Peterson

"It's not what a lot of

women have now passed the Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised

try in Central Oregon,

dle and end of each day in the field — is just one piece

people expect," he said. SeeRanger/A5

WASHINGTON — Two

What’s inside a ranger’s pack?

forests and backcountry

into trees, targets and

for women

Drew Peterson, a wilderness ranger, stops to talk to Taylor Spike and his son, Paxton Spike, along Green Lakes Trail while out making contact with hikers.

trails searching for solitude, they are increasingly weekend to plug rounds

ry group to look at funding transportation more broadly, something the City Council agreed to do. What caused trouble,

and other wilderness rangers carry with them. SeePack/A5

Drew Peterson, a wilderness ranger, carries a firefighting tool known as a "combi." Its handle is shorter than a shovel and the spade-shaped blade can fold up out of the way. It can be used to dig a drainage line on a trail and pull apart fire rings at a campsite. But he’s found other uses. "I’ ve actually cooked quesadillas with it," he said.

exception.

The services are wrapping up reviews and must make their recommenda-

tions to Defense Secretary Ash Carter this fall. SeeCombat/A4

weekend in Pike National Forest in Colorado, a

60-year-old camper preparing to make s'mores with his grandchildren was killed when a stray bullet arced into his

campsite. SeeGuns/A4

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