News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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A recent redband trout survey for the upper Metolius Basin raises both caution and optimism among fishery biologists. The survey, authored by Fishery Biologist Bradley Houslet and released by Sisters Ranger District on July 20, clearly shows increased spawning success among "redbands," the local strain of rainbow trout. But the timing and reasons for this increase pose interesting questions for biologists. One of the more intriguing is that the recent spawning success of wild redbands follows the cessation of stocking... Full story
New Sisters Village will likely have a sewer system before the City of Sisters breaks ground on theirs. PMR Devco, LLC, applied for a Water Quality Waste water Discharge Permit with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Steve McGhehey, PMR developer and partner, expects that the state will approve their application. "When approved, we would begin work on (the sewer) within 90 days," McGhehey said. The City of Sisters, on the other hand, is not planning to advertise bids until January 2, 2000, according to City... Full story
Deschutes County has entered into a land exchange agreement with Sisters-area resident Eric Dolson that could add six acres and a residential dwelling to Smith Rock State Park, while Dolson will acquire approximately 120 acres near Cloverdale where he intends to build a home. In addition to the land exchange, there will be a cash component of the trade to equalize values. This is the second recent exchange proposal for the county land. On September 27, 1996, Keith Cyrus, co-owner of Aspen Lakes Development, L.L.C., made the... Full story
An independent appraiser will review the value assigned to a 16.2 acre parcel of Forest Service land in Sisters, after citizens raised concerns over whether the public was getting fair market value for the property in a land exchange. The parcel is part of a 70,000 acre land swap between the Forest Service and Crown Pacific in the Deschutes, Fremont and Winema National Forests. The parcel being reviewed is part of the Sisters Ranger District compound on the west end of town. In the proposed exchange, Crown Pacific would... Full story
According to Best Western motel owner Bill Reed, the City of Sisters could generate up to $30,000 per year in additional room tax revenues as a result of the pending land swap between Crown Pacific and the U.S. Forest Service. In a proposed land exchange between Crown Pacific and the Forest Service, the Sisters Ranger District could gain 9,000 acres of property, while giving up 72 acres to Crown Pacific. But these parcels comprise only part of a massive land swap where the Forest Service would trade nearly 33,000 acres in... Full story
The Sisters Ranger District is trying to protect habitat for spotted owls and bald eagles while treating and restoring a large section of unhealthy forest along Highway 20 northwest of Sisters. But treatment does not pay for itself, and foresters say timber sales must come quickly if dying trees are to retain their commercial value. Nearly 3,600 acres of National Forest land northwest of Sisters is the subject of a massive restoration project proposed for the Santiam Late Successional Reserve. Up to six pairs of spotted owls... Full story
While the Forest Service and Crown Pacific get set to swap thousands of acres in Central and Southern Oregon, the Sisters Ranger District is focusing on the exchange of a 16.2-acre parcel inside the city limits. The United States Forest Service has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed land exchange, which would include almost 72,000 acres of land in the Deschutes, Fremont, and Winema National Forests. The Sisters Ranger District will acquire a total of 9,200 acres, 2,080 acres on Little Squaw... Full story
