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Most Destructive Forest Insect Now In Oregon | JAM’N 107.5 | Portland Local News
Photograph: Oregon Division of Agriculture
On June 30, Dominic Maze, an invasive species biologist for the Metropolis of Portland, was ready outdoors a summer time camp in Forest Grove to choose up his youngsters when he observed a number of ash timber in decline. When he took a better look he acknowledged the distinctive D-shaped holes made by grownup emerald ash borers (EAB), an invasive and damaging pest, as they exit an infested tree.
“When my youngsters arrived, I requested them to search for grownup beetles,” stated Maze. “My son promptly discovered one crawling on him. Understanding what number of thousands and thousands of ash timber throughout the nation these beetles have killed I felt like I used to be going to throw up.”
Maze’s discovery of EAB in a parking zone in Forest Grove is the primary identified sighting on the West Coast. Maze was acquainted with EAB and indicators of it in ash timber by instructional supplies federal and state businesses have been offering to Portland and different Oregon cities. He instantly known as the Oregon Division of Forestry’s (ODF) Forest Well being Unit to report the EAB sighting.
ODF Forest Entomologist Christine Buhl drove to the positioning that very same day and recognized an grownup EAB, identified for his or her metallic, shiny inexperienced coloration. She then alerted the Oregon Division of Agriculture (ODA). Her identification was verified later by two further invasive species specialists – Max Ragozzino with ODA and Wyatt Williams with ODF.
State officers are asking the general public to study what an emerald ash borer appears to be like like and to report any sightings on-line on the Oregon Invasive Species Council hotline. This may assist the state know the way far and how briskly this damaging insect is spreading in Oregon.
EAB is native to japanese Asia and has unfold to about three dozen states since its first detection in Michigan 20 years in the past. EAB is now thought-about probably the most damaging forest pest in North America. Though innocent to individuals, pets, and animals, it has confirmed lethal to all ash species in North American and Europe, together with the native Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia). EAB can even infest American fringe timber (Chionanthus virginicus) and European olive timber.
The infested ash timber in Forest Grove have been lower down and chipped inside 48 hours of discovery. ODF and ODA are actually working carefully with trade companions, together with city foresters and nursery producers, to supply info and sources as Oregon launches a response to the invention of EAB.
The state is utilizing the Emerald Ash Borer Readiness and Response Plan for Oregon as a information in its response. The plan was finalized in March 2021 and created by the collaborative efforts of a various group of stakeholders and state businesses. The state will likely be consulting with native and federal governments and offering updates to the general public and trade because it strikes by its response efforts.
To report sightings of emerald ash borer please make a report on-line on the Oregon Invasive Species Council hotline. For extra details about EAB please go to ODA’s Emerald Ash Borer webpage.
For extra details about impacts of EAB to Oregon’s city forests and the dangers to native ash timber please go to ODF’s Forest Well being web page.
Source: Oregon Division of Agriculture
Oregon Ducks (4-0) at Oregon State Beavers (4-0)
Corvallis, Oregon; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Oregon State hosts Oregon after Nate Kingz scored 22 points in Oregon State’s 70-51 victory over the CSU Fullerton Titans.
Oregon State went 13-19 overall a season ago while going 12-6 at home. The Beavers averaged 68.9 points per game while shooting 44.2% from the field and 32.8% from deep last season.
Oregon went 6-5 on the road and 24-12 overall last season. The Ducks averaged 14.0 points off of turnovers, 11.0 second-chance points and 18.3 bench points last season.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
The text came from an employee on Monday morning, as ordinary as any, and it completely surprised Corrine Coxey, owner of Salud Raw Food restaurant in Bend.
“Woody Harrelson is here, and he’s raving about your food,” the text read.
Harrelson, a “Cheers” actor and devoted vegan who ordered “rawkin’ tacos” and other items with his wife, Laura Louie, returned to the restaurant Tuesday and promised to come again. He said they were visiting family in the area. Headlines followed.
“I’m just very honored they came in and raved about it,” Coxey said. “Woody has been a vegan for 30 years and you know he’s eaten at the best places around the world so it was a real compliment.”
Coxey opened her raw food restaurant, which uses no stoves or ovens to prepare healthy, organic, plant-based dishes, in 2013. This year has been the slowest ever, she said, to the point she has often wondered whether she’d have to close. The TV and movie star’s arrival has been a “blessing” for business, she said.
“All of this publicity couldn’t have come at a better time as it’s been pretty bleak lately,” she said by text. “The local news here did a story on the 6 o’clock news tonight. We were twice as busy as we would have been today!”
She hopes he returns, too, not just for the sake of her bottom line: “He and his wife were very sweet and humble.”
— Beth Slovic is an editor on the public safety and breaking news team. Reach her at 503-221-8551 or bslovic@oregonian.com.
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Big Ten reverses course: Oregon football has clinched a spot in Big Ten championship game after all
EUGENE — It was the clinch that appeared to be, then wasn’t, then was again.
In a reversal, the Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that Oregon football (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) has in fact earned a spot in the conference’s championship game. According to multiple sources with knowledge of the discussion, Big Ten athletic directors met virtually Tuesday to discuss the conference’s tiebreakers, and whether Oregon had clinched.
While the conference previously claimed the Ducks needed Ohio State and Penn State to lose this coming weekend in order to secure their spot this week, it may have misinterpreted its own tiebreaking procedures. Oregon appears to have clinched a spot with Saturday’s win at Wisconsin.
“Following a comprehensive evaluation of all possible scenarios over the final two weeks of regular-season play across the conference’s 18 teams, there are no conditions whereby the Ducks do not finish No. 1 or No. 2,” the Big Ten said in a release.
The conference did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Prior to Saturday’s game against the Badgers, the conference told The Oregonian/OregonLive and officials from the Oregon athletic department that even a victory would not secure the Ducks a spot in the Dec. 7 game in Indianapolis. That was the operating assumption as recently as Monday, when The Oregonian/OregonLive reported a follow-up story based on the conference’s interpretation of its tiebreaking procedures.
The Oregonian’s original interpretation of the tiebreaker rules was that Oregon needed only to beat Wisconsin to clinch. That appears to have been true.
While the Ducks’ trip to Indianapolis is finally locked in, their opponent remains a mystery. Indiana, Ohio State and Penn State all still have a path to meet the Ducks at Lucas Oil Stadium.
— Ryan Clarke covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten Conference. Listen to the Ducks Confidential podcast or subscribe to the Ducks Roundup newsletter.
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