Lake County Ranch Farm & Timber 2015

2015 Ranch, Farm Lake County

& Timber

Special Edition to the Lake County Examiner

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Ranch, Farm & Timber 2015

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 in-

Welcome

formed!

The entire staff of: Kristin Keiser, Kurt Liedtke, Jimmy Hall, Fritzi Gipson, Becky Kenton, Susan Harmon and myself combine efforts to bring this edition together.

We also have included a few stories written by some folks outside of Lake County, about folks in Lake County that we are certain you will enjoy.

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!

— Tillie Flynn, General Manager

Editorial Index

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Watershed Council Restores and Preserves Concerns Over Sage Grouse Listing Effective Water Resources

by Kurt LIedtke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 4

by Colleen Withers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 34 Old Fashioned Service

by Jimmy Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 6 LIFC Works to Preserve Timber and Rangelands

by Kurt Liedtke. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 36 Hedges Cowboy Poet and Clothing Prodigy

by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 10 Villagrana Takes Full Care of Responsibilities More To Horseshoeing Than Meets The Eye

by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 40

by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 14 Of Faith and Farming Managing Pasture During Drought Conditions

by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 44

by Pete Schreder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 18 Unique North Lake Shopping Experience Butterfly Ranch Gives Lake County Animals

by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 48 a Second Chance at Life

by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 20 Pacific Pine Makes Grand Entrances ZX Ranch’s History and Tradition

by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 50

by Jimmy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 24 Summer Lake WIldlife Area Restoration Addressing the Aches and Pains of Hard Work Helps Ranchers and WIldlife

by Kurt Liedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 28

by Kurt LIedtke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 52 Algoma Legacy Flows Through the Advertising Directory Buchanan Ranch

by Jimmy Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 55

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Concerns Over Sage Grouse Listing SUBMITTED PHOTO

Greater Sage Grouse is on the verge of being listed as an endangered species.

Should that occur, it would have profound impact on rangelands in Oregon.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner “If the Sage Grouse gets listed as an endangered species, it will make the Spotted Owl and its impact on the lumber industry look like child’s play.” These were the ominous words of U.S. Congressman Greg Walden (R-Hood River, OR 2nd District) on Dec. 17, 2014 speaking in Lakeview, a warning that should the large nesting bird reach official protection under the endangered species act, use of rangelands may never be the same again.

Indeed the Western Greater Sage Grouse has been a topic of much discussion lately, as the threatened species remains on the verge of possibly joining other endangered species under federal protection. Official designation has been delayed until at least September 2015 as a result of a byline written into the federal budget bill approved by Congress in December, giving a small time frame for preservation and habitat enhancement work to continue to prevent the species from reaching endangered status.

The Sage Grouse’s favored habitat is treeless ranges comprised mostly of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and meadows, of which roughly 120,000 square miles across 11 western states including Oregon is ideal land for the bird to occupy. It is a species notorious for being wary of even the tiniest of disturbances to its home

ranges in sagebrush country, with human impacts such as roads, power lines, housing and noise having a deeply negative effect. Human encroachment into rangelands has reduced the species’ numbers from being in the millions to only around 200,000 remaining today.

Should the Sage Grouse reach the point of endangered species designation, it would place vast restrictions on land use for rangelands, making much of the area utilized by ranchers for cattle grazing suddenly heavily restricted, much in the same way that the Spotted Owl prevented access to prime forest lands in the 1990’s, devastating the Oregon timber industry.

However unlike that debate which fiercely pitted environmentalists against the lumber industry, the efforts in managing Sage Grouse habitat have been far more proactive and cooperative, numerous efforts being made by private land owners, organizations, universities, businesses and government entities to work together to preserve habitats in an effort to keep the Sage Grouse off of the endangered species list. At stake is the continued use of thousands of square miles of public lands.

Multiple groups such as the Sage Grouse Initiative have funded and continue to work on a variety of conservation projects to preserve, maintain and enhance traditional Sage Grouse rangeland habitat, hoping to find a balance in land use for ranchers and native species. Work to remove juniper and conifer and other inva-

sive trees, watershed management to restore water supplies and re-establishing corridors between habitats have gone a long way in restoring traditional rangelands, thereby helping to preserve the species.

In January $9 million in federal funding of a $22 million package under the 2014 Farm Bill was designated specifically for Sage Grouse habitat protection under the Oregon Model to Protect Sage-Grouse, a 30-year agreement formulized in 2014 between U.S. Fish and Wildlife and soil and water conservation districts across Oregon. The purpose of the funding is to establish collaborative efforts between public and private entities to increase restoration work and sustainable use of soil, water and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales, implementing and sustaining conservation activities in selected project areas.

Through the use of Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAA), landowners actively working now to manage lands for Sage Grouse habitat receive assurance that they won’t face additional restrictive regulations should the Sage-Grouse reach endangered species designation.

With lessons learned from the past and cooperative efforts across the board to preserve and enhance habitat to show tangible progress in reviving the species, time will tell if rangelands will indeed remain open for business or if the Sage Grouse becomes another Spotted Owl.

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OldFashioned Service

JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner

By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner When you walk into the small, quaint office of the Chewaucan Garage in Paisley, one of the first things that catch many customers’ eyes is the old fashioned McCaskey cash register.

“My father bought it in 1965 when he took over the business,” explained garage owner Bob Davis. The register harkens back to times of old along with the same gratuitous service that they had. Whenever Davis looks at the register it reminds him, “how the old man got started,” he said.

Davis arrived into Paisley in 1963, graduating from its high school in 1976.

When they arrived George Pike, who ran the garage for a while but didn’t enjoy the work behind it, leased the garage to Davis’ father.

Davis and his father worked sideby-side before he took over the business.

Davis is continuing the family legacy of auto mechanics by hiring on his own son, Robert.

The small staff consists of Bob Davis, his son Robert Davis, and Jon Larson, a family friend who Bob took under his wing, serving the Paisley community and the surrounding ranches.

“We do everything from toasters to pick-ups,” said Davis explaining that

broken items are better off being fixed than replaced when the opportunity presents itself. This expertise wasn’t born out of a classroom for Davis, but understanding what needs to be fixed and fulfilling that need as best as he can. Through the years the garage has built a reputation in being able to fix just about any mechanical device.

Although some local farmers hire their own mechanics or do difficult work themselves to fix their broken tractor or trailer, Davis and crew still have equipment that comes by that only he can fix.

One of these many services is tire replacement and maintenance since the garage is prepared with a lift and the supply. Although there are many pieces of equipment that ranchers use on a regular basis, Davis said that for the most part he gets pick-up trucks and rolling stock wagons that need the occasional repairs, tire work and wheel bearing replacements.

From the surrounding area, Davis said that he has strong business from Withers Ranch, O’Leary Ranch and J-Spear Ranch. Other than that, the Chewaucan Garage sees private citizens and assists them in their CHEWAUCAN GARAGE tune-ups and See page 8 regular

Owner and operator of Chewaucan Garage, Bob Davis, stands proudly in front of the legacy business.

JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner

Jon Larson and Robert Davis, the rest of the garage’s staff, analyze the needs of repairing a trailer that came in for work.

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CHEWAUCAN GARAGE From page 6

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Davis said that the strangest thing he has come across is finding a bullet shell, which was the catalyst of the punctured tire he was repairing.

Not only is Davis in the mechanical maintenance business but also the hospitality services as well. For the Paisley people, he provides a Laundromat service and a trailer park.

Along with his many entrepreneurial endeavors, Davis finds the time to serve on a seat on the City Council and as Paisley’s Fire Chief.

Being the only business in the Paisley area that works on these types of machines, doesn’t stop Davis and his crew from giving their all and special attention to the needs of their customers.

“I like it here (in Paisley) because it is quiet unlike in the city,” Davis said,.“We don’t mingle too tight unless someone gets into trouble. Then we come together.”

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JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner

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Taking pride and great stride in her roles as ranch wife, mother and creative businesswoman is Paisley’s own Jessica Hedges. As busy as Hedges is juggling all the responsibilities in these different aspects of her life, she always seems to have a smile while doing it all.

Hedges was born in Modesto, Calif. and moved to Nevada at the young age of ten where she got ranching in her blood. She spent the rest of her childhood on the TS Ranch outside of Battle Mountain, Nev., only a few hours drive from Paisley. When attending college in Elko, she met her husband Sam in 2008. Since then, cowboying has brought the family through Washington, Idaho and Oregon, eventually making their way to Paisley in September 2013 when Sam accepted a cowboying job at the ZX Ranch.

To pass and fill her time on the ranch, Hedges has taken on other entrepreneurial and creative endeavors.

Dubbing herself as a cowboy poet, Hedg-

Hedges, Cowboy Poet and Clothing Prodigy

By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner SUBMITTED PHOTO

Jessica Hedges keeps the ranch close to her heart through her poetry, her clothing line and her life. es carries her memories of the ranch through wordsmithing rhymes. She has published two CDs entitled “History in the Barn” and “Buckaroo Woman Unconfined” with a dozen or more recited tracks on each making her words carry farther than they could before.

Hedges writing began at the early age of 12 as she listened to cowboy poetry while applying gout mineral or just for rides in the town.

Growing up in Elko, Nev. Her family attended the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering every year.

“As an audience member I said, ‘I have stories, I grew up on a ranch, I can do that!’”

Hedges said. Since then she has been writing and performing.

For Hedges, poetry doesn’t stay stagnant on the page or in the recording studio. Hedges goes out into the west to share these stories in verse. Throughout last year she has made appearances in many venues in Lake County as well as those in Washington, Nevada, Arizona

and even Utah. Notable venues have been the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Durango Cowboy Gathering in Durango, Colo. and the Spirit of the West in Ellensburg, Wash. to name a few.

“Cowboy poetry to me is just the stories of myself, our family, and the ranching heritage as a whole put to rhyme and meter,” said Hedges. “It’s a way to document our history and hopefully entertain and educate in the process.”

Her awards include a 2010 Academy of Western Artists Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year award, 2010 Western Music Association Top Finalist for Cowboy CD of the Year, 2010 Academy of Western Artists Top 5 Finalists for Female Poet of the Year, 2010 Western Music Association Top 5 Finalists for Crescendo Award and 2010 Columbia River Cowboy Gather PeoCOWBOY POET ple’s Choice Award See page 12 Winner.

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COWBOY POET From page 10

Words are not the only method that Hedges shows her love for the ranching lifestyle. The Buckarette Collection is her own custom line of clothing and accessories that she hand designs and creates that are imbued with the ranching spirit.

“I jokingly call it my ‘pregnancy insanity project turned full blown business,’” Hedges explained laughing. As she was at home waiting for her son Quirt to be born in the middle of winter the idea popped into her mind as an opportunity to work from home and connect with other people online.

Anything from headbands, ear warmers, jewelry, hats, Tshirts and hoodies are available through her collection that operates mostly on Facebook.

“My customers vary from ranch wives to rodeo queens, ranch rodeo contestants to just lovers of the western lifestyle and everything in between,” Hedges said poetically. Being primarily secluded to Paisley doesn’t stop

Hedges from branching out and selling her talents elsewhere.

When time and the opportunity presents itself, Hedges travels to tradeshows across the western United States.

“The Buckarette Collection’s mission is to ‘ride like a man, act like a lady,’” said Hedges further explaining that her clothing and accessories are both fashionable but also functional enough to hold up to the desert life.

Whether it’s finding the time to sit down to pound out a new stanza or a custom necklace, Hedges inspiration has always come from the vital industries that Lake County is known for. She said that each industry is exclusively dependant on the land, which in turn creates a culture in itself.

“We work in extreme conditions, are subject to government regulations, and have constant battles with ever-changing markets,” Hedges said. “Work days are not determined by the calendar but by what the land and the stock need that particular day. We

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More To Horseshoeing Than Meets The Eye SUBMITTED PHOTO

Brian Bauer horseshoeing, a skill he learned at Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School in Ardmore, Okla.

By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner Whether it’s ranching or just a brisk afternoon trot on horseback, what all mares, geldings or ponies need is a set of horseshoes.

One of the leading experts in Lake County is Brian Bauer with his business appropriately named Brian Bauer Horseshoeing. Becoming a farrier, a name for those who horseshoe among the trade, took much schooling and work in the field to become an expert in this respective field. Bauer continually finds joy in the trade when he can.

Bauer didn’t read a book or just have on-the-job training to become as knowledgeable as he is now. In 2005, he attended Oklahoma State Horseshoeing School in Ardmore, Okla. Then he worked for a corrective farrier in Washington and several Journeymen farriers in Montana to gain experience.

“A lot of people think they can read a book and know it all, but that’s not always the case and why I went to school and worked with a lot of farriers,” Bauer

said. He adds that horseshoeing is a “necessary evil” for horses either ridden for pleasure or for the work on the ranch. He explains that the chief reason to shoe a horse is to protect the hoof from injury or from getting sore.

“Especially around (Lake County) where riders are working and ranching them hard— they need them,” explains Bauer. “But the pleasure rider can go barefoot for the most part, although it depends on the horse and the terrain they are riding on.”

Bauer claims that he isn’t up to the expertise that Journeymen are since it takes a lengthy amount of time and tests to be certified through the American Farriars Association. He explains that it requires paper and practical tests such as making a set of horseshoes and putting them on the horse in a timely fashion.

Ta k i n g him to Bly on HORSESHOEING the weekdays See page 16 working in

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Shown is Bauer burning a shoe onto the foot, which makes a union fit between the two.

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HORSESHOEING From page 14

logging, Bauer has the occasional appointment on the weekends for those who wish to get their horse looked shoed. Although the majority of his work is in horseshoeing for the pleasure rider, his extensive training has made him able to also do therapeutic work when it needs to be done.

His work has included navicular, founder and abscesses in horses.

Getting work is an off and on endeavor and that means that he has to able to be at a client’s house fully stocked and ready for the task at hand. Along with the tool box filled with nippers, tongs, hammers, heel spreaders and clenchers, just to name a few must-haves, Bauer comes outfitted with a small forge as well as an anvil to do the hard-hitting work and shaping.

When he can, Bauer gets all his supplies from the Lakeview Animal Hospital, but what supplies he can’t find there he orders online. Bauer said that for the most part his business comes from the private sector of backyard riders, but has also served several dude ranches and working ranches in the Modoc and Lake County area.

His early fascination with horseshoeing got him into the respectable trade and continues to drive him to treat horses whenever his schedule allows.

“I provide quality service at a reasonable rate and shoe for the balance and soundness of the horse,” said Bauer.

Bauer and his wife Denae live in Lakeview.

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Bauer’s work doesn’t just involve the great-sized horses but also the petite ponies. Here the farrier has to get on his knees to accomplish the horeshoeing tasks.

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Managing Pasture During Drought Conditions

By Pete Schreder Special to the Lake County Examiner A prolonged dry spell can be a horse or cattle owner’s worst nightmare. Besides limiting a pasture’s forage output, drought makes pasture plants more sensitive to the effects of overgrazing and trampling from hooves. Lack of rain can also lead to an increase in weeds, some of which may be toxic to animals and compete with desired forage.

Although we can’t control the weather, pasture owners can reduce a drought’s impact on their land. The basic principles of good pasture management also apply in drought conditions, and, in fact, the importance of these principles only increases during dry weather.

Preserve the roots Pasture plants’ root systems are critical to helping the pasture survive stress from drought and grazing and are essential for erosion control and soil stability. Root growth depends on photosynthesis; if pasture grasses are clipped too heavily by grazing animals, it’s going to take longer for the pasture to recover from dry weather. Avoid overgrazing and, when the rains do return, resist the temptation to graze drought-impacted plants until they’ve fully recovered. Even when plants green up after rains, the pasture needs some time for the roots to recover. Graze too soon and you’ll prolong the recovery period or even make recovery impossible.

Planned nutrition Oregon State University Extension specialists recommend that pasture owners keep an eye on the fertility levels of pasture soils in the late summer, even during periods of dry weather and limited plant growth. When the rain does return, a pasture that already has the correct amount of nutrient levels in its soils will respond better to the moisture. If you consider dry weather fertilization, be sure to use a nitrogen source that won’t break down and evaporate in the absence of rain. Urea fertilizers, for example, will break down in dry weather if moisture doesn’t carry the fertilizer into the soil within a few days. Note that pastures may benefit from late-summer fertilizer applications even if the rains don’t return until October. Added nutrients will help the plants grow roots and tillers, which should better prepare the pasture for winter and increased production of forage in the spring.

Use caution, however. According to the NRCS’s National Range and Pasture Handbook, nitrogen over fertilization on summer annual grass pastures during a drought can contribute to nitrate or prussic acid poisoning. Tests are

available to detect these poisons.

Remain flexible A drought may require you to be flexible in your rotational grazing plans. A paddock of adequate size for the animals in times of adequate precipitation may be too small during a drought because it doesn’t produce enough forage. In a rotational grazing plan, you may need to skip pastures where the soil doesn’t hold moisture well; those areas will require additional time to recover.

Managing cattle pastures Forage production levels may be reduced during a drought; it’s important to manage grazing carefully in order to get the most out of your pasture—but be sure not to over graze.

Rest the pasture through rotational grazing and avoid grazing grasses too short.

If the plants don’t receive enough moisture to reach appropriate grazing heights, postpone grazing until the end —or whenever the grass would normally stop growing due to cool weather—and graze to a four-inch stubble for grasses or a two-inch stubble for legume/grass mixtures (the shorter height will help prevent the grasses from shading out the legumes).

The OSU Extension Service has the following tips for livestock producers coping with drought: * Use conservation practices that reduce runoff and encourage infiltration of water into the soil. * Closely monitor soil moisture. * Maintain and establish riparian buffers, filter strips, grassed waterways and other types of conservation buffers near ponds and streams. * Prepare early for supplemental forage.

During dry times, contract early for supplemental feed, or find alternative sources. * Cull herds as necessary to maximize profits.

Remember to consider your water supply, as drought will increase your cattle’s water needs, and provide salts and minerals. Cattle especially need the nutrients during times of drought.

Managing pastures for horses With all livestock pastures, it’s important to protect the plants during grazing. Taking animals off of the pasture when the grass is three to four inches high and allowing the grass to grow to six to eight inches is a recommended practice. For small pastures, limit pasture access to a maximum of two hours a day for exercise. Expect to provide nutrition to the animals through supplemental feed; don’t rely on grazing alone. Supplemental feeds will also help keep animals from trying to eat weeds that pop up during droughts; some of these weeds can be poisonous to horses.

Consider using a “sacrifice zone,” an area such as a dry lot where losing the grass won’t be a major problem. A sacrifice zone is a good place to provide feed and house the animals when they cannot be on pastures that you are trying to rest.

Other resources If possible, you should have a plan of action in place before a drought hits. Your local Extension and NRCS office can help you develop a site-specific conservation management plan that will recommend conservation practices and management techniques to address erosion control, proper grazing and pasture maintenance.

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A major worry that many ranches and farms in Lake County face year in and year out is the amount of moisture in the soil that the region obtains during season.

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Butterfly Ranch Gives Lake County Animals a Second Chance at Life

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Matt Wilson works with a horse on the Butterfly Ranch property in Silver Lake. The ranch welcomes in abused, neglected and abandoned animals that the owners can no longer care for, rehabilitating them and coordinating adoptions.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner Matt and Rachel Wilson of Silver Lake, proprietors of the Butterfly Ranch, didn’t intend to become the resident animal shelter of northern Lake County, they simply saw a need and possessed a will to make a difference in the lives of animals.

Moving to Silver Lake around 1996 from the Bend area, Matt had been cowboying on various ranches for years, the two having always shared a love for animals but had initially envisioned establishing a more traditional ranch. Soon the Wilson’s began receiving calls from highway crews and gas stations asking if they would take on animals that had been left abandoned. Seeing livestock, horses and dogs as more than just a commodity to be cast aside when no longer of use, what began as a side hobby soon ballooned into a massive undertaking.

They are doing all they can to rehabilitate, nurture and find new homes for animals that have been abandoned, suffered from abuse or

their owners were simply no longer capable of caring for them.

With the assistance of their five children, the Butterfly Ranch has grown by leaps and bounds as a true family operation. They have taken on as many as 20 horses at a time along with cattle, dogs, cats and other animals in need of medical treatment and a little TLC. Much of their work is simply as facilitators, communicating with owners and people in the region to help relocate animals to a new loving home.

To help cover the expenses of caring for so many, a multitude of side projects have been undertaken, the benefits of which are funneled back into the ranch. Matt and Rachel are musicians, comprising the band Wampus Cat, touring across the west performing upwards of 100 shows a year while spreading word of their work on the ranch at their shows. This often garners donations to help pay for their massive monthly dog food and hay bills. Both are also accomplished artists in a facet of fields, from leather-

work to watercolor to poetry and even manufacturing bows and arrows. While Matt continues to work showing and horseshoeing horses, the multi-talented Wilson family finds any means necessary to raise funds for the ranch.

In the final stages of establishing a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, their vision of what the Butterfly Ranch could become is grandiose.

They seek means to create both a virtual and real ranch experience to educate and entertain.

“We intended to put together a little outfit where we would teach kids who wanted to learn how to cowboy,” said Rachel Wilson. “We had so many friends from the city who had never had the opportunity to see a mustang, to go for a trail ride, or to throw rope or experience ranch life.”

The Wilson’s average 4-5 calls a week for animals in need of sheltering or assisSECOND CHANCE tance. The work they See page 22 do isn’t intended to

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make money for them, they do it because they feel it is the right thing to do. They receive some assistance, with animals occasionally sponsored by local businesses and individuals who help with providing hay, food and building fence. Coordinating with the Lakeview Animal Hospital and La Pine Animal Hospital, outside help is sought when needed, while both locations have set up donation spots for those interested in assisting the ranch.

The operation has outgrown the property, the Wilson’s seeking additional help through the establishment of the 501(c)3 to eventually acquire more acreage and be able to facilitate an educational and positive experience for kids to work and learn.

“We want a place where kids have access to come work, learn and have a healthy place to grow,” said Rachel Wilson. “Whether creating youth mentor programs, providing animal-human experiences, servicing the rescue, rehab and refuge of abused and neglected ranch animals with adoption alternatives and creating horsemanship opportunities. We just want to be a positive part of kids and animal’s lives. An animal that has a problem isn’t useless, it still has value.”

Future plans include establishing scholarships for kids involved in the ranch, organize rodeo events and even create a flag drill team someday. For now, the Wilson’s continue going forward sheltering as many animals as they can take in, educating others in the community how to properly care for their animals and doing their part to give those in need a second chance at life.

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Matteline Wilson, one of five children in the Wilson family that assist with operations at the Butterfly Ranch, rides one of many horses kept at the Silver Lake-based ranch.

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ZX Ranch’s History and Tradition

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Jimmy vanBelle is one of ZX Ranch’s many Cow Bosses at the ZX Ranch. He is seen here corralling a great herd of the precious cattle of the ranch.

By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner Founded more than a century ago, ZX Ranch has held onto its reputation of being one of the largest ranches in Oregon. In fact, according to Mark Williams, ZX Ranch’s manager, ZX Ranch is the largest ranch in Oregon in the amount of land and is ranked around 10th in the United States in that same respect.

Not only do they run over a million acres of land, some of which are government owned, they manage 11,000 head of cattle and produce 15,000 tons of alfalfa and 10,000 tons of grain per year.

The ranch’s range and success wasn’t an overnight success but came from a series of lucky happenstance and hard work from the ones who came before.

Cited in “Lake County: the First 100 Years,” the Chewaucan Land and Cattle Company (CLCL), founded the ZX Ranch, by the Kern County Land and Cattle Company. Its original owners increased the land area with purchases from landowners B.W. and Mary L. Farrow, William and Jane Dobkins and W.T. and Celia M. Taylor of Lake County in November 1903. Even more property was purchased from D.P and Johanna A Tarfrey of Palo Alto, Calif. and George H. and Josie Bogue of Lake County.

Much of the land that was gained from these purchases came from

JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner

The great, prominent letters of ZX greet those who come through Paisley. the Agricultural College Land Grant of 1868. This was the retail of more than 90,000 acres in southeastern Oregon in the designation and adoption of Corvallis College as the “Agricultural College of the State of Oregon.”

ZX RANCH Under the Swamp Act of 1850, an act that See page 26 transferred government owned swamp

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land to those who agreed to drain the land and use for agricultural purposes, the ZX Ranch claimed the upper and lower Chewaucan Marsh. By 1913, the Paisley ranch reached an area 138 miles long and 85 miles wide.

Ranch Supervisor, Daphne Story, said that the marshlands near Paisley that are now being used by the ranch serves a unique purpose. Story said that instead of bringing hay to all the head of cattle causing time, money and resources, the current ranch brings the cattle to the bales, which number upward of 20,000.

The ranch was purchased in 1994 by the J.R. Simplot Company from insurance company Metropolitan Life, food and agricultural conglomerate based out of Boise, Idaho. Williams said that their owning company has a hands-on approach to the ZX Ranch workings in spite of the fact that they are only a dot in the sea of Simplot’s overall business.

For being a 100-year-old company, ZX Ranch still holds onto the ranching tradition that very much allowed them to succeed.

Williams said that where most other large ranches may use gasfueled ATVs to herd their cattle, ZX sticks to strictly horseback.

Employed by the ranch are three crews of cowboys who number up to 42 people, a lot of them being families.

ZX Ranch management helps the ranching community and spirit alive by contributing much to the local 4-H and Future Farmers of America programs. During the Lake County Fair, ZX also gives their part to the Paisley pool so that students of the industry can persist in their agricultural and livestock passion.

JIMMY HALL/ Lake County Examiner “We spend locally whenever we can because you have to support the county you’re in,” said Williams.

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Work on a ranch and farm takes many hours of strenuous, repetitive physical labor, and with it comes inevitable aches, pains, tears and strains. When muscles start tensing, Abigail Brown, owner of Abby’s Healing Hands in Lakeview, is available to help ease muscle tension with therapeutic massage.

Providing hand massages, hot stone treatment and Thai foot massages, Abby’s Healing Hands opened in March 2013, immediately filling a niche need in a community. Coming to Lakeview after time spent as a therapist in Portland, Brown was surprised at the demand upon arrival, gaining a variety of clientele almost immediately.

“I didn’t think I would get any ranchers or farmers as clients, just people from town and the hospital, but when I got here so many ranchers were already into it, many having to previously travel to Reno to get a massage,” said Brown. “I was surprised that it’s usually the guys that come in, some say their wife nagged them into it because they’ve been complaining about pain too much, but once they come in they realize how much it helps. I think they act tougher than they are.”

Whereas in the city Brown treated many lower back and wrist problems resulting from repetitive office work, in Lake County the vast majority of issues she treats stem from leg, neck and shoulder injuries as a result of the repetitive physical labor involved in ranching. Whether riding a horse, tractor, baling hay or moving cattle, any repetitive activity or contortion of the spine can build muscle tension, leading to pain and potential injury if left untreated.

To address the various aches that come with work, Brown not only provides massage therapy but also gives advice on stretches and treatments to deal with pain. She recommends using ice on new injuries to dull pain and avoid heating immediately as it is an area already inflamed

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By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

Abigail Brown, owner of Abby’s Healing Hands in Lakeview, provides therapeutic massage to farmers and ranchers of Lake County to help cope with the various aches and pains that come with ranch work.

and applying heat will only make it worse. But, if an old injury lingers heat should be applied with little to no icing. Usually after a day or two of the initial injury is when injuries should be treated with heat. Brown has a practical and logical approach to injury treatment and pain, if something hurts stop doing it.

Some clients only contact Brown after an injury occurs, receiving treatment until all better and returning after another injury happens.

Many of her clients however take a more proactive approach, receiving preventative therapy to keep muscles loose, which not only prevents injuries but also results in quicker recovery time when an injury does occur.

“Tension builds up in muscles from day-to-day work, and getting hurt on top of it only compounds it,” said Brown. “People who are proactive don’t have that pre-existing built-up tension, so recovery time for an injury isn’t as long because they don’t have to work around all of the other existing problems.”

While Brown tries to segment out hour sessions into different areas, she caters based on need to addressing specific areas with treatment.

Some acupressure is used for Thai foot massages, but she avoids pressure point work whenever possible, instead opting for deep tissue work for tense areas, working with the clients to heal whatever ailments exist.

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Algoma Legacy Flows Through the Buchanan Ranch

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By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner High standards and hard work are the primary principles that Bob and Kathleen Buchanan have for their operations on the Klamath Falls based Buchanan Ranch. Their mission statement is to produce cattle that lead to the betterment of the Angus breed and the beef industry as a whole.

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An overlooking shot of the Buchanan Ranch and the beautiful Klamath Lake from the viewpoint of the hill where the ranch hands background the bulls.

Buchanan family, (l-r) Jared, Billy, Elizabeth, Michael, Shannon, Kathleen, Bob, Miranda, Brad, Carley and Matt, make heavy loads light when they are called upon.

Bob and Kathleen are the sole personnel who head up the reputable ranch that have built their legacy on their selective breeding process. But the top-of-the-line beef herd didn’t appear over night.

According to Bob, a fourth generation and 50-year-veteran of the business, the Buchanan Ranch got its start long ago in 1894 when it was homesteaded. In fact, Bob’s great-grandparents settled on part of the current ranch. Around 50 years ago though, the ranch’s neighbor Scott Warren, who was pretty prominent in the Angus business, took Bob under his wing to show him the ins and outs of proper breeding.

Bob says that their whole Algoma herd came from a line that was developed by Warren so that any cattle with this genetic type can be traced right back to its source of Klamath Falls.

What sets these cattle apart from the rest is the prominent and strong structure that each have.

“If you develop a reputation and a name

then it carries through to a lot of people nationwide,” said Bob. Along with their structure, the Buchanan cattle also have high standards to be as trouble free as possible and have a good balance of other characteristics like performance, growth and carcass traits.

Quality convenience traits also include easy calving, disposition, structurally sound and overall attractiveness.

The catalyst behind the success of the breeding is Artificial Insemination, a practice that the Ranch has employed ever since its acceptance by the Angus Association in 1987.

This has resulted in the desirable and unique high volume of big ribbed females in moderately framed packages.

“Our cows have to work for a living, without making more work and expense for us,” said Bob. In order to dispense the legacy BUCHANAN of cattle they enjoy, See page 32 the Ranch takes

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part of selling donors, heifers and foundation females and embryos to carry on the Algoma donation.

It seems that such an operation would be a huge undertaking for any sized crew. Besides the occasional help from their cowdog border collies Dawn, Little Bit and mutt Smiley, Bob and Kathleen are the only employees that they have to utilize.

For a pure bred operation, the Buchanan Ranch is relatively large but is at the maximum limit where their land resources, time and energy constraints will allow without hiring additional help.

Whenever they are really overwhelmed or gearing up for an event, the Buchanans bring on their three sons and “great” daughtersin-law to lend their many hands to the operations.

One of these events, which summons the whole western states, including Washington, Nevada, California and Oregon, is their annual Bull Sale. Although their bulls and reputation is the main draw, as Bob puts it, some attendees even joke that they spend the valuable 8-hour drive for the food. A Tri-Tip dinner is served the night before, then brunch the next day right before the extensive sale. Bob relates that the event is great for socialization between neighbors and to build relationships because of the ranching hours it is difficult to accommodate lots of social time.

“We offer bulls that can improve any herd,” said Bob when speaking about the pride of his work through the year and the sale.

This year marks the 23rd annual sale and will be held at the Klamath County Fairgrounds on Sunday, Feb. 22. In addition to the entertainment the sale affords, this year local Shane Thornton will play music at dinner the night before.

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Watershed Council Restores and Preserves Effective Water Resources

By Colleen Withers Special to the Lake County Examiner Lake County is roughly 8,000 square miles in size, with a population of 8,000 people. Theoretically, for every one square mile, there lives one person. This scarcity of residents, which is just one of many unique characteristics the area possesses, seems to foster one large community despite the vast geographical distance.

Considering most citizens’ livelihoods depend on natural resources, the preservation of lakes, streams, forestlands, and rangelands is a priority for all in Lake County.

Acts of preservation are not driven by economic interests alone, as there is a major ecological significance too. Developing yet protecting the region’s natural resources are practices central to sustaining rural communities for years to come. Who better to lead these efforts than the people who live here and depend on the land?

To address this, Lake County Watershed Councils were formed in the mid-1990s as voluntary, locally organized, non-regulatory groups made up of Lake County residents who work to improve and promote the health of local watersheds. A watershed can be simply defined as an

area of land where all precipitation drains to a common water body, such as a river or lake.

Lake County is made up of multiple, diverse watersheds, which are included in the management boundaries of the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council (LCUWC).

The Council’s efforts are focused on sustaining natural resources by working with landowners and managers to improve watershed conditions. The group is responsible for implementing quality restoration projects, fiscally managing the projects, and monitoring project effectiveness. Additionally, the Council works to provide educational opportunities for land managers and youth across jurisdictional boundaries within the county.

In 2014, the LCUWC invested over $878,000 in Lake County watersheds. The Council implemented four large-scale restoration projects in addition to multiple smaller projects, monitored six watershed enhancement projects, hosted one project tour and three youth education programs, and secured funding for five additional new projects. Major restoration work completed includes Pitcher Ranch Fish Passage and Screening on Buck Creek, Twenty-mile Creek Dyke Diversion Fish Passage and Screening, Cox Flat Culvert Removal and Bridge Replacement, a survey of Crooked Creek Stream Restoration Phase II, Camas Creek Willow Plant-

ing, Goose Lake Basin Juniper Removal and Withers Ranch Wetland Enhancement. None of these accomplishments would be possible without the help of many partners, local contractors, and willing landowners.

A major goal of the Council is to establish relationships with a variety of groups in Lake County, then work in cooperation with these groups to accomplish a myriad of common goals. Such partners include the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Oregon Department of Forestry, OSU Extension Service, Oregon Department of Water Resources, Lake County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Lake County Cooperative Weed Management Area, Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lakeview BLM, Lake County FSA, and Lake County NRCS. In addition, the Council is sure to hire local contractors to work on all watershed enhancement projects. Partners, local contractors and businesses, and local support are essential to the success of the Council and its projects.

For more information about the Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council and its efforts or if interested in becoming involved in watershed enhancement opportunities, please contact Marci Schreder for project information at 541-219-0830 or Colleen Withers at 541-610-3134.

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Get involved with the Lake County Watershed Councils today!

If you’re like a lot of landowners, you’d like to do something to improve water quality, fish habitat, juniper encroachment, but you don’t have the time or money.

Watershed Councils can help you get something done on your own land, under your own control. Watershed Councils help local landowners in everything from cutting juniper, to riparian fencing, stream bank stabilization, planting trees along streams and building in-stream structures to improve fish habitat, along with replacing culverts that block fish passage.

In 2014 Lake County WSC brought about $750,000 to the community to complete restoration projects county wide. In addition, ten local contractors assisted in completion of these project activities. If you’re interested in pursuing a project or want more information call: Marcie Schreder 541-219-0830

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LIFC Works to Preserve Timber and Rangelands

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Staff at the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center are joined by Smokey the Bear to officially open the LIFC on June 2, 2014. Kim Karalus, LIFC Center Manager, holds oversized scissors to cut the ribbon.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner

It is a simple philosophy, keep small fires small, yet to accomplish such a task takes a tremendous amount of equipment, people, technology and coordination during fire seasons. While 2014 was a record-breaking year for fires on the west coast, thanks in part to the work of the recently opened Lakeview Interagency Fire Center (LIFC) the impact of fire on life in Lake County was minimal, preserving valuable timber and rangelands.

Officially opened on April 1, 2014, the LIFC was an experiment to combine dispatch centers from Klamath and Lake Counties to have multiple agencies under one roof coordinating fire suppression efforts. With little precedent to draw from on how to accomplish this and many eyes watching their progress, a team worked tirelessly to construct and establish protocol for the joint effort, the positive effects of which were clearly evident in its first year of operation.

Fire season in 2014 was particularly harsh, with almost 850,000 acres burned across Oregon, costing over $278 million dollars and utilizing 12,000 firefighters logging over five million work hours. Yet while much of Oregon burned, Lake County remained largely unaffected, completely encircled by large fires while the area under control of the LIFC as part of the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) managed to keep almost all of its small fires small.

The LIFC now oversees fire operations for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFW), Fremont-Winema National Park, Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge and Crater Lake National Park.

The goal of the LIFC is to strategically coordinate land and air units to provide comprehensive fire suppression across more than 8.4 million acres covered under SCOFMP. Traditional delays in providing fire suppression have occurred over land jurisdiction and communication between the various agencies tasked with fire suppression, separating areas by BLM, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife and other organization’s area of control. The LIFC negates boundaries and communication delays by coordinating all resources under one roof to utilize the closest resources to an incident regardless of affiliation.

The Bryant Fire at the start of fire season was the first opportunity to test the capabilities of the new operation, one in which valuable lessons were learned on how to streamline LIFC operations.

“The Bryant Fire destroyed timber, but we didn’t lose any homes,” said LIFC Center Mgr. Kim Karalus.

“Because it was so early in the season there was a feeling that maybe we delayed some things, but we learned from that and improved our efficiencies. The key to our success was that everyone checked their egos at the door, when they are here we are one team, it’s not a BLM or ODF operation. Not having to coordinate through multiple agencies allows our dispatchers to react to an incident faster.”

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“Here we streamlined operations, and the result was smaller fires,” said Karalus. “There is trust because of pre-planning, when there is an incident we don’t have to call around, we send the closest resources, it doesn’t matter if it’s USFS or BLM or ODF. Now what used to take ten minutes to coordinate only takes one.”

Heading into year two of protecting southern Oregon’s forests and ranges with another dry summer expected, the LIFC will once again be put to the test, but already the tangible facts behind its ability to quickly and efficiently coordinate fire suppression has led to over-arching efficiency studies, the LIFC acting as a test model should other areas choose to also streamline operations, all in an effort to keep small fires small.

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Villagrana Takes Full Care of Responsibilities

KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

By Jimmy Hall Lake County Examiner

Villagrana not only takes care of the management side of the J-Spear but also puts in much of the day-to-day chores that gets the ranch to where it is today.

KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

J-Spear Ranch specializes in not just these Hereford beauties but also managing and caring for the land that the ranchers use every day.

As the manager of Paisley’s J-Spear Ranch, owned by Tom Shaw of Klamath Falls and the newly elected president of the Lake County Stockgrowers Association, Joe Villagrana has much on his plate with the ever-changing industry of ranching. Yet, he takes on these issues and responsibilities in stride.

In his efforts in the Stockgrowers Association, with the assistance of the new Vice-Pres. Brett Vickerman, his eye is on raising funds for primarily students in the county connected with FFA and 4-H. He has a few ideas brewing on how to raise adequate monies to keep those programs fully funded. One of these would be a four-county championship where he would collaborate with other surrounding counties’ Stockgrowers Associations, including Modoc, Harney and Malheur, to compete in Team Branding. This idea is in its early stages, but Villagrana has hopes that it may work.

The Association will also be continuing its Heifer Award for every Lake County Fair and Round-Up, where one weaner calf is awarded during the livestock sale and then given to the next worthy 4-H and FFA student by a previous winner..

He also has hopes that membership will increase in the Lake County Stockgrowers Association under his lead and that he can get more members involved by getting them to activities and efforts instead of “taking the backseat,” as he said.

In his work at the J-Spear Ranch, Villagrana also takes a proactive approach in the current issues that face all ranchers in the nation and specifically Oregon. Of the many issues that arise, sage grouse habitat is the most dominant.

“We are involved by default,” said Villagrana further explaining that if the bird is threatened or listed as endangered then grazing on public lands is at stake and can affect the ranch’s operations.

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Leon Baker grows strictly organic alfalfa on the Baker Family Farm in Silver Lake, while also working as a pastor at churches in Silver Lake and Summer Lake.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner It has been an odd path of twists and turns, guided by their religious beliefs, that has led Leon and Betty June Baker from Los Angeles to become organic alfalfa farmers in Silver Lake, while also pastoring at two churches.

Through leaps of faith the Baker’s have become key figures in the organic farming alfalfa industry of northern Lake County, Leon a former president of Lake County Hay Growers, and their organic alfalfa garnering multiple awards at the annual King of Hay contest. Yet for the Baker’s their success in farming comes second to their work in the church, learning the farming trade as they go while placing focus on revitalizing their churches and spreading the

gospel.

Leon and Betty June grew up in the same church in Los Angeles, while their families both had Midwest farming roots, hoping to strike a balance between a ranching lifestyle and serving the Lord.

Leon was raised to be a Pastor, the couple taking over the church they were raised in before founding a new fellowship in Bishop, Calif.

Over the years the Baker family has welcomed in well over 100 boys and young adults into their home, looking to help troubled youth turn their lives around through ranch work and ministry.

It was the desire to found a ranch to share the land among four families that initially led Leon to Silver Lake while searching for appropriate ranch lands to purchase, several years before the family would end up relocating to the area. Initially Leon didn’t think much of

the area, prophetically stating that the only reason anybody would live there was if they were too poor to leave. That statement would come to define their lives, as difficult times led them to stay and through their faith and a bit of luck, find a means in which to prosper.

While the dream of a multifamily ranch never materialized, in the 1980s the Baker family did move to Silver Lake, leaving behind their life in ministry to work in forestry and establish a ranch.

Eventually settling into an 80-acre property a few miles north of Silver Lake, revitalizing a home that had been abandoned several years prior, the Bakers learned the basics of farming while on the job.

It was at that time as well that they were given a second opportunity to work in the ministry.

Both Leon and Betty June began helping with various tasks at the

Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. While not Baptists themselves, slowly they were welcomed into the fold taking on tasks such as playing piano during services, teaching Sunday school, and assisting the Pastor, Lynn Hoover, who traveled from Bend each week for over three decades to provide services. When Hoover chose to retire, Leon took over, welcoming all denominations into the church.

Today Leon continues to pastor at the Silver Lake Church of the Bible and Summer Lake Christian Fellowship while Betty June remains active in both as well, finding time between their service to the church to serving the land.

While not proclaiming to

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BAKER FAMILY From page 44

being rabid environmentalists, the choice to get involved in organic farming was also faith-driven, believing that proper stewardship of the land was another way to serve God. “We got into organics because we were too poor to afford the regular stuff,” joked Leon Baker. “With our family history, we wanted to take care of the land the best way we could, we believed it’s God’s land and we are just stewards of it. We want to do what’s best for soils and plants we grow and animals we have.”

Organic farming versus commercial farming comes with its own challenges, and Baker claims to be very much a novice at it, relying on the advice of neighbors and friends as well as their faith to guide them for their farming expertise. Weeds are a major challenge, as with any farming, while until recent years when a resurgence in interest and popularity of organic products has led to more options, just finding fertilizers approved for organic farming proved difficult.

To be organic-certified also means finding a certifying agency and adhering to rules and regulations governed by the national standards organic program. However, the Bakers have not had problems with insects or disease in crops the way many commercial farmers do.

Benefits of organic growing are many as well, Baker citing that he doesn’t need to acquire pesticide application licenses or use poisons, as everything they put on the land is non-toxic. While there is a common belief that organic production can never match commercial farming, the Bakers believe strongly that their alfalfa product can be just as good in quality and quantity, and in some ways better being chemical-free.

The Baker Family Farm has more than doubled in size since first acquiring the property, with a loyal customer base seeking organic certified hay. While some clients have asked to buy everything the Baker’s produce for dairies, they choose instead to service as many smaller customers as possible, applying their all, are, welcome church philosophy to their farming business.

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Summer Lake Christian Fellowship is one of two churches in North Lake that the Baker’s operate in addition to their alfalfa farm in Silver Lake.

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Unique North Lake Shopping Experience

KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

The Willows in Christmas Valley offers a unique and ever-changing array of items to help provide some personality and individuality to North Lake’s many farms and ranches.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner At times life in Lake County is a constant reminder of learning to live without certain luxuries, yet for as small as our communities may be some enriching boutiques have brought a unique and diverse flair to small town living, chief among them The Willows in Christmas Valley.

Particularly for those in ranching and farming, looking for a means to find individuality, adding unique items to the décor provides an identity to rustic operations.

Opened in November 2011, The Willows is a family-owned business led by Laura Parks, a shop carrying many one-of-a-kind items that offers a little bit of everything to the community, while constantly evolving in its acquisitions and sales causing a fluid change in the store’s displays almost daily.

Parks ran the Poplars Nursery for 13 years, but rather than retiring instead Parks chose to establish a small antique and gift shop.

It began humble enough, two small rooms sideby-side, but as the popularity of the shop grew so too did its square footage, acquiring other spots in the building to expand its floor space.

“I thought it would do well, but I didn’t realize how fast it was going to grow,” said Parks.

“I thought it would be an old country mercantile.”

The business has expanded to consume much of the original building, taking over spaces once used as a barber shop and the Chamber of Commerce to house all of the unique items Parks and others discover for the shop. Ensuring that the store carries desired goods for the local farms, ranches and households requires both a keen eye and firm understanding of floor plans, something Parks says she has studied her whole life. Ever on the prowl for something special, Parks travels around to auctions and estate sales finding items for the store, going as far as Ireland and England to discover furniture and antiques to be shipped back to the store.

With several storage rooms packed full of goods ready to bring out, there is a constant rotation of goods coming in and out of the store, building a reputation for carrying a little bit of everything that folks in Lake County may want.

Throughout the process she has one basic rule to guide her product decisions, “I don’t buy anything I don’t love,” said Parks.

Often sending items to individuals she knows people will find value in rather than

stocking it in the shop, a reputation has been built for knowing her clientele and catering to them.

“People have underestimated rural communities,” said Parks. “There’s a great sense of style whether in French antiques or 1950’s primitive. In rural communities when you have to travel great distances to get goods you don’t have time to go into furniture stores or gift shops, so one of the biggest reasons we’ve been successful is that they can come in and get help here. I know my customers really well.”

The Willows has in many ways become a centerpiece of the community, whether shopping for a new item or simply stopping in for a cup of coffee to hear the latest scuttlebutt, many come and go on a daily basis. According to Parks, there is a good reason for keeping a close eye on the shop’s ever-changing shelves.

“I don’t buy a lot of any one thing, so people know that if they want it they better buy it now, because if someone else comes in it may be gone, there’s an urgency to it. Honestly, I couldn’t ask for a better business.”

Through unique items, a keen eye for design, a willingness to travel great distances to find products and a strong understanding of customers, The Willows has brought style and identity to rural life in northern Lake County.

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Pacific Pine Makes Grand Entrances KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

Pacific Pine Pres. Greg Larson looks over a manufactured door fresh out of a massive sander before progressing on to final preparations. The Lakeview-based company constructs enough doors to fill 2-3 truckloads per week.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner What began as a small familyrun Lakeview business has grown by leaps and bounds in the past 26 years, expanding from 6-7 employees in a small shop to 87 in a factory working multiple shifts comprising the hardworking crew behind Pacific Pine Products. While every company has seen its share of ups and downs, particularly in the wake of the 2008 recession, Pacific Pine has seen steady growth since 2009.

Company Pres. Greg Larson joined his father’s operation in 1992, expanding Pacific Pine Products into becoming one of the larg-

est employers in Lakeview, manufacturing custom wood doors sold nationwide. Taking over an abandoned factory in 1995 along Hwy 395 that previously had been used to process uranium and later used as a sawmill. What was a hollow shell structure upon taking it over is now a veritable maze of back rooms built over time to facilitate each aspect of the company’s production line.

The vast majority of the company’s revenue is in design and production of custom wood doors, door components and materials to be utilized for a variety of uses.

This includes processed sugar pine for the auto industry’s research and development departments to

KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

Pacific Pine Pres. Greg Larson inspects completed doors ready to be shipped from the Lakeview factory.

create prototype car models. Being located in Lake County, it is vital to the operation’s success that the company remains self-sufficient, keeping almost all aspects inhouse, including a mechanic shop for equipment and vehicle maintenance. Waste products are re-used as much as possible, going so far as to even re-circulate air off of machinery in a compressor room through a duct system to provide cost-free heating for the entire facility.

While the company initially worked exclusively with local sawmills for raw materials, as the business model has expanded Pacific Pine now utilizes various wood species from mills across California, the Willamette Valley and the Oregon and Washington coasts, while still working with local operations as much as possible. Alder, douglas fir, sugar pine and eastern hardwoods comprise the majority of the factory’s wood requirements.

“As we grew, pine suddenly wasn’t a major part of our wood needs,” said Larson. “We still work closely with Collins Products, they purchase our waste products for particle board construction, and often we’ll haul lumber for Collins to make use of our truck. We also purchase reclaimed wood from local demolition crews, buying wood from old barns and structures and pulling products from that. We do everything from bringing in our own lumber to shipping out our own product, it’s a complete system.”

The self-sufficiency ethos permeates throughout the company,

right down to a self-checkout system in the employee break room and supply room that instantly connects online with vendors for billing and re-supply orders on an as-need basis.

Far from a simple slab of wood with a handle, the custom designed doors created at Pacific Pine are complex structures of various composites, laminates, multi-layers and intricate aesthetic designs specific in every detail to architect’s grandiose visions, some weighing in at a hefty 250 pounds or more. A massive vat of glue capable of containing up to 6,000 gallons sits in the center of the facility to be pumped to various work stations. It is refilled every 6-7 weeks, to facilitate the many steps involved in creating Pacific Pine’s custom doors.

Still, for the rows of machinery and modern technology utilized to form wood products into their coveted designs, Larson points to the employees as the key element to the company’s ongoing success and product quality.

“We’ve surrounded ourselves with good people and took advantage of opportunities that became available,” said Larson. “We’re very thankful for the opportunity in Lakeview to be a part of the community and grow a company that provides jobs. We have a lot of great people that work for us.”

Pacific Pine Products is located at 17634 Hwy 395 in Lakeview. For more information contact Pacific Pine at 541-947-2514 or visit www.lakeviewmillwoks.com

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Summer Lake Wildlife Area Restoration Helps Ranchers and Wildlife

KURT LIEDTKE/ Lake County Examiner

Summer Lake’s Wildlife Area covers 19,000 acres of wetlands for migratory and nesting birds while also providing grazing lands for local ranches.

By Kurt Liedtke Lake County Examiner First constructed in 1945, the Summer Lake Wildlife Area provides important breeding grounds and habitat for nesting birds and an important stop for migratory birds in North America. Thanks to a recently-completed seven-year restoration project, the 19,000 acre state-operated wildlife area can not only provide refuge for birds but also assist local ranchers with grazing lands.

Unlike the US Forest Service or BLM in that the wildlife area is a state-run single-use agency for wildlife and habitats, its mission statement is to protect and enhance Oregon wildlife and their habitats for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. This means finding a balance in providing habitat for birds and for both birders and hunters, helping maintain populations or a resting ground for migratory birds to replenish energy on their annual flights that can go from as far as Central America to the Russian Arctic.

Overseen by Marty St. Louis, now in his 28th year managing the wildlife area, the acreage is an important aspect of the local ecosystem. With much of the original infrastructure crumbling or ineffective for its purpose, having been originally designed more for the intent of agricultural irrigation rather than wetland

preservation, a seven-year facility restorative project had been ongoing through the help of partnerships with organizations such as Ducks Unlimited and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. Work included replacing water control structures, repairing dykes to bring them to a consistent elevation and other infrastructure, all of which allows the wildlife area to more efficiently manage the water supplies.

“We’re faced with reducing water supplies, so it’s important for us to revamp systems to make it more efficient in how we use water,” said St. Louis. “It’s not about using additional water, but stretching it out making it go farther and be more effective and strategic.”

Much of the repairs completed now allows the movement of water to be accomplished as gravity fed rather than having to add expensive pumping stations, allowing the terrain to shift water for the best utilization of the supply.

Managing the wildlife area can be tricky, finding a happy balance in vegetative management to best provide proper habitat for the wide range of mallards, geese, shore birds and other avian that stop in Summer Lake. To ensure a good balance in plant life and soil most desirable for different species, a symbiotic relationship exists between the wildlife area and local ranches. Select portions of the grounds are opened up to cattle to graze areas to benefit wildlife, providing additional forage needs for

livestock while evening out habitat.

“Not every place is grazed, some places see cows year in year out, other places they will never go,” said St. Louis. “It’s managing land in a natural way, mostly doing so during winter outside of breeding season so it minimizes impact to nesting birds.”

Most of the work accomplished in the restoration has been done during dry periods, necessitating shifting water around to keep it dry. Whereas natural wet and dry periods typically scale back vegetative overgrowth in 5-10 year cycles, for the preservation of habitat it requires annual preservation work to maintain population numbers.

“If there is an overabundance of a certain vegetation, particularly dense and heavy, some wildlife won’t use it,” said St. Louis. “It’s a matter of finding a balance to best adhere to different species that use the area.”

Through partnerships, support and a lot of patience, the Summer Lake Wildlife Area is now better prepared than ever before to handle its task of servicing both nature and those who enjoy it, while also assisting local ranches with food supplies for livestock.

Summer Lake Wildlife Area is located at 53447 Hwy 31 in Summer Lake and can be reached by phone at 541-943-3152 or email martin.j.stlouis@state.or.us.

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Advertiser Directory 1st Class Auto Glass . . . 37 39er Variety Store . . . . . . . . 15 5 Corners Feed LLC. . . . . . . 31 Anderson Engineering . . . 11 Arrow Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Auto Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Back Yard Floral . . . . . . . . 43 Bank of Eastern Oregon . . . . . 13 Basin Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Bill Black . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Buchanan Angus Ranch . . . . 31 Burt Swingle. . . . . . . . . . .13 Carlon’s Gravel Pit . . . . . . . . 47 Chewaucan Garage . . . . . . . 9 Christmas Valley Concrete . . 8 Christmas Valley Market . . . . . 49 Cockrell, Ashley , DVM . . . . 8 Cockrell’s High Desert Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cornerstone Industrial Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Country - Gene Thomas . . . . . . 7 Coyote Quick Stop . . . . . . . 33 Dan’s Auto Sales . . . . . . . . . 39 Desert Inn Motel . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Desert Rose Funeral Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Duarte Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Eagles Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Ed Staub & Sons . . . . . . . 19

Evans, Bartlett & Higbe CPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Favell-Utley Corp. . . . . . . 53 Flying U Angus Ranch . . . 32 Flynn’s Furniture & Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Gage Liquid Feeds . . . . . . . . 23 Gary McCleese & Sons . . . . 43 Goose Tracks Quilting & Fabric Shop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hall Motor Co. - GM . . . . . 43 Hall Motor Co. - Ford . . . . . 9 Helena Chemical . . . . . . . . 35 Handde Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hart Mtn. Store . . . . . . . . . 51 Heaton Steel . . . . . . . . . 53 High Country Real Estate . . . 17 Hollingsworths’ Inc. . . . . . . 3 Honker Realty Property and Management. . . . . . . . . . . 5 Howard’s Drugs . . . . . . . 49 Hufford’s Herefords . . . . . . . . 13 Jasco Construction . . . . . . . 42 Joe Barry Construction . . . . . 38 JW Kerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 KBE - Lakeview . . . . . . . . 42 Ken Thomas Real Estate . . . . 21 Klamath Bull Sale . . . . . . 17 Klamath Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Klippenstein, Marc &

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