View the Future explains its position on 40-acre logging proposal

August 21, 2024

To the editor: View the Future commends the city of Yachats, specifically Mayor Craig Birdie and City Manager Bobbi Price, for their diligent efforts to prevent a forest clearcut on 40 acres of privately-owned land immediately abutting the southeastern city limits (and lying just below what we have come to call Yachats Ridge). Our land trust is offering the city

Watershed group wants Siuslaw Forest to stop allowing herbicide use

July 31, 2024

To the editor: Protect Oregon Watersheds supports the Forest Service’s proposal to develop a comprehensive approach to treating invasive weeds in the Siuslaw National Forest. We strongly oppose drone spraying of herbicides or adding new herbicides to those already being used. The existing Siuslaw Forest Plan already permits the use of glyphosate, which the Forest Service states it uses regularly,

We need to protest Weyerhaeuser spraying near Eckman Lake

July 14, 2024

To the editor: How in the world can it possibly be true? Weyerhaeuser has been granted a permit to pray herbicide “as near as 10 feeet” from the Waldport municipal water source at Weist and Eckman creeks above Eckman Lake? The permit gives permission to begin spraying for invasive species as soon as July 16. Citizens, arise in protest. What

Weyerhaeuser should have to pay for water tests after spraying

July 14, 2024

To the editor: I am writing to express my concern as a Waldport resident regarding the spraying of pesticides close to the Waldport watershed and adjacent to the public spring water faucet on Highway 34. We know that pesticides are applied without precision especially if they are sprayed aerially due to the ever-present effects of wind and rain. In 2016 Lincoln

Weyerhaeuser needs to find alternatives to helicopter spraying

June 23, 2024

To the editor: We received notice from the Oregon Department of Forestry that Weyerhaeuser Timber Holdings between July 1 and Sept. 28, will spray pesticides by helicopter on more than 2,000 acres of its private timberlands in Lincoln and Polk counties. Weyerhaeuser’s notice acknowledges that many of the 27 parcels to be sprayed contain wetlands and streams, including numerous fish

Yachats valley resident opposes roadside herbicide spraying

June 23, 2024

To the editor: I am a resident of Yachats living along Yachats Valley Road. I want to voice my opposition to the use by a contractor for Lincoln County of the herbicide “High Noon” as a weed control along our road and river. It is scheduled to be sprayed between Miles 1-7 before the end of June. When I read

Benfield has experience, professionalism to end DA’s office disarray

May 14, 2024

To the editor: We need Kathryn Benfield as our Lincoln County District Attorney. Our current district attorney’s office has been in embarrassing disarray. Public conflict with our county commissioners, sheriff’s office and other entities which make our court system work smoothly, has marked our current district attorney. The other candidate is closely associated with the current district attorney who seemed

Library support is crucial in rural areas like Lincoln County

May 7, 2024

To the editor: Love your community library? If so, it’s a definite yes on Measure 21-222 on the May 21 primary election ballot that you received in the mail. At nine cents per $1,000 assessed property value, it’s one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to help our community. Where else can you find free books, videos, ebooks, computers

College’s bond request just renews rate, doesn’t mean an increase

May 2, 2024

To the editor: I am writing in support of Measure 21-224 on your May primary ballot, which would renew the bond for Oregon Coast Community College. If passed, this measure would renew the college’s bond at its current rate, meaning no increase in the tax rate for Lincoln County property owners. But the benefits for Lincoln County would be enormous.

Law school colleague supports Wallace in DA’s race

April 27, 2024

To the editor: I’ve known Lincoln County deputy district attorney Jenna Wallace for over a decade since we first met in law school. During those years I watched Wallace begin to develop her affinity for justice and integrity. Since that time I have litigated cases against Wallace, and while I don’t always agree with her position I know her to