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Project at Craters helps pronghorn

Fences modified to facilitate animal migrations

By GREG MOORE Express Staff Writer

In response to a 2009 study detailing pronghorn antelope migration patterns south of the Pioneer Mountains, the National Park Service has been creating more animal-friendly fences across the northern boundary of Craters of the Moon National Monument. The three-year study was conducted by the Lava Lake Institute for Science & Conservation, which is connected to Lava Lake Land & Livestock, a large sheep-ranching operation adjacent to the monument near Carey. The study showed that several hundred pronghorn spend their summers in the Pioneer foothills, then migrate east along the northern edge of the monument every fall on their way to lands surrounding the Idaho National Laboratory east of Arco, where they gather with pronghorn arriving from other areas. From there, they disperse to even farther locales, some crossing the Continental Divide to winter in southwestern Montana. The migration pattern is reversed in the spring, though the study did not determine whether individual animals return to the same summering areas. Those animals a month ago may have been 160 miles away, institute President Brian Bean said. Landscape-scale conservation is needed to protect this keystone species. Bean said tracking of radio-collared animals showed the migration corridor narrows to only about 20 yards along the northern part of Craters of the Moon. He said obstacles there could be disastrous for the local pronghorn population. John Apel, integrated resource program manager at the monument, said motion-triggered cameras showed almost 500 pronghorn passing through that corridor in the spring. We knew that pronghorn migrated through, but [until the study] it wasnt known how many or that they followed a pretty well-defined route, he said. Pronghorn are built for speedup to 55 mph for short distancesand, after cheetahs, are considered the second-fastest animals on earth. However, that built-to-run body structure does not allow them to jump high, and, unlike deer, they usually duck under fences rather than jump over. Apel said the Park Service is undertaking a project to modify eight miles of fencing along the northern border of the monument, adjacent to grazing allotments on BLM land. He said the allotments used to be grazed by sheep, and the fences included a lower mesh component to keep the sheep in. He said only cattle are grazed there now, and the mesh is no longer needed. Apel said the new 40-inch-high fencing consists of a smooth bottom wire to allow pronghorn to pass under and a smooth top wire to allow deer to jump over, with barbed wire in between. He said 50-foot sections of the fence, placed at intervals, can be dropped to create open corridors. Those can be used in the spring before cattle are run on the allotment. He said the fence is also being marked with white tabs to alert the pronghorn of its presence. Bean said that when theyre running fast, the animals sometimes dont see fences and can die after colliding with them. Apel said the tabs also benefit sage grouse. Apel said about four miles of the old fence has been replaced, and the goal is to complete the project by 2016. Bean said the 2009 study showed that fences are a widespread problem for pronghorn. He said radio-collar data showed animals migrating as far as Interstate 15 in southern Montana, but turning back when they were blocked by fences along the highway. He said the same problem exists along I-15 near Dubois, Idaho, and along U.S. Highway 93 in northern Nevada. Bean said a similar study of pronghorn that spend summers in Jackson, Wyo., showed that two of seven migration corridors there had been abandoned due to fences. He suggested that fencing projects such as the one being undertaken at Craters be considered for other areas. Things like this can make sure that these large, wide-ranging ungulates can do these migrations for another thousand years, he said.

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Pictured is Yahya Abdi, 15, of Santa Clara. Yahya reportedly scaled the fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport to clambor into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767 jetliner. (Courtesy Mukhtar Guled)

Three weeks before a teenager climbed a fence at San Jose Mineta International Airport and stowed away in the wheel well of an airliner, the Transportation Security Administration inspected and approved the airport's fence line security.

The disclosure by TSA administrator John S. Pistole during testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday is likely to add increasing pressure for improvements to airport perimeter security around the nation.

"What if it was someone else with an explosive that got on that plane?" asked Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who grilled Pistole about the San Jose incident. "Hey, this is bad news." She added later, "You cleared them and that's troubling to me."

Pistole said the TSA has been working "almost nonstop" to find out what happened.

The youth entered the airport under the cover of darkness. While airport officials have said they do not have video of the teen climbing the fence, they do have film of an unidentified intruder on the tarmac, but no one monitoring the closed-circuit video system saw it. Pistole said the airport could be fined "for allowing this to happen because it is an egregious violation of the airport's perimeter."

The Santa Clara youth, who apparently was trying to get back to his mother in Africa, somehow survived a 51/2 hour flight to Maui in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines jet, landing there on April 21.

In prepared talking points, Pistole said that from Jan. 2 to March 28, TSA conducted a comprehensive inspection of the airport and found it met security requirements for perimeter systems, including the fence line and other measures.

Inspectors reviewed physical barriers and electronic access control systems; the airport's badging system; training; law enforcement support; contingency plans; and adherence to specific directives from the TSA, according to Pistole's talking points.

The airport also has a project to enhance its standards for the fence line, he noted.

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MILTON,De. - As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 100 people had signed a petition being circulated in Milton. These citizens, lead by Ed Harris, a former town councilman, are calling for the town to reverse a decision to construct seven foot tall chain-link fences around key facilities. Harris is calling for more decorative fences that will boost the town's image.

The $37 thousand investment would build fences around three main locations in town; The Shipbuilders Tower, the Chandler Water Tower, and the town maintenance yard. In order to fund the project, the town will be using a $30 thousand grant from the Department of Homeland Security, which is meant to keep key locations safe from terrorism.

He said the chain link fences would make the city look like a prison, and says better fences would be a worthwhile investment.

"This doesn't help our image," he said pointing at a chain link fence. "It doesn't sell our town as a positive. It's actually does just the opposite. It's an unfriendly fence. And it looks like a prison."

But town clerk Kristy Rogers told WBOC that the town is doing the best with the resources they have available. She said the council members didn't want to raise taxes on their constituents more than they had to. She said the move from chain link fences to decorative ones would have cost the town thousands of dollars above what is currently being spent. "The grant was only $30,000 through homeland security," she said. "We wanted to definitely address all three areas for security for safety around these facilities." Rogers said that the concerns about the chain link fences were also exaggerated. She said the town avoided the barbed wire option like some towns do, and said the chain link fences would not be a problem aesthetically. Howard Hartley of Milton said that he would pay higher taxes for a more secure fence, but not for mere appearances. "I'd say put up one as secure as you can," he said. "I wouldn't work about the aesthetics about it. I mean it's a fence. It's supposed to keep people out. Especially if someone is trying to get in there to do some damage." Milton has to use the grant money by June or they will lose it all. Although the contract has been voted on and finalized, Harris said he will continue to gather signatures, with the hope that the contract will be altered.

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Published: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 10:43 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 9:20 a.m.

The German shepherd and French mastiff are laying in mud puddles on opposite sides of the entrance. Having rained the day before, the dogs are subjected to the intense Louisiana humidity.

However, the dogs may be the most comfortable living things that spend their days at the jail, located just off of the Thibodaux bypass at 952 La. 3185.

The jail was built in 1976 and was designed to hold fewer than 100 inmates. It now has a capacity to hold up to 245 inmates. But there are more people arrested than that in Lafourche. The overflow is housed in three other jails.

It costs Lafourche $4 per day to house an inmate in its parish jail. On Friday morning, 98 inmates were being housed in facilities outside Lafourche, costing the parish an extra $2,220 per day.

Sheriff Craig Webre is pushing for money to build a new detention center to replace the jail that is outdated and deteriorating.

Registered voters can cast their ballots Saturday on a 0.2 percent, 30-year sales tax to build a $30 million, 600-bed jail.

The outside of the jail looks like any other nearly 40-year-old building in south Louisiana.

The color is fading from the red brick exterior walls. The inside looks much older than its age.

The dull, beige paint is peeling off inside walls, though repainting the facility is the least of the sheriff's concerns.

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hide captionPresident Obama was at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, Philippines, on Tuesday, during the last leg of his four-nation tour through the Asia-Pacific region.

President Obama was at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, Philippines, on Tuesday, during the last leg of his four-nation tour through the Asia-Pacific region.

President Obama returned to Washington on Tuesday after a weeklong visit to Asia.

The four-nation tour was designed to showcase U.S. involvement in the region, but it produced only modest diplomatic developments. And toward the end of the trip, the president offered a modest assessment of his overall foreign policy.

The Asia trip didn't produce a blockbuster trade deal, or bring an end to North Korea's nuclear threat. The U.S. won a smaller-scale agreement to station military forces in the Philippines. And it polished its newfound ties with Malaysia. This is the kind of workaday diplomacy that President Obama says is not sexy but pays off in the long run.

"That may not always attract a lot of attention, and it doesn't make for good argument on Sunday morning shows. But it avoids errors. You hit singles; you hit doubles. Every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run. But we steadily advance the interests of the American people and our partnership with folks around the world."

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine cast a shadow over the trip. Having watched Russia annex Crimea with only limited challenge from the West, Asian allies wanted reassurance the U.S. will support them against any aggressive moves by China. Congressional Republicans, like Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, have criticized what they say is the administration's tepid response to Russia's moves in Ukraine.

"I'm very concerned that as we've seen from this administration on so many tough issues, their policies are always late after, after the point in time when we could have made a difference in the outcome," Corker said on CBS.

Obama suggests his critics are really calling for a stronger military response, and argues they haven't learned the lessons of the Iraq War:

"Frankly, most of the foreign-policy commentators that have questioned our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures that the American people have no interest in participating in and would not advance our core security interests."

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