![]() ![]() “There’s no way that we can pass all the budget bills on June 25,” Democratic state Sen. Tim Knopp also said in an email his caucus will return by June 25 to pass “substantially bipartisan” bills and budgets.īut Democrats say waiting until the session’s last day to pass budgets isn’t feasible and school districts need a sense of potential funding by early July to begin planning for the next school year. Oregon’s Senate Republican office said in an email that “it is critically important that we make sure education is fully funded.“ Republican minority leader Sen. “From early childhood through higher education, our schools and students need us to respond to serious challenges.“ Courtney Neron, the House Committee on Education chair, said at a recent rally against the walkout. “Supporting strong schools and improving student outcomes should be enough to make anyone show up for work,” Democratic state Rep. But the education spending legislation needs a vote from the Senate, which hasn’t been able to conduct business since May 3 because of the GOP boycott, and time is running out, with just two weeks left until the legislative session ends. Tax revenues have exceeded state economists’ projections, allowing lawmakers to approve a record K-12 budget of $10.2 billion. The standoff over a bill that would expand access to abortion and gender-affirming health care could scuttle much-needed education funding in a year when the stars seemed to align for Oregon’s budget. (AP) - Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon - a state where 60% of third graders can’t read at grade level - could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six weeks. Kitten tracks, like this one made by an 8-month-old kitten, are usually found right next to the mother’s full-size tracks.PORTLAND, Ore. A 7-month-old kitten track can still be a small as a pill bottle. Kitten tracks look just like adult impressions, except they are smaller. Strides much longer than this would be most likely made by a cougar, wolf, or ungulate. The paw prints themselves are the length of a size medium men’s glove AND they are separated by a spacing of about one size medium men’s glove. The typical stride of a lynx is not very big. In these sets of tracks you can see the “ice cream cone” shape of the prints in relatively deep snow. Here you can see a set of lynx tracks on a thin layer of snow, where troughs in the snow are produced by dragging fur. ![]() In comparison, canine tracks would have a flat bottom edge to the interdigital pad. This concave pattern produced by the lobes is a signature of cat tracks. If the interdigital pad is clear enough, you might also see the two elongated lobes at the bottom edge of the pad. Often you will see a trough extending off the toes of the track, which is produced by dragging fur. The paw print of a full grown lynx is about the size of a medium sized men’s glove, shown here. If a human or even a cougar stepped in this same spot, its track would sink much deeper into the snow. In addition, the impression of the paw will “float” in the top of the snow, rather than sinking very deep into the snow bank. This gives an “ice cream cone” shape to many tracks. If the snow is deep enough, you will see the impression made by the furred heel of the lynx. Due to the extensive fur covering the bottom of the foot, the interdigital pad is small in proportion to the rest of the foot. ![]() It consists of 4 toe pads and an interdigital pad. The paw print of a lynx is quite round compared to other species.
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