TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
New Elk Tag Opportunity
With the approval of the Tribal Council, the Tribal Natural Resources Committee
has decided to offer a new type of elk tag to Tribal members beginning with this fall's
hunting season.
As a landowner, the Tribe is eligible to participate in the state’s Landowner Prefer
ence (LOP) program. Based on the number of acres that the Tribe owns, we can get
four additional antlerless elk tags from the state. These LOP tags are not related to
the Tribe’s Consent Decree tags that we receive each year. They are based solely on
the Tribe being a landowner.
There are a number of important differences between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s
regular tags. These are summarized in the table below.
Tribal Members Invited to
Community Meetings
The Tribal Planning Department in-
vites you to attend Community Meetings
to discuss Tribal needs and financial op
portunities for 2009.
This year, each area office will have
a meeting and a follow-up meeting. Dates
tentatively set for meetings is as follows:
Tribal Tags
LOP Tags
State License Required?
No
Yes
Area to be Hunted
Anywhere within the
specific tag’s hunt
boundaries
Only on Tribal land within
the Thompson Creek unit
during the Thompson Creek
antlerless elk season
Eugene Area Office
March 12 • 5:30-8 p.m.
Eligible for other state
elk tags?
Yes
No*
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Give tag to another
Tribal member to hunt
for you?
Portland Area Office
March 5 • 5:30-8 p.m.
March 19 • 5:30-8 p.m.
Yes
No
Application and
Selection Process
Apply to Tribe for
Tribal drawing
Apply to Tribe for LOP
drawing; if selected apply to
state for tag (list LOP as first
choice on state application)
Obtain Tag From
Tribe
State
* Note: If you are drawn for an LOP tag, you are still eligible to apply for and
be drawn for a Tribal tag.
All Tribal members are invited. A
light meal will be provided.
Topics of discussion may include
Tribal services, facilities, transportation
and trust land.
If you need transportation to the meet
ing, please call Pam Lane at the number
below or the area office you wish to visit.
Please check the Tribal website at
www.ctsi.nsn.us or call the Planning
Department at 541-444-8257 or toll-free
at 800-922-1399, ext. 1257; or the area
office to confirm a meeting date.
If you are unable to attend, please e-
mail your ideas to clairew@ctsi.nsn.us
or mail your ideas at Claire Wood, CTS1
Planning Department. P.O. Box 549, Siletz,
OR 97380-0549.
Hunting and Fishing Reporting
Incentives Continue
The Natural Resources Committee has decided to continue its incentive program
this year for reporting hunting and fishing tag successes.
It’s the tag holder's responsibility to report to the Natural Resources Department
Please note that a major difference between the LOP tags and the Tribe’s regular
tags is that ONLY the person drawn for the tag can hunt that tag. The tag cannot be
given to someone else to hunt for you. Therefore, only those folks serious about hunt
ing this hunt themselves are eligible to apply.
The drawing for the four LOP elk tags will be held at the Natural Resources Com
mittee meeting on April 6 at 4:45 p.m. in the Natural Resources Department’s Map
Room. Applications are available in this issue of the Siletz News, on the Tribal website
and at the Tribal Natural Resources Office in Siletz after March 1.
Completed applications are due in the Natural Resources office bv 4 30 o m
March 27,2009.
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For more information regarding these new tags and the differences between the
Tribe s regular tags and the LOP tags, contact Natural Resources Manager Mike Ken
nedy at 541-444-8232 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1232.
when the tag has been filled. Everyone who reports filling their tag will be entered
into a drawing for prizes.
The drawing for the fishing season incentive was held at the Natural Resources
Committee meeting in January. Congratulations to Michael Blair, who won a $50 gift
card to Sportsman’s Warehouse in Salem.
It’s not too late to report your hunting kills for the hunting season drawings and
have a chance to win a $100, $75 or $50 Sportsman’s Warehouse gift card. The last day
to report is March 27. The drawing will be held at the committee’s April 6 meeting.
Remember, it s the person whose name is on the tag who must report if it is filled.
This is the person whose name will be entered into the drawing. It pays to report?
2009 Landowner Preference (LOP) Tag Drawing
Please complete the following information and return it to the Natural Resources
Department by 4:30 p.m. on March 27,2009. Your name will be entered into a database
and printed on a 1x1 card for the drawing of one of the four available LOP tags. The
drawing will be held April 6, 2009, at the Natural Resources Committee meeting in
the Natural Resources Department’s Map Room beginning at 4:45 p.m.
The person filling out this application must be the person who will do
the hunting. LOP tags cannot be given to another person to hunt for you!
Last Name:
______ First Name:
Roll No.:_____________
Phone No.:
Address:
City/State/ZIP:__________
Oregon Hunters Safety No.:
Return completed form by: March 27,2009
To: Natural Resources Department
Attn: Mike Kennedy
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
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By signing, you agree to be bound by
the following rules regarding the use of
the Tribe’s LOP tags:
You will purchase an Oregon State
hunting license at the time of the
LOP application in 2009 and for the
Thompson Creek antlerless hunting
season in 2010.
2. You will apply to the State for an LOP
tag by the due date, listing the tag as
your first choice on the State applica
tion and paying the State tag fee.
3. You understand that if you receive a
Tribal LOP tag, you are not eligible
for any other State-issued controlled
4.
5.
6.
7.
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hunt tags. You are, however, eligible
to apply for and receive a Tribal tag.
You will not give your tag to anyone
else to hunt for you. Only you can
hunt with this tag.
You will confine your hunting to
Tribal land within the Thompson
Creek unit during the Thompson
Creek antlerless hunting season.
You will follow all applicable State
hunting regulations.
You will report your kill to the Tribal
Natural Resources Department no
later than one week after the close
of the Thompson Creek antlerless
hunting season.
Signature:
Date:
If you have any questions, please call Mike Kennedy at 541-444-8232 or
800-922-1399, ext. 1232.
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