People needed to haul wood to Elders during Cut Wood for the Elders Day
The Tribal Natural Resources Com
mittee and Natural Resources Department
will sponsor the second Cut Wood for the
Elders Day of the year on July 21.
The woodcut will be held at the log
yard at the Tribe’s Toledo Mill property
at the end of Sturdevant Road in Toledo,
Ore. Enter at the log yard entrance (go
straight all the way to the end of Stur
devant Road, through the chain-link fence
gate and down the hill to the railroad
tracks and the wood-cutting area).
We need lots of volunteers to help
cut, split and deliver firewood for Tribal
Elders. Bring your chainsaws, hydraulic
wood splitters, splitting mauls, axes and
lots of energy. Lunch, drinks and snacks
will be provided.
We will meet at the Tribal adminis
tration building in Siletz at 8 a.m. and
caravan to the cutting site. For anyone
wishing to come later, directions to the
cutting site will be posted on the front
door of the building.
The goal of this event is to deliver fire
wood to as many Elders as possible. The
Elders Program maintains a list of Elders
who bum wood for their winter heat.
Portland areas. Elders in need of firewood
also should contact the Elders Program
clerk to get their name on the delivery list.
If you have parents or grandparents
who burn wood in the winter to stay
People willing to haul firewood to
Elders outside of the Siletz area should
contact the Elders Program clerk at SOO-
922-1399, ext. 1261, or 541-444-8261 to
be paired up with an Elder in need.
long, cold winter and a wet spring.
We especially need folks who can
haul wood to the Eugene, Salem and
The last woodcut of the year will be
held Sept. 15, so mark your calendars now.
warm, you need to help out at this event.
Help replenish those wood piles after a
Shellfish gatherers asked to not gather in particular area of Yaquina Bay
The Tribal Natural Resources Depart-
ment is requesting that Tribal shellfish
gatherers assist in the restoration of a
small area of Yaquina Bay by voluntarily
not harvesting in this area.
project began to house the fleet. This
included construction of a dock system
area is located between the outer NOAA
docks and the shore.
near the Hatfield Marine Science Center
that required dredging of certain areas.
Eel grass planting is going on now
and will continue for several years until
the plants are well-established. In the long
run, this will produce excellent habitat for
many aquatic species.
In the short term, however, we request
that Tribal members not dig in this area
As part of the state permit approval
for that dredging, the port was required to
reintroduce eel grass to an area that had
been disturbed during construction. That
When the Port of Newport convinced
NOAA to relocate its Pacific Fleet to
Yaquina Bay, a massive construction
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lished. The port has erected signs in the
area asking people not to gather in the
restoration area.
If you have any questions, please call
Tribal Natural Resources Manager Mike
Kennedy at 541-444-8232 or 800-922-
1399, ext. 1232.
Assistance requested from Tribal hunters to tag and track blacktail deer
The Oregon Department of Fish and
lation estimates. It has requested assistance
from all hunters to keep tabs on these deer.
If you encounter a deer with a col
lar or an ear tag, please notify ODFW at
541-867-0300, ext. 250. It’s OK to shoot
Wildlife (ODFW) has begun a blacktail
deer tagging and tracking project to get a
better handle on the causes of the decline in
the deer population and to get better popu-
a tagged or collared deer during the proper
hunting season(s). If you do, please be
sure to contact ODFW and provide the
information it has requested. This will
help it tally the various causes of blacktail
deer death in the Coast Range.
If you have any questions about
this project, please call Tribal Natural
Resources Manager Mike Kennedy at
541 -444-8232 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1232.
STEP strives to help reduce waste, increase recycling at Culture Camp
and the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow are
quickly approaching. This year, the Siletz
Tribal Energy Program (STEP) is work
ing with Buddy Lane, cultural education
director, to recycle water bottles and cans
and use compostable products whenever
possible and appropriate.
This year during Culture Camp,
Tribal programs staff has approved the
use of compostables when serving meals
to more than 500 people three times a day.
The compostable silverware is made
from com and decomposes in landfills.
The plates and cups are made with
recycled materials and are compostable
since they also contain materials such as
com or sugar cane. These plates and cups
decompose more quickly in landfills than
either paper or plastic foam.
Recycling stations will be set up for
use by attendees and STEP will be on
hand to help you sort your trash from your
recyclable materials. We will do every
thing possible to recycle and reduce our
carbon footprint during these large events.
Please visit the STEP booth at Cul
ture Camp for more information about
large (and small!) events. We also will be
making crafts from reused and reusable
materials and providing information about
renewable energy.
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For more information on other pro
grams STEP offers, please contact us toll
free at 800-922-1399 or at 541 -444-2532,
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ctsi.nsn.us.
Search for Siletz Tribal Energy Pro
gram on Facebook and “like” us for even
more information and tips.
Journey, con’t from page 1
ners need community help in providing
food, lodging and gasoline for support
vehicles. For that reason, groups around
the state are organizing and fundraising to
prepare for the runners. Local runners are
encouraged to join for a few miles, days
or even months.
For more information, contact Mel
Huey at 541-345-3181 or me!97402@
gmail.com. Visit the national website for
the run at sandiego.indymedia.org/pdj/ for
photos and details.
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A group of runners heads across Alaska during the first week of this year's Peace and Dignity Journey.
July 2012
Courtesy photo