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Dr. Samantha Chisholm Hatfield
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Youth age 12-15 enjoy a day of ropes course activities.
Hatfield presents research at NCAI
conference on climate change effects
Siletz Tribal member Dr. Samantha
Chisholm Hatfield recently presented at
the NCAI (National Congress of Ameri-
can Indians) Tribal Leaders We Have
Always Been Scientists panel at the mid-
year conference in St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Chisholm Hatfield, selected
from a highly competitive national pool
of applicants, was invited to present her
research regarding climate change effects
on American Indian Tribes and traditional
culture. This included research conducted
with Siletz Tribal Elders in 2014.
Dr. Chisholm Hatfield is on limited
grant-funding through Oregon State
University and works with the Oregon
Climate Change Research Institute to help
Tribes identify climate change effects that
impact not only natural resources, but also
traditional culture now and into the future.
Her work has been considered
groundbreaking by multiple profession-
als in various fields.
She works primarily with Northwest
Tribes, but has been subcontracted to
conduct research with Tribes as far away
as the Great Basin in southern Utah.
Matsutake mushroom permits for
commercial sales available Aug. 5
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Annual permits
for matsutake mushrooms go on sale from
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 at the Oregon
Dunes National Recreation Area office,
855 Highway 101 in Reedsport, Ore.
Anyone gathering matsutake mush-
rooms within the Siuslaw National For-
est for the purpose of selling must carry
a commercial-use permit while picking.
One hundred permits will be available
for sale at $270 per permit, with a limit
of one permit per person. Permits will be
sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
To purchase a permit, the following
information must be provided:
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Valid identification card issued by a
state or U.S. federal government
Vehicle make, model and license plate
number
Permits can be purchased using cash,
check or credit card.
After Aug. 5, unsold permits can be
purchased at the Siuslaw National Forest
headquarters in Corvallis, the Central
Coast Ranger Station in Waldport and the
ODNRA office in Reedsport.
No permits are needed if gathering
matsutakes for personal use. Personal use
restrictions are six matsutakes per person
per day and the mushroom must be cut in
half length-wise immediately upon har-
vesting to remove its commercial value.
Please be aware that similar-looking
poisonous mushrooms exist in the same
area as matsutakes.
Do not disturb topsoil when search-
ing for matsutakes by digging or raking.
Upon harvesting a matsutake, return soil
or debris attached to the stem back into the
cavity created by the removed mushroom
and cover the hole.
For more information, contact the
ODNRA office at 541-271-6000.
August 2015
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