PAQË 2
AUGUST 19, 1977
Heeren Commended For Outstanding Service
Thirty years with the BIA’s
Forestry Program have
brought Gunther Heeren two
awards of achievement along
with all the hard work.
The first award the Warm
Springs’ Forest Manager re
ceived was in 1967. The job
was never easy but that was
before the McQuinn Strip and
budget cutbacks created new
challenges.
Heeren was awarded re
cognition a second time just
last week. The certificate from
the BIA reads “...in recogni
tion of services performed in a
manner exceeding the require
ments of the position.”
establishment of sample plots
for the forest inventory. This
he did with just five additional
personnel.
It also means fine fire
control. Says Cornett, “I think
Gunther and staff have done
an outstanding job in fire con
trol. In doing this of course
they’re working with the U.S.
To BIA Superintendent Jim
Cornett, who recommended
Heeren for the award, this
short message means many
things.
It means that Heeren and
his staff took on the responsi
bility of administering 67,000
more acres of timber when the
McQuinn Strip was added to
the reservation in 1972. This
included the supervision of
Gunther Herren, BIA Forestry Manager in Warm Springs,
timber sales for an additional
annual cut of 18 million board recently received a special award for his outstanding service.
feet, the carrying out of log Heeren has seen many changes in timber management during his
ging contracts already started thirty years with the BIA.
by the Forest Service and the
Forest Service, the Bureau of
Land Management and the
State Department of Forestry.
They have maintained good
working relationships with all
the agencies so we get maxi
mum cooperation of fires and
emergencies.”
And it means many more
things such as planning and
supervising
pre-commercial
thinning operations that have
resulted from the return of
administrative fees on timber
sales to the Tribes; providing
training for his employees to
keep up with new forestry
techniques; and maintaining
the Continuous Forest Invent
ory.
Such honors come after
years of dedication and grow
ing responsibility. Heeren, like
most of us, started “at the
bottom of the barrel.” In 1948
he joined the BIA in Warm
Springs as a Beginning Forest
er. By 1956 he had moved up
to Assistant Forest Manager on
the Colville Reservation. Heer
en returned to Warm Springs
in 1964 and assumed the posi
tion of Forest Manager.
Heeren’s first award com
mended him for superior per
formance. He says he doesn’t
Notice
Ed Spino
Public Hearing
Retires FromRoads of Airport
Master Plan
Ed Spino is the envy of all
Tribal and BIA employees
these days. He’s sleeping while
we’re working.
He deserves a few extra
Z’s. His retirement July 29
marked almost thirty-one years
with the BIA Roads Depart
ment in Warm Springs and
Pendleton.
Sleeping isn’t all that easy
after so many years of 8-5. Ed
found himself waking up at the
usual work time despite efforts
to the contrary. He’s building
up to half a day now and is
still left with a half day to
occupy in some manner. “I
can’t get used to it,” he com
mented about all his extra
time.
Meanwhile down at the
Roads Department his cat
skinning, scraping and bulldoz
ing are being missed. He’s a
heck of a good equipment
operator,” remarked Spino’s
supervisor Don Schmith. “We’ll
miss his quality of work.”
Spino is confident the depart
ment will go on without him.
“They’ve got a lot of good
operators down there.”
Spino, a self-defined “for
eigner”, came to Warm
Springs from his home on the
Umatilla Reservation in 1952.
Already with the Roads De-
partment he was transferred
here to work on the Beaver
grade between HeHe and Sim-
nasho.
He proceeded to put 25
years into the Warm Springs
roads. He has also raised a
family of eight kids, all but
one of whom are home now.
No wonder he can’t sleep.
Ed has no plans for his
retirement. “Right now I’m
just loafing around, heading
for powwows,” he said content
edly. He hinted at possible
self-employment, but didn’t
appear to want to talk about it.
He has however set one
goal for himself. “I might be
able to sleep all day later on.”
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
September 8, 1977
at 7:30 p.m.
Warm Springs Agency
Longhouse
PURPOSE: To consider
the Economic, Social and Envi
ronmental effects of the pro
posed Warm Springs Airport
and its consistency with Com
munity Planning Goals and
Objectives.
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs recently ap
proved the Final Draft of the
Warm Springs Airport Master
Plan and Environmental Asses
sment Report and intend to
apply for Federal funds to
carry out the following Devel
opment at the proposed Warm
Springs Airport, Warm
Springs, Oregon:
Designate 418 acres within
Section 19 on the Butte North
of the Warm Springs Mill and
East of the Fire Control Center
as Airport Property; Construct,
Pave and Light a Runway
3,800 feet by 75 feet; Construct
and Pave an Aircraft Parking
Apron 200 feet by 300 feet to
accomodate about 20 to 25
aircraft; Construct and Pave a
connecting Stub Taxiway 213
feet by 40 feet; Provide a
graded and drained safety area
around the Runway 150 feet by
4,200 feet; Construct an Admin
istration and Operations build
ing about 2,200 square feet
including Utilities; Construct
an entrance road about 8,450
linear feet and auto parking
area for about 50 to 60 cars;
Install a rotating beacon,
lighted Wind Cone, Segmented
Circle and Visual Approach
Slope Indicator (VASI-2); Con
struct about 2,500 linear feet of
stock fencing with cattleguard
and 1,200 linear feet of security
fencing with gates and; Con
struct a residence with Utilities
for a resident Caretaker-Man-
Copies of the Final Draft
of the Airport Master Plan and
Environmental Assessment are
now available for review in the
office of the Warm Springs
Planning Department, Adjnini-
stration Building, Warm
Springs, Oregon. The Docu
ment summarizes the impact
which the proposed project is
expected to have upon the
Environment and is available
to any person for review dur
ing normal working hours prior
to the hearing date.
All interested persons are
invited to attend the Public
Hearing on Sept. 8, 1977 at
7:30 p.m. in the Warm Springs
Agency Longhouse for the pur
pose of considering the Eco
nomic, Social and Environ
mental effects of the Airport
location and its consistency
with the Goals and Objectives
of such Urban Planning as has
been carried out for this area.
Eugene Greene
Tribal Council C
< hairman
Confederated Tribes of the.
Warm Springs Indian Reserva
tion
Ken Smith
General Manager
Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Indian Reserva
tion.--------- -------------------------
remember the circumstances.
However he is very aware
of how his department has
changed through the years.
“Initially we had five employ
ees, now we have 29,” he
commented. “The annual al
lowable cut has increased
greatly and we’re doing things
we never did before, such as
timber stand improvement
work including pre-commercial
thinning and lots of planting.”
“As we get into the second
and third cuts things become
more critical,” Heeren re
marked. He looks to more
intensive management and
planning for the forest. Brush
control for reducing competi
tion and releasing trees to
grow faster will be one area of
concentration. Studies are
being done on fertilizing and
staff is looking into the im
provement of stands by select
ive breeding.
Heeren said he was “very
pleased” with the award he
received, adding, “I think
we’ve made a lot of inroads
and we still have a long way
to go.”
With his awards filed a-
way, Heeren is continuing to
take on the challenges of a
changing field.
Talc is the softest mineral.
Diamond is the hardest.
Arts Display
A public reception to cele
brate the first anniversary of
the 10-Arts of Oregon display
at Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge will take
place on Sunday, August 21,
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
according to Dan Myles, Kah-
Nee-Ta general manager.
Punch and hors d’oeuvres will
be served. There is no charge.
10-Arts of Oregon is a
group of central Oregon pro
fessional artists who meet per
iodically to discuss and criti
que their work. The works
hung in the Mezzanine Gallery
of the Lodge number about 70,
and are changed every six
weeks. All works are for sale.
“To show our gratitude to
the 10-Arts artists for adding to
the culture and attractiveness
of Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge, we’re
inviting all members of the
public to the reception,” Myles
said. “We hope this. annivers
ary will be the first of many.”
Hoot Owl’ In Effec
Because of extremely high
temperatures on the reserva
tion the past few weeks, four
operations began working
“hoot owl” August 11, and will
continue to do so until further
notice.
According to Gunther Heer
en, BIA Forest Manager, hoot
owling is a process where an
operation goes to work early in
the morning and must be out
of the forest by 1:00 P.M. A
combination of the current
heat wave and tinder dry con
ditions on reservation forestl
lands have greatly increased
the risk of fires, forcing the
restriction.
Thus far, the^operationl
affected in hoo't owl are the
ones involved in the slashl
crushings of precommercial
tree thinning slash. According
to Heeren, if the drought contj
inues the logging outfits coula
be shut down or hoot owlingj
may affect them also. , -