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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1978)
for a bountiful SERIA U OF US. POSTAGE BULK RATE PERMTT NO. 2 WARM SHUNQS. L I Spilyay VOL. 3 NO. 23 ymoo WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 NOVEMBER 17, 1978 Coming This Year1'978 The Tribal Council deter mined on November 14 that this year’s special percapita pay ment will be $1,200. Tribal mem bers will receive the bonus in two payments, $400 on December 15 and $800 on January 5. The bonus is up $200 over last year’s payment which was $1000. But the Tribal Council reminds everyone that not all years might be as good as this one, and that the bonus may not always be this much. The amount of the special percapita payment, or bonus, is figured according to what kind of year the Tribes had financially, and according to forecasts of the coming year. In November 7 Election Warm Springs Went For Straub, Said "No" to Death Penalty With a 45 percent voter rather than Bill Bellamy. turnout, the Warm Springs pre On the statewide ballot cinct voted a bit differently than measures, Warm Springs dif the rest of Jefferson County in fered from Jefferson County and the November 7 general election. . the rest of the state on three of Warm Springs went for Bob the measures. Voters here said Straub for Governor instead of “yes” to the proposed new Vic Atiyeh, and for State Repre judicial appointment process, sentative from District 55 Warm “no” to reinstatement of the Springs voted for Chuck Bennett . death penalty, and “no” to pro- hibiting state-financed abortions for needy women. On the tax-relief measures, Warm Springs voted “no” on 6 and “yes” on 11, just the opposite of Jefferson County. Statewide, both 6 and 11 were turned down. See page 8 for a compari son of how Warm Springs voted in relation to the rest of Jefferson County. Phase I of Timber Study Completed Consultants Recommend More Intensive Forest Management Moon Over Shitike The chilly light of a winter moon glazed the ice on Shitike Creek, reminding us all too well that there was no relief from the sub-freezing temperatures. Cold Spell Hits The Northwest I Sub-zero temperatures caus- Ied thermostats to rise consider ably this past week as a cold spell hit the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures dropped as low as 4 degrees here in Warm Springs. i[ Record lows have been recorded throughout the northwest for this time of the year as compared to that of a year ago. Here at Warm Springs one Weather Nov. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 High 57 69 56 54 61 60 56 46 34 32 34 38 40 30 Low 26 45 44 24 21 36 52 28 27 16 10 4 6 9 year ago the temperatures was a high of 58 degrees and the low was 38 degrees. It was reported that PP&L recorded a near peak power demand with three million kilo watts delivered. In the past the peak was three point one million kilowatts January 6, 1977. With no precipitation this could cause problems in power shortage as moisture is not re placed for that used to generate the needed power. PP&L serves approximately 45,000 homes in the Warm Springs, Madras, Metolius and Culver area and this could be come quite critical. General Council Meeting November 21, 7:00 pM. Agency Longhouse Re: '19 Budget by Cynthia Stowell High priority should be given to speeding up the harvest of dying timber in the Warm Springs Forest, consultant Wes ley Rickard, told the Tribal Council JVIorrday. Rickard along with.-. Paul Sanders presented Council with the findings of the first phase of their “Annual Allowable Cut Study - A Forest Management Strategy.” Among their findings, based on a year and a half of fieldwork and data analysis, was that the forest’s mortality rate is equiva lent to 36 percent of the annual allowable cut. “I have personally never encountered a mortality rate as high as in this forest,” said Rickard. The loss in fir stumpage alone is $2% million, he esti mated. “It’s a matter of who is going to get to that timber first - the Tribes or the insects,” he remarked. Increased growth in the residual timber would be a notable benefit of an accelerated harvest meaning a healthier and more profitable forest. Sanders and Rickard recom mended that Phase II of the study be launched immediately to develop an optimum forest management strategy. The con sultants proposed working with the local and area Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry programs over the next three years to design a permanent operational inventory (POD building on the Bureau’s continuious forest inventory (CFI). CFI sample plots used for data collection in Phase I were found to be well-measured and reliable but they do not “give adequate information for detail ed management,” according to the report. Part of the problem is that not all the available data has been exploited fully by forest manaigers, say the consultants who recommend expanded anal yses of existing data while the new inventory is being devel oped. Other conclusions and recommendations from Phase I include: - Height sampling should include more sawtimber size trees. Currently 70-80 percent of the height sample are not saw timber size. - Tree marking practices in the pine area should be im proved. Some young vigorous trees are being marked for harvest while large decadent trees are left standing. “.Cutting has tended to maintain the profile of the forest rather than shift toward a younger, smaller forest as it should,” said Rick ard. - Clearcutting should be the predominant fir area harvest method to afford the best growth potential for the remaining for est. - Reforestation must be im proved. Fieldmen found some “nicely reforested” clearcuts in the fir area, but also encountered partial cuts where unprofitable species were left to reproduce. A Tribal nursery would assure able planting stock. able planting stock. - Incorporate the CFI plots into the new POI. “The estab lished CFI grid system ... is a good and valid basis on which to expand in the development of the Permanent Operational Inven tory,” says the report. Un marked plots may be advisable so as not to influence harvest markings. - Road maps and aerial photos must be improved for easier location plots. - Improve the utilization of harvested timber. Waste piles contain good merchantable wood and bucking does not appear to be done for grade. - The forest road system could be improved, with better constructed roads and more planning in lay-out. Phase I cost the Tribes $113,000. Not initially proposed as part of the Allowable Cut Study, Phase I was later de signed to check and verify the CFI plots and the accuracy of their data, with the possibility of their incorporation into the POI. Phase II, estimated at $860,000, waits in the wings while Tribal Council reviews the re sults of Phase I and decides whether to authorize continua tion of the study. The end result of Phase II will be the determi nation of optimum harvest levels with the objective of maximizing cash flow from the forest. The new inventory will be the “enab ling instrument to that manage ment objective,” the report states. WORKING WITH THE BIA Of great concern to the (Continued on Page 2)
