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SlMLVAV TVMOO WAKMSI'KINr,St()KE(;o.N 97761 October 10, 1986 Page fl) Scenic waterway designation proposed Planning workshop focuses on water 11-' , . ' . ' . - 1 1 k i. It ; t.V, V- , . v i . ' ty . 1 4,.lL , K "... -'. ---w.; . -i'..-tM V - c rV V . ' Vv" ' - "There is beauty and wonder in water" but there are also many problems associated with it in plan ning for its use and protecting it. University of Oregon law professor Charles Wilkinson, along with other speakers at the Water Resources Planning workshop September 30 in Salem, stressed the need for administrative rules to guide deci sions on water rights, water qual ity, watershed management and conservation. Riparian zones have received exten sive damage through grazing; water rights are outdated; the character of streams are changing as the result of runoff from agricultural, industrial and ranching activities. These are the only few of the prob lems that must be realized and solutions found. Water policy must be written and enforced to protect the state's water supply. The workshop, sponsored by the State of Oregon Water Resources Department, received input from interested citizens and experts in fields closely related to water use. Small discussion groups provided input on questions dealing with watershed and riparian areas, agri cultural and municipal water uses, fisheries, water conservation, instream recreation and scenic values, improving water supplies, coordination of state programs and land use plans, establishing prefer ences among water uses, public involvement, basin planning ver sus statewide water policy, and water quality. The workshop is the first step in setting administrative rules for basin programs. These programs are adopted by the Water Resource Commission to guide decisions on water issues aimed at developing and conserving the state's water. Power first, fish last policy unacceptable Pk&o tomtttf 9f Do RtlltO Steelhead Falls, located above Lake Billy Chinook, is included in the proposed upper Deschutes Scenic Waterway. by Marsha Shewczyk Since 1970, the lower one hundred miles of the Deschutes River has been designated a scenic waterway under the Oregon Scenic Water way Act. Central Oregonians are now interested in extending that designation to the upper Deschutes River between the guage station at Wickiup Reservoir in Deschutes County to Lake Billy Chinook in Jefferson County. Two hearings regarding the pro posed designation have been held, one in Madras, another in Bend. The two issues discussed were: 1 . Is the draft Scenic Waterway Study accurate?, and 2. Is it desirable to designate all or part of the study area as an Oregon Scenic Waterway. A small number of people at both meetings expressed concern . over increased government regula tions on the river and limitations on the development of property on the river. But the majority of testimony givers were in favor of the Scenic Waterway designation, wanting all 95 miles included in the system rather than only the 59 miles the Oregon Parks and Recreation Div ision found qualified for designation. To qualify for Scenic River sta tus a river or river segment, accord ing to the Oregon Scenic Water way Act: 1 . "is relatively free-flowing and the scenes viewed from the river and related adjacent land is pleasing, whether primitive or rural pastoral, or these conditions are restorable;"2. must "possess natu ral and recreation values of out standing quality; and, 3. be "large enough to sustain substantial recrea tion use and to accomodate exist ing uses without undue impairment of the natural values of the resource quality or the recreation experience." Certain river segments were excluded from consideration because of low water flow, little outstand ing recreational opportunity and intensive development. Even with this many central Oregonian felt a designation should be given to the entire stretch of the Upper Deschutes River. Deschutes County and the City of Bend have already adopted ordi nances to keep the river in its natu ral state, establishing a morato- i' ... i ." I j I I- stiMf mnmt kmiwunio " i - hum ii At " j r ' j j f - 1 tlWR 01 'CWH S HI VIR sunk uAMkuAr mi)i MAP 1 jludj Ar A Federal Energy Regulatory Commision (FERC) decision to issue hydroelectric project prelim inary permits without certain study requirements was overturned by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 30.The Na tional Wildlife Federation, joined by the Nez Perce Tribe, appealed FERC's decision to issue seven pre liminary permits in the Salmon River Basin in Idaho. At the time of the appeal, over 50 other Sal mon Basin permits were under con sideration by FERC. "We are extremely pleased by the courts decision," said Tim Wapato, executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commision (CRITFQ. "FERC's su perficial 'boilerplate' approach to hydrelectric proposal reviews has hurt the Northwest's salmon and steelhead runs. The lawsuit grew out of concerns that the large number of proposed hydroprojects in the Salmon River Basin could cause severe impacts to the spring chinook salmon and steelhead that spawn in mountain ous central Idaho. These fish are an important component of the Columbia's remaining fisheries. "Efforts such as the U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty and the North west Power Planning Council's Fish and Wildlife Program are jeopard ized by FERC actions that have routinely placed fish and wildlife concerns on the back-burner."said Wapato. The Ninth Circuit ruled that no evidence supported FERC's.deci sion "not to develop a comprehen sive plan, not to require permittees to study cumulative impacts, not to impose uniform study guidelines on permittees, and not to collect environmental baseline data." In short, the court ruled that the Fed eral Power Act requires FERC to undertake coordinated study and comprehensive planning along an entire river system prior to licens ing hydroelectric projects. "The court's ruling was a great victory,"said Allen Pinkham, chair man ol CRITFC and vice-chairman of the Nez Perce Tribal Exec- utive Committee! "The Nez Perce" Tribe has participated in Salmon River hydropower proceedings for half a decade. Together with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice and National Marine Fisheries Service, we have continuously re quested appropriate studies. FERC, however, is still unrespon sive to the need for adequate stu dies. We hope that the court's rul ing sends a clear message to FERC that its 'power first, fish last'policy is unacceptable." Conservation conference set The Warm Springs Tribe wishes to act as a conservationist in regards to its fish and wildlife, forests and land, according to Central Oregon Resources Unlimited district pres ident and Tribal Council member Delbert Frank, Sr. A local chapter of the Oregon Wildlife Federation has recently been approved for Warm Springs. Community members are invited to join the organization and attend a conservation conference October 11 and 12 at Kah-Nee-Ta. The Warm Springs Conservation Association members will meet with other conservationists at that time to discuss reservation, state and national laws and programs. The conference begins at 10 a.m. Saturday with a welcome and prayer, followed at 10:30 a.m. by a workshop on the Deschtues River. A no-host lunch will be served at 1 2 noon and at 1:30 p.m. a workshop on water policy and a hatchery tour will take place. Public lands habitat protection and a fish panel is also planned at this time. At 3:30 p.m. a national forests panel is scheduled. A no-host happy hour is set for 5:30 p.m. and dinner will' be served at the Simnasho Long-c house, honoring retiring Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife director Jack Donaldson, at 7 p.m. Sunday's agenda includes sub basin planning at 10 a.m. and con- Jerence adjournment at 12 noon. Ninty-five miles of upper Deschutes River was studied. Gopher treatment -Continued from page 1 rium on hydroelectric development. A Deschutes River Task Force Committee has studied and inven toried all the resources of the upper Deschutes River based on state wide planning goals, in particular Goal 5, to "conserve open space and protect natural and scenic resources." While this study was being con ducted the Oregon State legislature passed House Bill 2237, prohibit ing hydroelectric development on the upper Deschutes River. The bill also directed a study of the Deschutes County portion ol the river to determine whether it should be regulated as a scenic waterway under the Scenic Waterway Act. The ten miles of river in Jefferson County was added after consula tion with county officials who found no reason to exclude it. With inclusion in the scenic water way program the Parks and Recrea tion Division under the Oregon Department of Transportation would act to preserve, protect and enhance scenic, recreational, fish and wild life and cultural values of the upper Deschutes River. The river would be added to 570 miles of Oregon rivers already part of the system. Testimony will be accepted through October 10 regarding desig nation of the upper Deschutes River as a scenic waterway. Comments will be consolidated and presented to the legislature in January, 1987. The legislature will, then, decide whether all or portions of the upper Deschutes River will be designated scenic waterway. Public meetings will be held if designation occurs to acquire input regarding manage ment of the river. Testimony may be sent to Jack Graham, Department of Transpor tation building, 525 Trade St., Salem. Oregon 973 10. oi mm H Noon volleyball meeting Oct. 14 ??????? ?????????????? w Those interested in playing noon time volleyball are invited to attend a meeting October 14. 1986 atnoon a the Community Center. If no team is as yet lined up for a depart ment, a representative should attend anyway. Rules and schedules will be discussed. 1. The Indians introduced the pioneers to pumpkins. They were used in main dishes, desserts and even (a) brewed into beer (b) fer mented into wine (c) sewn into clothijig? MJH Culture Week activities Madras Jr. High will be partici pating in Culture Week activities October 13-17. During this time students will share cultures of the students at Madras Jr. High The event is aimed at acquainting stu- Monday dents with their classmates and in creating unity in the school, explains Madras Jr. High counselor Steve Sammler. The week's activities include: i r.f. 2. The corn and beans dish known as succotash was devised by (a) Chinese railroad workers (b) American Indians (c) Scandinavian farmers? Answers: tjoisu j qji psnoo3 qsrp stijj paafu a nietpuj aqj cui?ijo (q) j utdaind sqi joj punoj tJMuoid XjJM wtn qi Juomt jm vS pot ipcuq 'ijji -iuj mjm ppu8 lsit "jdnos () 2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Tuesday 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Thursday 11:30 a.m. Billy Mills will speak to students Fun run with Billy Mills in Warm Springs Reception for Billy Mills at Kah-Nee-Ta Winterhawk will perform for students Robert Ryan from St. Joseph's Hospital, adolescent care unit in Vancouver will be visiting with students all day talking to them about drugs and alcohol Winterhawk at Warm Springs Community Center Around the World Fashion Show Winterhawk will be visiting with students discussing with them drugs and alcohol use Hispanic traditional dancing Friday Exchange students from Madras High School will be visiting students in their classrooms use of impacted areas is minimal. Heavy domestic livestock use occurs in the McQuinn strip area. Alternatives to baiting the gophers have been considered but have been found to be less effective consider ing terrain and have been estimated to be more costly. Methods exam ined include trapping, disruption of gopher sites and the use of a burrow builder to insert bail into the burrows. If no-treatment were allowed, according to the environmental assessment, "present investment loss in site preparation seedling and planting costs would be an average of $250 per acre. Loss in future income, based on fifty year loss in productivity, would be $20,000 per acre that would otherwise be received in 80 years." The poisoned bait treatment method has been used extensively in national forests but its use still raises some concern. Warm Springs wildlife biologist Terry Luther pointed out that cases exist where golden mantled ground squir rels have entered the pocket gopher burrow system and died after eat ing strychnine-laced grain. Unlike pocket gophers, which die in their burrows, the ground squirrel dies above ground where raptors and animals have access to the poi soined carcass. Studies based on this type of situation have shown that secondary animals in the food chain can become very ill or die from ingestion of animals that have died from strychnine poisoning. However, Luther contends, "If done properly and applied correctly the possibility of this happening is not great." Contamination of water has also been a concern. Warm Spring water master Deepak Sehgal says the Warm Springs forestry department must follow regulations outlined in the Streamside Management Plan for the reservation in areas that will affect water quality. Once again, "If done properly there shouldn't be any problems," says Sehgal. Stream corridors and riparian zones will not be treated, emphas izes Hanson. "We will follow the reservation Streamside Management Plan. . .If there is any standing or running water through the unit, that area is not treated." Hanson also stated that the con centration of the chemical used is small enough that it is not a res tricted chemical. Application will be made under the supervision of a licensed applicator so non-targeted wildlife, streams and people are not subjected to the poison. Safety precautions that will be taken to prevent exposure to humans or wildlife or contamination of waterways comply with Oregon State laws regarding pesticide appli cation. Steps to be taken include: Only federally registered poisoned grain will be used, in accordance witlj the registration label; A qualified employee, licensed for forest pesticide application will moni tor all pesticide application pro jects ; Only properly trained and licensed personnel will handle and use the pesticides. This includes contractors and their employees. At least one member of the crew must be a qualified licensed applica tor. Other safety precautions include: All individuals associated with hand ling or application of pesticides will be familiar with emergency procedures to be used in case of accident; All individuals associated with handling or application of pesticides will wear protective clo thing required for safe handling of chemicals involved; Lunches will not be eaten in the general vicinity of poisoned grain. Hands will be washed prior to eating; All spilled grain will be buried or picked up. No poison grain will be left exposed on the soil surface where it may be ingested by non-target species; Poi-i soned grain will be kept in an acceptable locked container while not in use. Container must be water proof and rodent proof; Unused bait will be returned daily to stor age container; Poisoned grain will not be carried in passenger carry ing part of any vehicle with per sonnel; The contractor and or his authorized representative will review with the contracting officer's repre sentative symptoms and treatment of accidental strychnine poisoning prior to start of work. Areas that will be treated will be . monitored for effect of treatment. The forestry department hopes to keep the gopher population at a controllable level in the future with this treatment. Yard Sale Yard Sale: At 4309 Tommy Street, Upper Dry Creek, Ginger Smith residence. Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 1 1 and 12), from 10:00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily. Furniture, clothes dishes, lots of baby clothes, bike and tires. Burn center seeks funds Serious burns can strike any where, but the care for serious burns can not be handled just any where. The only burn center in Oregon is located at the Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, in Portland. To operate a burn center means the hosptial needs to have the neces sary equipment, research and burn prevention education. It takes money to provide that type of care at Emanuel. The Oregon Burn Center is seeking donations from the peo ple of Oregon. Hot water burns, chemical and electrical burns, burns from fire, they are all painful, potentially lethal and require specialized med ical care. That care is provided at Emanuel. In 1985, 179 patients were cared for by the highly trained team of physicians, nurses, therapists and counselors. Included in those helped were an elderly lady overcome by smoke and flames in a house fire, a brother and sister hurt trying to escape a blaze, a young man injured w hen a chemical tank he was w ork ing on exploded, a toddler burned by a panful of hot oil and many more people. The point is that it can happen to anyone regardless of I age. They were unable to escape the swiftness of fire or scalding liquids. One expense is specially designed beds that don't allow patients to be moved for treatments and x-rays. These beds cost $6,000 each. An automatic blood pressure monitor, which is designed to cause less pain to burn patients, is needed to replace the aging machine they presently use. Also needed are crib and youth beds for young burn patients. The list goes on. Many of the people treated at the center are from economically disadvantaged homes or suffer from medical problems that can con tribute to their injuries. These peo ple need assistance to meet the high cost of specialized medical care. The Emanuel Burn Center was established in 1973 to care for the area's burn victim. At this time they are the only burn center from Chico, California to Tacoma, Washington to Salt Lake City, Utah. Support a unit that serves this area send contributions to the Oregon Burn Center, Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, 2801 North Grantenbein Avenue, Por tland, Oregon 97227. 3