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WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761
DECEMBER 19, 1986
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Committees appointed by Council
Tribal Council, on November
1 7, appointed tribal committee mem
bers. Following are the appoint
ments. - Fish and Wildlife-Bernice Mit
chell, Claude Smith, Sr., Mickey
Brunoe, Delbert Frank, Sr. and
; Eugene Greene, Sr., and Jewell
Van Pelt is secretary.
Health and Welfare Janice
Clements, Rita Squiemphen, Karen
Wallulatum and Mary Ann Mea
nus. Rowena Begay is secretary.
Education Liz Tewee, Evaline
Patt, Irene Towe and Ellen John
son. Jewell Van Pelt is secretary.
Range, Irrigation and Agricul
ture Buford Johnson, Jr., Wilson
Wewa, Sr., Perry Greene, Vincent
Wallulatum and Rita Squiemphen.
Nadine Calica is secretary.
Land Use Alfred Smith, Jr.,.
Dennis Starr, Warren Clements,
Cyrus Katchia and Vernon Henry.
Paula Moses serves as secretary.
Water Control Alvin Smith,
Elmer Scott, Jr., and Pierson Mit
chell. Nadine Calica is secretary.
Timber Max Jackson, Ellison
David, Sr., Arthur Mitchell and
Delton Switzler. Paula Moses is
secretary.
MOIHS Bernice Mitchell, Lil
lic Heath, Warren Clements, Emily
Waheneka, Betty Lou Lucio, Del
bert Frank, Sr., Janice Clements,
Donald Kerr, Donna Behrend and
James Southern. Beulah Wahpat
serves as secretary.'
Culture and Heritage Orin John
son, Karen Wallulatum, Madeline
Mclnturff, Delbert Frank, Sr., Ver
bena Greene and Gladys Thomp
son. Rowena Beeav is secretary.
Committee chairmen will be
selected at a later date.
Annual cut topic of discussion
Christmas ballet
A traditional Christmas ballet, the Nutcracker suite, will be performed at Bend High, December 20 at 2.-00 and
7M p.m. Sunmiet Minnick is one of the dancers from the Central Oregon School of Ballet who will be
performing.
"If the emphasis changes and the
priority for other resources is raised
the growth rate would be affected."
In a presentation to Tribal Coucil
December IS regarding the annual
allowable cut Warm Springs Bureau
of Indian Affairs forest manager
Bob Harned stressed the need for
foresters to know what the Tribe
(wants in the way of both,timber
nAtirttAn an4 timkar tiatict
i Attention to the future of the
,Warm Springs timber resource based
on two concerns in particular
prompted Tribal Council to meet
with BIA agency and area fore
sters. The first involves the feelings
expressed by many tribal members
that resources other than timber
are also important including cultu
ral and archaeological sites, fish
and wildlife and simple visual beauty.
The other issue related to the
economy of the reservation through
Warm Springs Forest Products
Industries. Equipment at the mill is
proving inefficient in handling small
log sizes that are brought for mil
ling. An investment in a small log
facility has been proposed to Tri
bal Council.
The allowable annual cut for
Warm Springs was figured in the
1982 10-year Forest Management
Plan. The cut was calculated math-
matically by the Austrian formula. It
included old growth along with
second growth timber stands.
The Forest Management Plan
also gave consideration to other
resources with allocations made
for conditional use areas and recrea
tional areas as well as guarantees
for both water and visual quality.
Tribal Council adopted this alter
native "with the stipulation that
the special concerns of the Natural
Resources Department be taken
into consideration." Since then
some commercial acres have been
put into conditional use status. "It
has had an impacfon the allowable
annual cutv and the amount of
timber to be cut,'' says BIA Port
land area forester George Smith.
In determining the allowable an
nual cut the forestry department
operated under the premise that
timber production is a priority and
will be maximized. The forest will
be operated as a tree farm for grea
test productivity. The assumptions
on which the allowable annual cuts
are based are eight. ,,
1 . The total commercial forest,
minus the Conditional Use Areas,
would have the production of timber
or fiber maximized. This original
assumption was modified in the
Forest Management Plan particu
larly by the Streamside Manage
ment Plan to protect the Tribe's
water, fisheries, game and aesthetic
resources.
2. The evenflow of timber from
the Warm Springs Block is a Tribal
goal.
3. The cut on the McQuinn Strip
was calculated for a ten year period
so that the cut could be varied by
year to optimize income to the
tribes.
4. The allowable annual cut is a
maximum figure. Less volume could
EDITH useful in teaching fire safety
A smoke detector buzzes an alarm,
a child in bed quickly crawls to the
bedroom door, feels the door to
make sure it isn't warm, opens the
door and crawls in the hallway.
The child then closes the bedroom
door, continues to crawl down the
hallway to the exit door and feels
the second door which is warm. If
the child opens the door, smoke
will flood the hall and he will see
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flames. The only safe way out is
through a window in the hall. The
child crawls back to the window
and jumps out into the arms of a
firefighter.
At the Warm Springs Elemen
tary School children went through
that experience with the aid of the
Warm Springs Fire and Safety
department December 14, 15 and
16. The flames were simulated with
flashing lights and the smoke was
produced by a machine. The expe
rience was made possible with the
use of EDITH, Exit Drill In The
Home. EDITH is a program which
teaches children via a video and a
movie, how to correctly exit a
home during a fire. Following the
Calendars
available
' Each year the Spilyay Tymoo
puts together an arrangement of
old photographs depicting the lives
of various Indian people of Warm
Springs. During each month on the
calendar, special events, tribal holi
days and deadlines for articles to
be placed in Spilyay is listed.
Pat Leno-Baker t-l Priscilla
Squiemphen gathered the material
and information for the calendars.
The calendars -.--r priced at $2.00
and can be pur. :v.sed at the office.
visual matter a child is taken to a
specially designed mobile unit con
sisting of a hallway and a bedroom.
Personnel from the Warm Springs
Fire and Safety department were in
the trailer with the children during
the drill and one was at the window.
The drill gives the child actual
practical experience in a home fire
drill. As the child prepares to enter
the trailer a firefighter ask the
child's name, if fire drills are prac
ticed at home and what type of.
windows are at his home-vertical
or horizontal. The information is
than passed on to personnel in the
trailer.
The specially constructed trailer
is equipped with a smoke detector,
smoke generator, exhaust fan and
simulated fire. It was built with
donations from various organiza
tion in Central Oregon.
The trailer is used at schools but
has been used at shopping malls to
give adults and children of all ages
experience in a home fire drill.
From information collected from
children at the Warm Springs school,
it is estimated that nearly 50 per
cent of their families do practice
exit fire drills in the home. Accord
ing to one of the firefighters, the
children, for the most part, went
through the drill with ease. There
were some children who had been
through a real home fire and the
experience was realistic enough that
they showed a real urgency to get
out of the trailer.
Return elk, deer tags
Notice
The hunting season on the reser
vation is over for 1986. Deer sea
son ended October 3 1, bear and elk
season both ended November 30.
The tribal Natural Resources depart
ment would like all State Ceded
and Reservation deer and elk tags
returned to their office located behind
the Old Administration building.
The only hunting season open at
this time is the Upland Bird Sea
son, it opened September I and
will close December 31. The bag
limit by species is as follows: grouse
three per day; quail-ten per day;
pheasant-two per season, roosters
only, chukars-ten per day, turkey
one per month. The bird season on
the reservation is for tribal enrolled
FT
members only.
If you have any questions con
cerning the hunting seasons con
tact the Natural Resources depart
ment at 553-1 161 . ext. 233 or 234.
The Upland Bird population is
healthy where there is good habitat
and the weather conditions have
made major influence on the bird
populations. The hunting impact
on the population is generally so
small that it warrants little attention.
All migratory birds and water
fowl; geese, ducks and doves are
classified as migratory birds which
makes them governed by the migra
tory bird act. Federal hunting regu
lations should be followed concern
ing the above named birds.
To Tribal Members of the Con
federated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Farmer's Home Administration's
Home Preservation Grant "State
ment of Activities is available for
review at the following locations:
The Warm Springs Planning office
or the Tribal Housing Department
office located in the main Administra
tion Building, in Warm Springs,
Oregon.
be cut and not significantly alter
the long range return from the Tri
bal Forest resource.
5. The future forest would look
like a tree farm being composed of
young fast growing trees. The old
growth forest, except in Conditional
Use Areas, would be gone.
6. Tribal Council could add to
subtract areas from the commer-
' ciaf forest base to meet changing
Tribal demands and or changing
forest technology.
7. In order to supply an evenflow
of logs to Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries the cut from
the Warm Springs Block was set on
a yearly basis. There is no reason
that this cut could not, be varied to
take advantage of market conditions.
8. The cut is based on the assump
tion that the present intensive forest
management activities in the form
of thinning, planting, site prepara
tion, etc. will continue at the pres
ent rate.
It was emphasized by Harned
and other attending forest manag
ers that any consideration for other
resources must be indicated by
Tribal Council.
Removing commercial forest
acreage from production to allow
buffer strips along streams or for
protection of other resources redu
ces the number of acres available
for logging operations. This, accom
panied with the harvest of trees
with a smaller diameter, could have
an effect on the Warm Springs
economy.
A chart presented to Tribal
Council by Presale Officer Jim
Akerson indicated that the average
16-foot tree diameter in 1995 will
be 9 inches. In 1940 it was 20
inches. Logs as small as 6 inchs can
be commercially utilized at this
time, explained Akerson. George
Smith stated, "If the forest is to be
managed for timber production we
will end up with smaller logs."
With this in mind "there may be
a need to reconsider the facilities.
The resource is changing and needs
to be treated as such," emphasized
Harned. Other reservations and
communities have had to make this
change.
If it is determined that a small
log facility is feasible, flexibility is
important, says 1 nbal Consultant
Ken Smith. To that George Smith
added, "You dont want to stray
too far from what industry is doing
as far as log size." Smith con
tinued. "You must have the maxi
mum efficienty in handling the
product to capture the profit. You
will lose if the facility doesnt han
dle the log efficiently."
To contribute to log production,
experimental tree stands on the
Continued on page 2
Holiday events calendar
December 19
December 22
Buff Elementary Christmas program,
6th grade, 2:00 p.m. in gym.
W.S. Community Christmas Ray 7:00
p.m.
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