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Warm Springs, Oregon
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Americans eat 75 acres of
pizza each day
Today. June 18, 19. 20....Ameri
cans drink 347.945,200 cups of cof
fee per day. We drink 13.3 million
gallons of milk per day and 2.94
millions gallons of carbonated soda
per day. Beer is consumed at 15.8
million gallons per day.
Americans smoke 1.32 billion
cigarettes per day. And 408 Ameri
cans will be diagnosed as having
lung cancer, 356 will die of it,
today. We chew 7.3 million sticks
of gum per day.
We travel 4,8 billion miles by
car, 1 .2 billion miles by air. Appro
ximately 1,996,438 people are on
vacation each dav.
We eat 1 1,423,287 pounds of candy
per day; 6,230,137 pounds of it
chocolate.
' We watch ,6,30 million hours of
television per day; seven hours, ten
minutes per household.
Strict fire rules in effect
The State Park Division today
announced that stricter fire rules
are in effect for the Deschutes
River Scenic Waterway beginning
Wednesday, June 10.
The fire restrictions are in response
to a Bureau of Land Management
declaration of extreme fire danger
in the area.
The rules prohibit fires of all
kinds, including briquets, except in
enclosed structures. Smoking is also
banned, except in enclosed build
ings, enclosed motor vehicles or in
boats on the river.
Commercially manufactured camp
stoves and lanterns may be used if
fueled by propane or white gas.
The stricter fire rules are being
imposed earlier than in previous
years due to warmer temperatures
and lower rainfall in the rivet
canyons, according to John Lilly,
assistant Parks Division administrator.
Columbia Gorge guidelines criticized
Recently issued guidelines for
the Columbia River Gorge National
Scenic Area are being criticized by
numerous interested parties includ
ing four Northwest senators.
The bill designating a Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area
was signed by President Reagan
November 17, 1986. The bill took
five years to pass and was sur
rounded by much controversy. And,
the controversy continues.
Guidelines are labeled "unclear"
by Senators Mark Hatfield and
Bob Packwood, R-Oregon, Daniel
Evans R-Washington and Brock
Adams D-Washington. It is felt by
the four that the guidelines would
violate the Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic.
The U.S. Forest Service is auth
orized to oversee four special man
agement areas of 108,000 acres
where development would be halted
according to the legislation. A bi
state 1 2-member commission would
manage about 141,000 acres. Urban
areas would be exempt from con
trols. The commission is given veto
power with a two-thirds vote over
the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
in matters of land use planning and
zoning.
The Scenic Area Act requires
that the Secretary of Agriculture
develop interim guidelines for the
Scenic Area outside Urban areas to
identify land-use activities which
are inconsistent with the Act.
The interim guidelines establish
the standards by Which proposed
facilities and land uses will be eval
uated. They include provisions to
protect and enhance agricultural
erythromiacin to prevent bacterial
We read 62,766,323 newspapers,
publish 250 books. We listen to
1 0,046 radio stations, buy 2,82 1 ,9 1 8
movie tickets and rent 2,849,315
videotapes a day.
We spend S835.6I6.430 at the
supermarket each day and
$328,767,120 on clothes.
We throw our 602,739 tons or 1 .2
billion pounds of trash per day. We
eat 75 acres of pizza and 1.6 million
Big Macs per day. We consume
2.47 million gallons of ice cream.
Three thousand adolescents get
pregnant each day.
Photographers take 38,082,191
photographs a day.
The U.S. Bureau of Census reports
88 million households averaging
2.6 members. There is one birth
every nine seconds, one death every
15 seconds, one immigrant arrives
every 40 seconds, one immigrant
leaves every 197 seconds.
Lilly added that he expects higher
use of the Deschutes this summer
because other rivers in the West are
exneriencine low water flows.
"That combined with abnormally John Richards will be at the Corn
hot and dry conditions will make it mumty Counseling Center June
extra important for people to be
cautious with fire," Lilly said.
The restrictions remain in effect
until October 1.
Range Camp
What is Oregon Range Camp? A
five day outdoor experience empha
sizing the environment and natural
resources management.
Where is Oregon Range Camp?
In picturesque Logan Valley at the
base of the Strawberry Mountains
at Jackson Youth and Natural
Resources Center (central Grant
County).
When is Oregon Range Camp?
July 5-10, 1987.
lands for agricultural uses, forest
lands for forest uses, open spaces,
public and private recreation
resources and they prohibit indus
trial development on the scenic
area outside urban areas, require
the exploration, development and
production of mineral resources
and reclamation of lands take place
without adversely affecting scenic,
cultural, recreational and natural
resources of the area.
Issued April 13 by the Forest
Service the guideline draft will reach
its final form by the end of June.
These interim guidelines will direct
land-use decisions in the Columbia
River Gorge until the Forest Ser
vice and the new Columbia River
Goige until the Forest Service and
the new Columbia River Gorge
commission develop a joint man
Electrical storm blows fuse
An electrical storm Thursday
night may have been the cause of a
blown fuse in the alarm system at
Warm Springs National Fish Hat
chery. The blown fuse resulted in a
failure to alert hatchery personnel
when water had reached low levels.
Fortunately, says Assistant Hatchery
manager Paul Hendrickson. no fish
were harmed.
Hatchery manager Gary White
explained that failure of the alarm
system to notify hatchery person
nel of the low water problem resulted
in some pretty sick adult fish from
lack of oxygen but nothing beyond
that.
kidney disease .
Population will
On July 1 1 the five billionth per
son will be born on this planet. By
the end of this century there will be
six billion people on the earth. The
population is growing by 150 per
minute.
Technology has advanced to the
extent that this planet can support
many more people than once was
imagined. But with this population
growth comes numerous problems.
The earth can hold only so many
people before the quality of life dis
integrates. Nature seems to seek a
balance. In animal populations fa
mine and disease keep populations
in balance.
Populations in poor countries
are increasing at 220,000 per day.
Population growth brings with it
deforestation as people cut trees
for, firewood. The soil suffers with
this. As trees diminish so does
moisture. As environmental
resources decrease so does economic
capacity which in turn influences
politics.
QAV rp. Will Visit
I he DAV field representative.
19, 1987 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If
you have any questions contact
Charlotte Herkshan at 553-1161,
ext. 205.
open to youth
Who can go? Oirls and boys who
will have completed 9th-1 2th grades
by the end of the school year.
What does it cost? $20 from each
camper. An $80 campership will be
generated locally.
How do I get more information?
Contact your County Extension
office, (see reverse side for addresses
and phone numbers). Ask for camp
information sheets and applications
forms.
agement plan which is expected to
take about five years.
The draft is contradictory in say
ing that scenic values will not be
affected "within one-half mile of
key viewing areas" when the Act
clearly says the scenic values shall
not be adversely affected at all.
The act also withdraws all fed
eral lands in the Scenic Area from
mining activities and yet the draft
guidelines address the existence of
mineral patents in the area.
Opposition groups fear the area
will become a "National Litigation
Area," because such widespread
deficiencies exist in the six-page
draft guidelines.
Tribal lands and allotments
located within the boundaries of
the designated scenic area are
safeguarded.
Low-water resulted when the water
level control malfunctioned along
with the alarm failure. This is "the
first time the two have come toget
her," says Hendrickson.
Hatchery administrators have re
quested an electrician from Por
tland to examine the 30 miles of
electrical wire at the plant and look
for a short that may have caused
the blown fuse or damaged the
alarm system.
Hendrickson points out that
when there is a power outage at the
hatchery the generator kicks in. So
far, he explains, this has not been
necessary.
reach 5 billion
Population increase is not an
isolated-event. It affects everyone
on the planet and is a global prob
lem. It is part of man's responsibility.
Scenic trails
Guests at Kah-Nee-Ta are now
encouraged to roam about the coun
tryside and take in the sites, but
only on newly designated hiking
trails.
The trails, plotted and mapped
by Kah-Nee-Ta groundskeeper Gary
Clowers, take guests through the
desert terrain surrounding the resort.
Tourists may view the abundant
. wildflowers and wildlife of the area
and get a little exercise at the same
time.
On a map presented to guests,
Clowers has marked each trail. He
emphasizes to guests that it is impor
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Crew clips
From May 4 through May 15,
over 726.000 hatchery Spring Chi
nook Salmon had a fin on the
underbelly removed. A 15-mcmbcr
crew worked daily, eight hours a
day for over nine days to reach this
number. We very much appreciate
thedepcndable. quality work these
people performed.
"We clip fins on the hatchery
Spring Chinook so we can identify
fish as to wild or hatchery origin.
People have a responsibility to
maintain genetic integrity of wild
fish," says Terry l.uther, Fish and
Wildlife biologist.
Report suspicious log activity
The Branch of Forestry keeps a
close check on every load of logs
that are transported from the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation. Logs
from the Warm Springs block gene
rally are transported to the Warm
Springs mill. However, wood logs
from the Warm Springs block,
along with all of the logs harvested
from the McQuinn Strip, arc trans
ported off the reservation. Fore
stry appreciates receiving informa
tion about loaded logging trucks
leaving the reservation. If you w ish
Section 207 found
In a decision made on May 18,
1 987, the supreme court of the Uni
ted States held that section 207 of
the Indian Land Consolidation act
was unconstitutional because escheat
of small undivided interests to a
tribe under the original act, Janu
ary 12, 1983, resulted in a taking of
property without just compensa
tion in violation of the fifth amend
ment. developed at
and the natural beauty of the area.
Guests are asked to refrain from
removing plants and rocks and to
avoid any disturbance.
Trails are marked with painted
dots, colors corresponding to the
map. Four different colors take
hikers on four different routes.
The red dot trail connects the
village and the lodge. It leads behind
the stables to the west end of the
lower lodg parking area. It is a
half hour to one hour trek.
The blue dot trail is a ridge trail
running between Kah-Nee-Ta lodge
and Charley Canyon. It provides a
view of the village and the river to
the south and the Mutton Mts. to
the North. This is approximately a
two hour walk.
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is picturesque.
salmon fins
I he hatchery fish area spawned,
incubated, hatched and raised to
fingerling stage prior to being
clipped. Some will be released this
October and some early next spring.
It is important to note the wild fish
arc stopped at the hatchery for a
very short period of time and are
then released upstream to natu
rally perform the same tasks as the
hatchery fish. When the fingcrlings,
both wild and hatchery, return as
adults, it is hoped that the good fin
clip will be discernable, thereby
allowing differentiation between the
hatchery and wild Chinook.
to report suspicious log movements,
please furnish Forestry with the
following information.
1. Date, time and place that the
truck was seen.
2. Description of the truck (color,
company, name, license number,
etc.)
We appreciate any information
regarding log movement on the
reservation to help deter any unlaw
ful or unauthorized removal of
timber.
unconstitutional
The decision is currently under
going review in the office of the
asistant secretary Indian Affairs,
the office of the Associate solicitor,
Indian Affairs, and the office of
hearings and appeals. Further instruc
tions will be provided to the area
offices and agencies after these
reviews have been completed and
legal direction provided.
Kah - Nee - Ta
A more strenous two hour hike
is outlined for yellow dot trail.
Snowcaps can be seen in the dis
tance and resident ravens, "Heckle
and Jeckle" can be observed.
A pleasant walk is found on
green dot trail. It crosses open
fields of salsify and mustard and
passes a few springs. The hike can
take from one to two hours and
provides a good view of golf course
and tennis courts.
Clowers in outlining trails for
guests hopes to acquaint guests
with the environment surrounding
Kah-Nee-Ta. He feels it is worth
emphasizing this aspect of the area.
It is an attraction for those who are
nature lovers.