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'-J i v., "' MM. A- 001 035 'TV r 25c V ly SERIALS SECTIONrt U 0 F LIB" ' EUGENE, OR 97403 U.S. Postage Bulk Half Permit No. 2 Vrm Springs, OH 97761 Jrcss Correction Requested r, c n ,o. 1-1 Jill 1, lrfi7 News from (he w Warm Springs Indian Reservation w i VOL. 12 NO. 14 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Pi-Urne-Sha packs em in JULY 3, 1987 ..'V . ... I Am A- 0 '! A It... .: ' tfiw ' Pi-Ume-Sha this year, in a word, was busy. And, to add a few oiher adjectives, Pi-Umc-Sha was action packed, hot, fun-packed, hot, crowded and just plain hot. not a word of serious complaint came from participants or spectators as the temperatures during the three days' of activities ncarcd 100. As powwow-goers crowded into our community, police, fire and ambulance services were stepped up. According to Rob Moran, Bl A Agency Special Officer, 91 adults and 19 juveniles were arrested dur ing Pi-Ume-Sha. The maioritv of the arrests were alcohol and traffic violations with a few arrests being drug-related. "We had a successful operation this year with no major problems," said Moran. Fire chief Jerry Huff said that there were no ambulance runs related to Pi-Ume-Sha. The ambulance made two runs that were not a result of the weekend activities. With 94 golfers entered in the 15th annual Fried Bread tourna ment. Spud Miller came out on top of the heap, shooting a low gross of 147. (See page 6 for full tourna ment results). i Softball players entered in the innual Slo-Pitch braved. t- . ' .:, and heat on the Community CeTi-T' ter field adjacent to the powwow gr6unds";t,The Taholah team won themanVdivisionand Lapwai won the women's division. (See page 6 for tournament results.) Nearly 300 participants entered the annual Treaty Days Rodeo. Ira Walker, of Nevada, won all-around honors. (See page 7 for rodeo results). Sixteen teams were entered in the annual stickgame tournament this year. The $1,500 first place purse went to the Johnny Selam's team. The Delvis Heath team took Waterways initiative being considered the $900 second place prize with the $500 third place honors going to the I ester Crow team and the $200 fourth place pri2e goingtothe Johnny DeSoto team. Photos of the powwow and stick game can be found on page 3. Dunce results will appear in a future edition of Spilyay. Hunter's safety class scheduled When the State Scenic Water ways Program was approved by popular vote in 1970 Oregonians voiced their opinion in (avor of preserving the state's rivirs. But the Program seems to hat failed. River arc not being added the way Oregonians have visualized. Admi nistered by Oregon Parks and Recrea tion the program also lacks funds to effectively manage rivers once they are part of the system. . In the history of the State Scenic Waterway Program only four riv ers have been studied and only two have made it through the study process to become a part of the system. Only 655 river miles of Si-'' ;"2.a."? i';rrciit1y.spari . of the system. - V , . : - - Conservationist and environmen talists in a meeting June 20 in Bend decided an initiative ballot to change the system and to add more rivers is necessary. A campaign begin ning with the meeting is aimed at submitting a ballot to the Secretary of State by August 1, 1987. Oregonians shouldnt have to fight to preserve their rivers from development emphasizes initiative backers. Developers should be the ones who should be arguing to - remove the rivers from the system. Oregon's rivers are the people's heritage and should be protected. Initiative proponents feel river selection for the Heritage Water1 ways system should be based on four areas of concern expressed by citizens in a recent survey commis sioned by Oregon Natural Resour ces Council. Fish are a high prior ity with Oregonians. Rivers should be selected that have a high valued stock of salmon and or steelhead, that support and are managed for wild trout and that support unique lion. The survey also indicated that Oregonians are concerned about wildlife. Rivers selected for the Heritage waterway system should provide habitat for threatened or endangered species of wildlife or species of limited distribution. Continued on page 2 A Hunters Safety class is being sponsored by the Warm Springs Police department, Natural Resources and Warm Springs Fire and Safety. Sessions will begin July 14 and will be held twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thurs days from 6 to 8 p.m. through July. The class is open to boys and girls from 14 years of age and older. The course will include: laws and regulations, wildlife management, weapons and ammo, safe firearm handling, marksmanship, first aid, game recovery and game meat care. Students will earn a Hunters Safety certificate upon completion of the course. Interested individuals can sign up at the tribal police department or the natural resources deDartment. Proposed resolution prevents fish snagging School, county levies passed Voters passed two levies in the June 30 election both of which pre viously been presented to voters and failed. The operating levy of $880,000 for Jefferson County passed, 1,186 yes votes to 749 no votes. This amount provides funding for the county's administration, roads, day care, senior citizens and other facil ities. The estimated tax rate is $3.35 per $1000 assess valuation. Also receiving voter's approval was the 509-J district school levy. The $3,691,333 levy passed with 864 ves votes to 747 no votes. Comment requested on quarry An environmental assessment for proposed action to establish a rock quarry adjacent to old Beaver Butte lookout road has been issued by assistant forest manager and environ mental coordinator William Apgar. The quarry would remove 20,000 cubic yards of rock for use as road surfacing materials on Butte Creek logging unit over a five year period. It would create a hole 300 feet WEATHER JUNE HIGH LOW 18 82 47 19 90 52 20 80 60 21 71 51 22 78 45 23 83 47 24 92 52 25 98 58 26 103 62 27 95 63 21 6 58 29 62 square by 8 feet deep. Request for the quarry came from Warm Springs Forest Pro ducts Industries which would ena ble them to extend the hauling sea son with improved roads. Impacts on the area should be minimal according to the report with some short term air pollution, a few scatter plants destroyed, and a small amount of erosion. The nearest water is 400 feet from the proposed activity. Mitigation measures to be taken include: 1. If any cultural andor archaeological resource is encoun tered in course of operation, opera tions will halt and tribes and super intendent notified. 2. Operation to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to 30 CFR Part 56. 3. No materials is to be placed outside of permit area boundaries. 4. Prior to termination of permit, operator will leave surface in a safe and sta ble condition. 5. An operation plan will be approved by Superintend ent and be followed. Any questions or comments may be directed to William Apgar. Fores try department, 553-1 161. ext. 4 16. Comments either for or against the proposal should be submitted by July 10. 1987. Hatchery personnel from both Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery and Round Butte Hatchery have observed a marked increase in body wounds during this years salmon returns. Upon investigating the reports we verified that a small number of tribal members were snagging sal mon using hook and line techniques with large treble hooks. The snagging is occurring at the "Big Eddy" which is the last large hole approaching, or below, Sher ars Falls. This site provides a rest ing area for fish before attempting passage of Sherars Falls, and large numbers of fish congregate in this area. Snagging of fish is a relatively common occurrence at Sherars Falls, with hook and line fishermen occa sionally foul hooking salmon. By law, sportsfishermen are required to release any foul hooked fish. Some fishermen do release fish while others do not. The primary difference between the snagging we are discussing today incidential snagging, is the intent, and the gear used. State law requires a single point barbless hook with no larger than 9 16" inch gape. The gear being used for snagging is large treble hooks with a very large gape (2") Also, state law requires weights or sinkers to be at least 18" above the hook whereas the snagging hook often utilizes a weight below the treble hook. The Natural Resources Depart ments primary concern with snag ging is that it causes large wounds in fish which will eventually kill the fish before they are able to spawn. Most fish, including salmon are covered by a coating of slime which serves to protect the fish from par asites and diseases. When the slim coating is removed, the area is often attacked by fungus and other diseases, eventually weakening the fish, and ultimately causing death. Spring chinook salmon enter fresh water in January and February and do not spawn until early Sep tember. During this period ot time water temperatures reach critical levels and considerable stress is experienced by the fish. A fish with an open wound is far less likely to survive than an undamaged fish. The Hatchery managers at both Round Butte and Warm Springs National Fish hatcheries have esti mated that less than three (3) per cent of these damaged fish will sur vive to spawn without being treated several times with an anti-fungal agent such as formalin or malach ite green. These chemicals are cur rently under Government review. The fish at the hatcheries are treated but all wild stock are not, and therefore virtually all of these fish will not survive to complete their life cycle. From a statistical creel program conducted a Sherars Falls we have estimated the harvest of snagged fish to be 102 adults. The hatchery managers have docu mented 107 Warm Springs fish and 57 Round Butte fish which have open wounds primarily from snagg ing. Warm Springs hatchery manager Gary White estimates only three or four of the 107 will survive to spawn which results in a loss of 231,000 eggs. Most returning fish are snagged in the upper body and it is likely that as many fish are snagged in the lower body. Any hooking which penetrates the body cavity will result in quick death at or near the site. If this is the case, over iW ush may have been snagged and lost, with only 100 actually caught. We feel that this type of loss and waste of fish is unneccessary and inconsistent with the goals of sound fishery management. Therefore, we propose the fol lowing resolution which would pro hibit this method of harvest. This resolutioon is one of two which have been drafted. This is Gene Greene's version and has been endorsed by Howard Arnett, Tri bal Attorney Resolution Whereas, The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon reserved the right in the Treaty of 1 855 to fish for ceremon ial, subsistence, commercial pur poses in the waters of the Colum bia River and at all other usual and accustomed places beyond the boun daries of the Warm Springs Reser vation, and. Whereas, The off-reservation trea ty fishing right includes the right of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Ore gon to regulate such fisheries to preserve the resource and to further other important interests; and. Whereas, Snagging Chinook or attempting to hook fish other than in the mouth can create open areas on the body which are subject to infection by primary and secon dary invaders (fish diseases); and. Whereas, infected fish have a' low survival rate to spawning time and in order to better protect the perpetuation of the fishery resource -through best recommended man-! agement practices; and, -Whereas, The Tribal Council! believes that by regulating the hook size for harvesting fish within the! Sherars Bridge area will be benefi-! cial for the fishery resource and! evaluation of wounded fish at the hatcheries will be in order; now, ! therefore, ! Be it resolved. By the Tribal ! Council of the Confederated Tribes ' of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon that pursuant to the; Tribal Council's authority under the Treaty of 1855 and Warm Springs Tribal Code 340.3 10 (2) to regulate off reservation Treaty fishing the ' following regulation regarding hook size is approved adopted for 1987 harvesting by Warm Springs Tri- bal members and can be part of regulations in the future. Single point hooks larger than one (1) inch and multiple point hooks larger than 9 16 inch (3.0) ; are prohibited. Be it further resolved, that the Sherars Falls fishery be monitored closely by tribal and state authori ties to ensure that infractions are not being committed by tribal enrol lees and non-Indians, and that the adopted resolution is fair and justi fied to protect the fishery resource. ' Hm Q s$fe mA fhe-fne Fourth o f July t
