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Warm Springs, Oregon
July 29, 1988 PAGE 3
Dams prevent fish migration
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Dams built to create small pools
for swimming continue to be a
problem on Shitike Creek.
Blocking the stream with these
structures can create a passage
Firoblcm for fish migrating uprivcr.
t is important (hat the creek remain
free-flowing without obstacles.
Warm Springs fisheries biologist
Mark Fritsch suggests that those
wishing to construct dams build
them only tall enough to create a
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small pool. Walls that extend two
feet out of the water are too high
for the fish to surmount. Fish can
jump the shorter dams and easily
continue their migration upstream.
Litter also remains a problem in
well-used areas. Disposable diap
ers and plastic beverage containers
are often left by visitors to the area,
making the strcamsides unsightly.
One other suggestion Fritsch
makes is to avoid swimming below
the sewer settling ponds located
one-half mile below Shitike Creek
Bridge.
Driving and parking vehicles at
streamside and in the water is also
occurring. This practice compacts
the rocks and soil on the bottom of
the stream, causing ruts and pre
venting vegetation from growing.
In general, It's not good for cither
the stream or fish living in Shitike
Creek.
Cool water boils with swimmers
What dokidsdo when the temper
atures soar into the high 90 's and
low 100's? For one thing they want
to go for a swim. These past few
days it got so hot that even being in
the shade didn't make a difference.
The Shitike Creek has been hav
ing all the kids it can handle for the
time that the heat spell has been on.
Tiny tots to larger kids all whoop it
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up. From far off you can hear kids
shouting and screaming as they
splash and play in the stream with
hot sun beating down on them
making the water more enjoyable.
There will be a lot of sunburned
kids before the summer is over.
The adults also rely on Shitike
Creek, the Deschutes as well as the
Warm Springs Rivers for some relief
from the hot weather conditions
that have taken over around here
, and most of the nation. The mer
cury hit a high of 104 degrees on
the 20th. at the Fire Management
weather station, and it could be felt
all over the place. The heat warn
ing is still in effect and there is no
sign of relief with no rainor cooler
weather in sight for several days.
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One of the local swimming places along Shitike Creek where kids cooled off during (he hot spell when
temperatures were in the 90s.
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The Warm Springs Hot Shot Crew was home between fires recently of ter fighting biases in South Dakota,
and Alaska. The crew is currently In Wyoming on the Mink Creek fire.
The22-memher crew is the only all-Indian crew in the Northwest and is one of three hot shot crews In Central
Oregon, says crew superintendent Mike Comes.
Crew members are, left to right back row, Mlna Estimo, David LeClaire, Tony Thomas, Larry Scott,
Emerson Culpus, Norman Thomas, William Wilson, Sam Centura, Ryan Smith, John Culpus, Lincoln
Suppah, Vernon Tias and crew supervisor Luther Clements. In the front row are Steven A nderson, Howard
Crawford, Omar Winishut, Jr., Raymond Jim, David Lucel, Jim Surface, Leroy Smith, Jr., Morris llolliday
and Morris Johnson.
Fire burns 2,000 acres of brush, grass, juniper
A fire that has been determined
as man-caused burned 2.000 acres
between the Wolfe Point housing
subdivision and the Culpus ranch,
according to Fire Managment
Officer Jim Steele. The fire, which
started next to the road, was
reported Thursday. July 2 1 . shortly
after 4:30 p.m.
According to Steele, a total of
223 firefighters from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Confederated Tribes
Forestry. U.S. Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Management had
the fire first controlled Friday, July
22, but that afternoon, it got out of
control again. Crews contained the
fire again on July 23 and it was
under control by Sunday. July 24.
The fire burned sage, juniper and
wild grasses. According to Steele,
mop-up and fire patrols were being
conducted by Fire Management
personnel by Monday afternoon.
Three plane loads of retardant were
dumped by the Redmond Air Cen
ter in efforts to extinguish the
blaze.
The fire, named Brocher Fire
56. is still under investigation but
it has been determined to have
been started by arson, stated Steele.
The Brocher fire was the largest
fire of the 1988 fire season. With
the present fire conditions in the
area, the public is warned to be
careful when traveling on the reser
vation. Traveling should be kept to
a minimum.
Belgard receives sentence
David Belgard. 24. Warm Springs
was sentenced to 42 months in fed
eral prison and two years probation
by U.S. District Court Judge Owen
Panner. Belgard was convicted in
March of the December 6, 1987 as
sault which resulted in serious bod
ily injury to Angcline Kalama, Warm
Springs.
Sentencing of Belgard had been
delayed after Belgard challenged
the guidelines under which he was
to be sentenced, according to a
spokesperson from Assistant U.S.
Attorney Bill Youngman's office.
Owens Wallulatum, 28, Warm
Springs will be sentenced in federal
court on an assault conviction. He
could presently receive five and a
half years under the present federal
guidelines. The assault charges stem
from an incident which occured last
winter at Simnasho. Oregon, ac
cording to Bureau of Indian Affairs
investigator Rob Moran.
A support group
has been established
to assist survivors
of homicide
situations. The
next meeting will be
held August 5 at
Bend Villa Court from
7 to 9 p.m.
For more Information
contact
Maryanne Houser-
Chrlstman at 923-0782
or Marie Williams at
388-6525
Subcommittee recommendations presented to DRMC Continued from page 1
for intentional violations. Boater
pass fees should be used to defray
costs of all involved governmental
entities including the Tribes.
3. The DMRC should take a spe
cific position on whether or not the
lower Deschutes River should be
included in the Wild and Scenic
River System.
4. The DMRC needs to look at
riparian management strategies.
5. The Tribes are interested in pro
tecting archaeological sites and
perpetuating plant and wildlife
species in riparian areas that have
cultural significance.
6. The subcomittee feels fossil beds
in the river area should be protected.
7. Pollution, especially from irriga
tion runoff, needs to be examined.
8. The issue of whether or not the
river is being overused must be
addressed.
9. Indian non-Indian conflicts must
be addressed. Public education of
tribal values and rights, imoroved
law enforcement, limited numbers
of rafters in reservation area must
be considered.
10. The optimum level of use for a
good recreational experience should
be determined.
11. Thought should be given to
allocating a portion of the boater
fee to indemnifying injured parties
against losses caused by recrea
tional use, such as by fire.
12. Rafts should be marked for
easy identification.
13. Activities of the railroad com
pany should be monitored and
dealt with.
14. Concern is expressed for water
quality for reservation residents.
15. Uniform regulations will help
protect islands.
16. Use of boaters pass fees should
be discussed.
17. The Tribes feel a good man
agement plan is necessary before
they would consider developing
additional campsites.
18. The plan should recognize that
ideal pump sites exist on the river
and may be utilized by the tribes in
the future.
19. Trespass on tribal lands "is a
matter ofthe highest importance tc
the tribes."
20. Further restrictions to moto
rized river traffic should be con
sidered. 21. The tribal subcommittee is
opposed to development of horse
trails and bicycle paths.
Recreational Subcommittee
Chaired by Madras businessman
Mike Ahem the Recreational Sub
committee dealt with other issues
and made recommendations in
consideration of those.
The safety of float tube users is
of concern. The subcommittee
recommends that fishermen not be
allowed to fish from floating devi
ces with the possibility of removing
the float tubes completely from the
river.
The subcommittee also recom
mends the establishment of a spe
cial foundation to accept donations
for use in river improvement pro
jects. A campsite inventory would be
useful. Designated 24-hour camps
should be created and the camp
stay policy reviewed.
The 16-person party size should
Scott carves with primitive technique
What do you get when you put
tool to antler? Well, Donny Scott
gets what he calls "functional art."
Carrying his art in a small wooden
case. Scott, an enrolled member of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, proudly displays the many
earrings, key chains, bottle openers
and other wares he has made using
a "primitive bone carving tech
nique." Being an artist at heart,
Scott says bone carving "isn't
the extent of what I can do." He
also carves wooden dolls and even
carves stone. He's dabbled in oil
and acrylic painting all of which
are "Indian themed," he says.
Scott uses primitive tools made
of natural materials, such as obsi
dian and beaver teeth, to sculpt his
pieces. He also uses modern tools,
such as files, motor tools, sand
paper and a pocket knife. "It's by
trial and error that I have learned
the tricks that make carving a little
easier, says scott.
Though Scott considers his bone
carvings a "hobby" he been doing
for about five years, he says it's a
hard one. It take several hours to
complete one small piece. The butt
of his right hand is blistered and
calloused from his many hours of
work.
At the beginning of his carving
endeavor. Scott thought that maybe
antlers would be hard to come bv.
But so far. the horns have been
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Tribal member Donnv Scott creates "functional art" out of deer and elk
antlers. The Salem resident hopes to collaborate with other bone carvers
to share technique and history ofthe art.
plentiful enough that he hasn't had
to worry. "Ill trade, buy and hunt
to get antlers," he says. Scott hand
picks each antler having a particu
lar piece in mind. "There's a lot of
care, as well as blood, sweat and
tears in each piece." he adds.
Scott, who is 27. says that "bone
carving is a rare art"and w ould like
to collaborate with other carvers to
share techniques. Scott. iscurrcntK
living in Salem and may be teach
ing young Salem residents the art
of carv ing this summer. If you arc
interested in contacting Scott, call
him at 371-1070.
be enforced.
v Increased testroom facilities and
primitive campsite development at
launch sites is encouraged.
Parks and Recreation brochures
should be improved.
More enforcement, fire preven
tion education and formulation of
rules, guidelines and standards
should take place.
More public lands should be
acquired through donations and
made available for use.
Parking and campsite areas could
be developed away from the river.
Various recreational uses may be
considered for the same areas.
Fees should be charged all re
creational area users.
Concessionaire services could be
approved if they conform to the
quidelines of the State Scenic
Waterway Program.
The subcommittee supports the
continuation ofthe DRMC beyond
the six-year sunset.
Guides Subcommittee
The Guides Subcommittee under
the leadership of Larry Sowa feels
all river users should be required to
purchase a reacreational area users
pass. All guides should register
with the BLM and pay fees. Some
24-hour campsites should exist.
The subcommittee also recom
mends the number of guides to be
limited to 124 for the entire river
and more camps should be located
near good fishing water. More
launch areas should be hardened
and guides and agencies should
develop more camps.
Party size should be raised to 24.
Guides should be restricted from
selling their permits and operation
only after the number of guides is
reduced to 80. Guides should be
allowed to register for a three-year
period.
It was also suggested that the
tribes allow some public use ofthe
river's edge.
Landowners Subcomittee
Virgil Langtry, speaking for the
Landowners Subcommittee, sub
mitted recomendations that include
all vehicular travel except by lan
downers on their land be limited to
established public roads. More
citations should be issued for ille
gal fires.
The Parks Division should com
plete negotiations with private
owners for Harphan Flat and upon
conclusion improve lands, launch
ing and campsite areas.
Study should be made for feasi
bility of providing a federal ranger
for federal land: A need for more
enforcement officers also exists.
Agencies and cattlemen must
talk to one another on a case-by-case
basis regarding grazing along
the river. A "balance always must
be strived for."
The subcommittee also feels
runoff contamination must be kept
to minimum. Necessary action must
be undertaken by agencies.
Non-agriculturally oriented
people should be educated about
noxious weeds, how they are spread
and the control measures that are
feasible. All agencies should unite
in education and control programs.
Because of the numerous river
improvement projects necessary, the
subcommittee does not feel the
boater pass fee should be reduced.
All boats and rafts should be reg
istered and numbered.
Resource Subcommittee
- Research is currently being con
ducted by the Resource Subcom
mittee on the following items:
uncontrolled fires, livestock and
riparian management, streambank
protection and enhancement, nox
ious weeds, cropland runoff.
Deschutes tributaries protection
and enhancement, exotic species
introduction, effects of railroad
operation, fishery and wildlife
resources.
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