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OR COI. I. F. v. 13 no . i ' Au.j 'lb, i v.. . r. i , ,. 0 !.'' ' ' ' ! . u : S ' '' 1 ! 1 y y. .. . u E ' ! ( ' ; VOL. 13 NO. 17 Coyote News In Brief Russians make visit to reservation Three visitors from Russia, as part of the "Soviets Meet Middle America" project visited the reservation earlier this week. Page 3 Students attend Oregon Business Week High school students attended Oregon Business Week held on .the Western Oregon v ,i State College Campus. Page 2 Annual Huckleberry Feast a success Results of the contest dancing at the annual Huckleberry Feast are given. v Page 2 WSFPI resumes operations Some WSFPI employees chose to return to work after the mill was struck August 8. Union officials and WSFPI management appear to be deadlocked. Page 3 Interested in drama? 4- H has the answer Daisy Ike will be leading a4-Hdrama club this fall. If you have a 4-H-! aged student at home who is interested, contact the Extension office. Paae5 Macy's take third place at Washington tourney Macy's Co-Ed softball team took third place in the Oakville, Washington softball tournament. Page 6 4-H Challenge Camp a success The Challenge Camp, offered to Warm Springs youth this year, proved to be the chance for everyone to test their strength. Page 7 Deadline for the next Issue of Spllyay Tymoo Is Friday, September 2. Annual timher tnur visits nrnnnoarl lrnninn oitao nii-wii.fiii iwwi The annual timber tour on August 17 and 23 traveled to six proposed logging units and two seed orchards on the reservation. The first stop was at the Bear Sign sale, a logging unit located in a planning area north of the Warm Springs River along the W-100 road just south of Butte Creek. The second stop was at the Spotted Fawn logging unit; the third stop was the Rhododendron sale and the fourth stop was the Redeemed Land loeeine unit. These four loca tions were viewed during the first day ot the two-day tour. In viewine the Bear Sien sale, it was discussed and the concerns were for the big game there. Every effort is in consideration for the protection of habitat within that area. Overmature and mature tim ber would be harvested to brine the area close to full management. The Spotted rawn logging unit just north of the BPA nowerline and west of B-250, B-255 and B-262 roads. Silvicultural treatment will he selection, commercial thinnine. rehabilitiation-clearcuts of 600 acres utilizing tractors. The target of 14 million board feet on 6,400 acres of land and is scheduled to be locced in 1990. The Rhododen dron logging unit which is located in a nlannine area bor dered by the Warm Springs River . . r-i 1 11 on the nortn ana to tne amoeu line to the west. The sale area is com nosed of two eeneral stand overmature and mature. Old growth stands ot uougias nr, nooie nr, crand fir. western hemlock, moun tain hemlock and Pacific silver fir. The Redeemed Land logging unit is located in the area bordered bv the McQuinn line on the west, Forest Service road 4240 on the north and the Campbell line on the east. Silvicultural treatment will be clearcuts and possibly some shel terwoods and commercial thinnings utilizing only tractor systems. Uld growtn areas mciuae a vast imount of mixed conifer old growth. Species is dominated by Douglas fir, noble fir, Pacific silver fir and mountain hemlock. Throughout the old growth timber type are pocxets oi leminatea root rot raneine in size from one to 25 acres. Many lower slopes and draws are heavily dominated oy moun tain hemlock, probably indicating Tribal subcommittee concerned about number of river The final meeting for the Tribal Subcommittee held Friday, August 5 at Kah-Nee-Ta reemphasized the recommendations previously sub mitted to the Deschutes River Management Committee. The Subcommittee targeted is sues and areas of concern and made suggetions as to ways to resolve problems on the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes River Scenic Waterway. The significant issue, says Sub committee chairman and Warm Springs public relations officer Rudy Clements "is the number of users on the river." A recommen dation has been outlined to be presented to the DRMC "to deter mine the number of people on the river and to allocate a specific number of campsites."The number of available campsites will help determine the number of users on the river at any one time. A strong stand is taken by the Subcommittee to maintain water quality. Besides the environmental advantage to river users, a high quality stream must be maintained on for fish inhabitants. Both ripar ian areas and in-stream habitat needs protection. Particular attention must be given to irrigation runoff into the river. Spllyay Tymoo eVV 'r0m 'IC arm r'nS 'n'aI! eServaIOn PO BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 o During the timber tour, the group visited the McQuinn Cable Logging Unit, as shown in the photo, Calvin Herrera explains the conditions that are set forth for this logging unit. The Silvicultural treatment for this Unit will be clear cutting because of the age of the timber stands. One of the high frost potential. The Mustang logging unit which is located in a 1 3,440 acre planning area south of the Tenino Road except for a small portion above the road on the northwest and east of the M-200 and north of roads M-320, M-312 and M-310. Again, the purpose and need of the sale is to supply income to the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes. Over mature, mature and overstocked second growth timber will be harv ested to bring this area closer to full forest management. The timber stands are primarily ponderosa pine overstory with ponderosa pine, incense cedar, manzanita, bitter- A suggestion was also made to create a coordinated law enforce ment system for the river. "Why can't all police enforce' on both sides" of the river, asks Clements. This would create a strong enforce ment system. An orientation for enforcement personnel and court officials would also help to establish more under standing of the situation and the dilemma of private property owners on the Deschutes. A more powerful educational program would be effective in mak ing the managerial program work on the river, Clements feels. River users must know what behavior is expected of them while they are on the river. Users should ask them selves, says Clements, "What must I be? What knowledge must I have on this river?" Responsibilitiy be longs to the river user. "We can't leave the river w ide open." he stres ses. The educational program should provide information on treaty pro visions and what is allowed in ceded areas including Indian rights regarding fishing, hunting, root gathering, ranging on prublic lands and protection of archaeological and sacred sites. Fossil beds are also areas needing protection and i w c yufuvw 1 & 1 A' ". .1- ( 5 t -V f 1 brush in the understory. The east side drier areas are mostly fringe second growth ponderosa pine and wetter westside a denser ponderosa pine old growth overstorty with Douglas fir. The McQuinn Cable logging unit is located northwest and northeast of Wilson Creek in the McQuinn Strip. Some decadent and overmature timber will be har vested, thus continuing to bring this area under a higher degree of management. Logging and slash treatment will include cable log ging (skyline yarding) is proposed for this site. Regeneration of clear cuts are to plant with Douglas fir. awareness of that need may come through educational literature. The procedure for discussion of Deschutes River management has been successful, says Clements It "has brought a lot of people to gether for communication and sharing that hadn't existed very effectively in the past." Some I'. Th9 number ol nftert on the Deschutes River Is a major concern 1 other major concerns was to keep the livestock trails open and roads leading to the clear cuts should be closed upon completeion of the operation, white pine and noble fir. There were two seed orchards viewed; one at Swamp Creek and the other at Badger Creek. The timber tour was a very informative Police department striving for improved image and relations In an effort to improve interper sonal relations between the Warm Springs police department and the community, the local law enforce ment agency has recently taken two "innovative and pioneering" steps that will assist department administration in "improving duplication ot ideas has occurred but many new ideas have been presented. The recommendations of all sub committees including Resources, Landowners, Guides, Recreation and Tribal will now be discussed in river segment committees. The final recommendations will be presented vs. Ywn Bulk K.tf Permit No. 2 W arm Spring. OH 97761 Address Correction Requested AUGUST 26, 1988 y uiu 3 . .JS' j! ' ! i t I f j : f 1- i trip for the members of the timber committee. Tribal Council members and other interested individuals. These sites are for consideration of future logging units. human development and relations" among officers. A random sampling among com munity members who request assist ance from the police department will be conducted in which the client will be asked to fill out a Continued on page 2 users to the full committee. The compre hensive plan is scheduled for com pletion in the summer of 1989. Tribal Subcommittee members include Clements, retired judge Virgil Langtry, Madras business man Mike Ahern, tribal attorney Jim Noteboom and Warm Springs Bureau of Indian Affairs natural resources officer Gerald Henrikson. rAV '--7 v;.. J of the tribal subcommittee. i
