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r 'i.i. " ' '' i -ii : . . j ., ,, ' ' V. V ! fir . , . v. l.;rJ ii. M.i lu, J5c P.O. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 Address Correction Requester S nn pniiyay lymou. News from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation 00 f os ,?C?iS SECrr -"-"i, or o:. ""UJ lS. PoMage Bulk KaK Permit No. 2 Warm Spring, OK 776l ON VOL. 13 NO. 5 P.O. BOX 870 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761 Coyote News In Brief Small log mill action discussed Small log mill and chang ing resources are dis cussed in detail. Page 2 Warm Springs past revisited Photographs depict peo ple and events that are a part of Warm Springs' past. Page 3 Dysfunctional Families ' need special help - Local programs may provide answers to dys functional family problems. Page 5 Girls win at State celebrated The girl's White Buffalo team upset Siuslaw in their first game with a 48-43 win. Page 6 Risks of cholesterol explained Heredity, diet and exer cise play are important factors in cholesterol levels. Page 7 Sexuality Conference March 14, 1989 at Kah-Nee'Ta See page 5 Next deadline for Spilyay Tymoo is Friday, March 17 J . ' - ' . i 3rr5r-- v'w uU&v-.. L -r- -S Ji ' p aj . , " -- -J,'- , 7)j4.'f r ; . . Portions of the log pond and tog yard will be renovated to accomodate the new small-log facility. Small -log mill gains Council approval On February 28, the Warm Springs Tribal Councl passed a resolution authorizing Warm Springs Forest Products Industries (WSFPI) to construct a modern small-log sawmill to process the increasing supply of smaller logs being produced by the reservation forest as a result of intensive forest management. These modifications to WSFPI facilities were unanim ously recommended to Tribal Council by the mill task force, chaired by Ken Smith, which has spent almost a year studying possi ble improvements to mill lacilties and oprations. The new facilities are intended to increase profits and employment opportunities. It has been recognized lor over 10 years that WSFPI would even tually need to add efficient small- og processing equipment, 11 it is to remain in business. A managed forest will produce a continuous supply of logs that are smaller than those obtained from the original old growth forest. These smaller logs cannot be processed efficiently in the existing sawmill which was designed to handle large logs. The existing stud mill processes small logs, but is not capable of obtain ing high-value products from these logs. The stud mill capacity is also too small to handle the current supply of small logs. Tribal Council has been aware of theeventual need to modify WSFPI facilities. In March of 1988 Coun cil commissioned the mill task force to thoroughly analyze forest pro duct markets, timber supply and mill facilities and to develop recom mendations for improving WSFPI operations. 1 he task force consisted of seven tribal members and seven non members. The tribal members in volved were Smith, Ted Brunoe, Larry Caiica, Robert Macy, Ralph Minnick, Tommie Smith and Nel son Wallulatum. The non-tribal members were Bill Donaghu BIA forest manager; Frank Joscelyn, former WSFPI powerhouse opera tor; Dennis Karnopp, tribal attor ney; Doug McClelland, fiscal ser vices manager; Don Plummer, vice president of Brand S Corp; Bud Schlick, retired forest manager and Jim Spitz, forestry consultant. The task force was assisted in their analysis by the best available experts in the forest products indus try, including Ed Williston, former mill design manager for Weyer hauser and the world's most recog nized authority on mill design; Gerry Crow, president of Crow Engineering, a mill engineering firm; and Leo Hopper, former general manager of Brooks Scanlon Cor poration. Smith and other task force members toured ten sawmills and interviewed over two dozen mill managers, mill design engi neers and marketing authorities. The task force's recommenda tions were unanimously endorsed by the WSFPI Board of Directors, WSFPI management and Tribal Council in a joint meeting Febru ary 28. These recommendations were then approved by Tribal Council resolution. The WSFPI Plan of Operation requires that all mill financial commitments be approved by Tribal Council and the Secretary of the Interior. These mill improvements will cost an estimated $12.7 million. Continued on page 2 Changing resources mandate integrated management Weather HI LOW February 23 49 17 24 47 27 25 48 18 26 47 20 27 42 21 28 40 27 March 1 35 28 2 36 27 3 33 26 4 40 10 5 38 20 6 57 30 7 54 34 "It's no longer business as usual," according to Doug McClelland, tri bal fiscal and control manager. "The BIA will be making some adjustments in managing the reser vation forests." McClelland was speaking of the new forest man agement plan being developed by BIA Branch of Forestry and the Tribe's Natural Resources and Cul ture and Heritage staffs. The plan will be directed toward new objec tives identified by the Tribal Coun cil and related to all forest resources. Historical changes in the forest Changes in relation to the Warm Springs forest are not new. Man has been changing the nature of the forest since Indians first burned areas to increase the growth of huckleberries. In the early 1900s, the government started protecting the forests from wildfires. This saved a lot of valuable timber but changed the appearance of the forest as thickets of brush and young trees developed in once open pon derosa pine stands. Later, managing the forest to produce the most timber possible provided income and employment but again changed the appearance of the forest as large, old trees were removed and replaced by younger, rapidly growing ones. These changes, along with others, have brought about a new concern on the part of tribal members for the future of resources other than tim ber in the forest. The new forest management plan will address these concerns. Until 1987, the BIA objective in managing the reservation forests was to produce the most timber while doing as little damage as pos sible to other resources. This objec tive, approved by the Tribel Coun cil, served the Tribes well economic ally for several decades. Stumpage payments for standing timber pro vided most of the tribal income before the development of the hydroelectric projects. It still pro vides about half of all tribal income. The forest has furnished raw mate rial for the Warm Springs Forest Products I nd ustries ( WS F P I ) opera tion which in turn meant jobs and income to tribal members. How ever, this management objective also affected other forest resources. The principal emphasis on the reservation forest, as in all other forests of this type, has been to remove the big, old trees to make room for smaller, rapidly growing ones. These old trees often are los ing value. The death of these trees and the yearly loss of useable wood from disease more than offset any growth that occurs. Removing these trees and allowing them to be re placed by a younger, healthy stand, increases the growth within the forest and the amount of timber that can be harvested each year. A 20-minute video called "The Changing Forest of Warm Springs" produced for the forest products task force, is a colorful account of changes that have gone on in the forest. The video will be available for viewing free of charge to inter ested persons at video outlets in Warm Springs and Madras. Will our timber last? About two-thirds of the com mercial forest land on the reserva tion has been cut over. After all that timber harvest, some tribal members may be concerned that the forest is running out of timber. There is an interesting answer. In 1959, a BIA inventory of 212,000 acres of commercial forest land estimated that there were 2.7 billion board feet of standing timber. In 1982, they estimated there were 4 billion board feet of Continued on page 2 MARCH 10, 1989 Involvement In Integrated Resource Plan encouraged This is the second in a series of articles written to inform the tribal public of portions of the Integrated Resource planning effort now under way to prepare an integrated re source management plan for the nineties that will optimize all re source values. These articles are based on input from different mem bers of the planning group who have expertise in the areas being discussed. An important component of this plan is the input that will be received from the tribal public. For that reason Congress passed the Na tional Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and other Acts to guarantee that all members of the affected public would be involved in the federal planning process. Because Warm Springs Reserva tion is held in trust by the United States government any actions on their land involving actions by a government employee must comply with the regulations set forth in NEPA. These requirements were dis cussed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Area and Central Office personnel. They were also discussed with Tribal Council on February 15, 1989. The consensus of these discussions was that an in-depth Environmental Analysis must be completed. Under NEPA regula tions, if there is any significant impact to the human environment an environmental impact statement is required. The first step in the environmen tal planning process was the ap pointment of an interdisciplinary team. This has taken place and a team, made up of tribal and federal employees, is in place and working. The team leader is Terry Shand, a federal employee who has a mas ter's degree in resource planning. Members of that team have already prepared an action plan and ob tained Tribal Council's go ahead. The team is now in the process of collecting and compiling data. Once the data has been processed and analyzed a Draft Environmental Assessment will be prepared and public meetings will be held to explain the impacts of the various alternatives and to obtain input. There will be follow-up drafts that will include other alternatives based on input received in written form. The team has set December 1990 as the date they will try to have a final plan completed. If you wish to be involved in the process at this time or if you have concerns you wish to see addressed during the data collection and compilation process contact: Terry Shand, IRMP Coordinator at the Branch of Forestry. Gerald Hen rickson, Environmental Coordina tor at his office in the old adminis tration building or William Donaghu, forest manager. Arts& Crafts Sale Friday, March 10, 1989 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. in the Administration Building Local artists and craftsmen will be display ing their work.