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Spilyay Tymoo Warm Springs, Oregon November 3, 1989 PAGE 3 Columbia River Subbasin plan nearly complete L .ii. -vrtf Cf A major planning effort to rc- some 31 rivers, called subbasin wildlife program of the Northwest no.se nhvsieal harriers uhi, h n(,n I '"mm.. tilLA A major planning effort to re' build anudromous fish runs in the Columbia River basin is moving toward completion. The plans for some 31 rivers, called subbasin plans, are part of an initiative adopied in 1987 under the fish and (Community Center Calendar November 4 10-12 10 13 18 23 23-24 December 1-3 7 9 14 15 18-19 19 25 27-3- Coed volleyball Austin's 6 ft. & Under Men's Tourney Veteran's Day Holiday ' Community Center Open House Silver Gloves Boxing matches OSU vs U of 0 at Eugene Holiday Eliminations tournament Thanksgiving Holidays Roadrunners 40 and over tourney MHS basketball 4:15 p.m. Fr. Boys vs Hood River 6:00 p.m. JV Boys vs Hood River Community Christmas Tree lighting Warm Springs Christmas Bazaar MHS basketball 4:15 pm. Fr. Boys vs Mt.View Ron's 18 & Under Boy's Tourney Gym closed W.S. Elementry Christmas Program Christmas Holiday Annual Holiday Men's Tournament Arena events set Confusion Sunday, October 29 starting at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday, November Continued from page 1 iv, aiso starting at i.uu p.m. are me a ncw (acilitv is nossibi, i, is UD t0 dates set for playdays at the Mad ras indoor arena. Sign-up begins at 12:30 p.m. A $5.00 entry fee will be charged for the barrel race, pole bending, fig ure eight and fun events. Classes are open for every member of the family. For more information contact Kimberly at 475-7109 or Sue at 546-4373. voters to collect information on the levy and make a decision based on facts. And as faras discussion of Impact Aid funds, Sanders hopes to see tribal members and the District concentrating on increasing the quality of education for all students. Attend the public meeting to discuss these two issues. Meeting wildlife program of the Northwest Power Planning Council. These restoration plans examine entire river systems to determine what Fish species hisorically and currently exist in the system, the potential of the system to support fish, and what actions are needed to increase fish runs. The Confed erated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation Natural Resources Department and other tribal fishery departments have been workins on the project along with federal and state fishery agencies. The subbasin plans describe the physical characteristics of each sub basin, identify federal, state, pri vate, and tribal ownership within the subbasin, and indicate land use practices and special land use designations. They also identify fishery, land, and water manage ment entities for potential cooper ation, and any legal situations that must be considered in a given sub basin. The overall goal of subbasin planning is to double the Columbia basin's anadromous fish. The cur rent total adult run size is esti mated at 2.5 million fish; the goal of the program is to reach 5 million adult returns. Priority is given to the subbasins above Bonneville Dam because most of the hydroe lectric dams are located upstream. These dams have contributed to the decline of fish runs, especially as more dams were constructed over the last half century. A key to subbasin planning's success is the construction and im provement of bypass systems at Columbia and Snake River dams. Fish losses are estimated in the mil lions each year due to passage problems for adults and down stream juvenile migrants. Adults have difficulty passing over aams to reacn spawnine areas. Young fish have problems reach ing the ocean because the dams pose physical barriers which often result in smolts going through tur bines that generate electricity. Water flows arc often not ade quate to flush the young fish down stream, making it more difficult for the smolts to adapt from fresh water to saltwater. However, the water budget, a program that man ipulates water flows from dams in the spring and summer, has been helping. Other problems include fish habitat degraded by logging, farming, irrigation, pollution, and other activities. . The use of fish hatcheries and supplementation efforts will be an integral part of the rebuilding effort for many of the subbasins. Sup plementation is the release of juve nile fish or smolts in the natural environment to increase or estab lish naturally spawning popula tions. The plans for each subbasin will be integrated into a basinwidc, or system, plan in 1990. The Northw est Power Planning Council will IKEKba Engineering Construction Inspections A A w M m A mold is digging up the Utilities Department office lawn in his search for lasiy morseis oj jooa ana tne department s employees are not happy about it. Even though employees like A mold, they don 't like the damage he creates. The police have warned the pig's owner that further damage iuueu oy rnoia may result m a fine. Secretarial position announced wildlife program. Among the 21 subbasins included above Bonneville Dam are the Deschutes, John Day, Hood, and Columbia rivers, and Fiftecnmilc Creek. Public review drafts of each plan are available. To receive a plan or plans, contact Dan Kane at the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission at 503-238-0667 or the Northwest Power Planning council at 1-800-222-3355. In addi tion, two-to-three page summaries of the plans are available from CRITFC. The plans are also avail able for review at the Warm Springs Natural Resources Department. A management secretary posi tion. Grade 6 at $13,984 with min imum qualifications, is open until Novembers. 1989. This position is part of the secretarial support staff for managers and directors in the management area. Person selected will be responsible for providing secretarial assistance as assigned by supervisor, including typing, fil ing, receptionist duties, scheduling meetings and other duties associated with the management area. Experience and skill requirements include a high school diploma, basic microcomputer word pro cessing skills, general knowledge of records management tiling system, minimum of three years experience in secretarial or related field, typ ing speed of 65 wpm, understand operational procedures of the tri bal organization, dependable, loyal and confidential. To be successful in this job. applicant must have the following: maturity and ability to determine and maintain confidentiality; abil ity to exercise judgement and tact, to follow written and verbal in struction, work cooperatively with other people, and be able to work flexible hours. begins at 7:30 p.m. Apprenticeship program makes contribution ft. . in . . .. j ne warm springs Apprentice- deDartment in retrieeration. Currently there are 12 people in the Apprenticeship Program. The Program's goal is to train workers so that someday they can build a house from the ground up with this ship program has been effect since 1984. Participants, under the direc tion of skilled workers, learn a marketable trade such as carpentry and plumbing. S.A.S. Construction, formed by Alvis Smith, Jr. in 1986, has made a large contribution to the com munity by employing numerous people on various projects. Smith previously worked with the tribal construction department before re signing in 1986. Smith and Bud Anderson currently have three tri bal members, Dolan Waheneka, Dominic Davis and Austin Smith, one short year away from becom ing certified journeymen. A jour neyman program takes four years of active training. During the past three years, the crew has built six homes in Dry Creek, Seekseequa and Greeley Heights. Two new members of the crew, Conrad Queahpama and Tom Strong, are working on two new homes being constructed in Gree ley Heights. Waldon Winishut is currently training in plumbing under the supervision of Cliff Stallings. Win ishut is also in his third year of training. Lawrence Caldera is start ing his training with the Utilities skilled crew. If interested in taking part in the apprenticeship program, complete an application with Employment Services or contact Levi Bobb in Education, located in the old boys . i ii" i j i i iiUMWIiMUI - " - j i'l : ' i j i ; :, I : I . j I t ' r " . a -. . j , i - ! Viinii- t m 4' . , Apply at the Warm Springs Per sonnel Denartment 2 Feasibility of reopening Pelton Park studied Pelton Park on Lake Simtustus, Dam superintendent Jim Wyatt, several modifications will have to be made to reestablish the park and make it safe if geologists find that it is possible to reopen it. Besides moving dirt, perforated pipe will have to be installed to reduce mois ture in the park; the septic system will have to be redesigned to pump water away from the area; a way to water the grass without saturating it will be necessary or the park may have to be landscaped without grass; and, the park will have to be rede- closed July 1984 because of sliding, may be reopened if Portland Gen eral Electric can make it safe for use. A study currently being con ducted by geologists hired by the Portland-based company will de termine the feasibility of rehabili tatine the area. Improvement would involve moving approximately 2000 cubic yards of dirt and redesigning the park facilities. According to PGE Round Butte signed to accomodate recreational vehicles and campers. The park is still a day-use area. If reopening the park area is feasible it may be open to the public for camping next summer. According to Wyatt, safety and cost factors are still being consi dered. "We're still looking at all the options," he says. And even if Pel ton Park cannot be reopened, says the superintendent, "PGE would like to provide a park somewhere." CRITFC looking for manager, editor Position: Public Information Manager Salary: $.10,000 Opening Date: October 6, 1989 Closing Date: November 13. 1989 Duties: Develops public information and education strategies with Executive Direc tor and other management staff. Plans and carries out projects in accord with Commission goals. Participates in the staff policy advisory group and in other staff management and planning activities. Supervises the public information office (PIO): a tribal information and education coordinator: a public information and edu cation coordinator; a video specialist; a publications editor and a student intern. Staff supervision includes making assign ments and giving direction on staff projects, determining training needs, and making recommendations to Executive Director about personnel actions. Prepares annual PIO work plan and operating budget. Coordinates the Commission's media work and maintains good relations with the regional media and with the public informa tion offices of other resource agencies and tribes. Helps plan major topics and approaches for the Commission's newsletters and pub lications. Assists with writingand editing of publications and scripts. Qualifications: B.A. or B.S.in journalism, communications or related field; experience in journalism or public relations with at least three years of supervisory experience; excellent written and oral communications skills. Knowledge of treaty rights and natu ral resources desirable. Terms: Full-time, permanent position reporting to the Executive Director. To Apply: Send resume and references to: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commis sion; Attention: Laura Berg; 975 S.E. Sandy Boulevard, Suite 202; Portland, OR 97214 Position: Publications Editor Salary: $25,000 Opening Date: October 6, 1989 Closing Date: November 13, 1989 Duties: Writes, edits, designs and lays out newsletters for tribal and general public. Coordinates printing and distribution of newletters. Produces special publications, such as brochures, posters and technical reports. Oversees printing of office stationery and business cards. Provides graphic services, including maps, tables and charts. Takes photographs and maintains pho tographic files. Qualifications: Professional graphic and writing skills; college degree in related field; three years experience in editing and pro ducing organizational publications; profi ciency in desktop publishing on the Macin tosh computer. Knowledge of treaty rights and natural resource management desirable. Terms: Full-time, permanent position under the immediate supervision of the Public Information Manager. To Apply: Send a resume, references and samples of work to: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commis sion; Attention: Laura Berg; 975 S.E. Sandy Boulevard, Suite 202; Portland, OR 97214. The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is an equal opportunity em ployer. Preference is given to qualified Indian applicants who provide proof of enrollment. NPPC approves wildlife mitigation proposal for Columbia River basin The Northwest Power Planning Council has approved a proposal designed to mitigate for damage done to wildlife by hydropower dams throughout the Columbia River Basin. The measure adopted by the Council constitutes one of the nation's largest efforts to pro tect and rebuild wildlife popula tions. The Council move means that federal and state agencies in the Pacific Northwest in the next decade will begin to redress the damage done to wildlife by 13 hydropower dams in the Columbia Basin since the 1930's. The current wildlife plans would cost approximately $5 million a year over the next 10 years. If all of those costs were passed on to the region's electric ratepayers, that would translate into a 5-cent to 9-cent-a-mnnb increase in the average residential electric bill. The Council also adopted a pro cess for dealing with other dams. If all the additional wildlife mitiga tion efforts that are under devel opment were to be approved by the Council, the total cost could run $10 million to $12 million a year over the next decade. "This is a very important step for the Council." says Council Chair man Tom Trulove of Washington. "It is a reasonable solution to a complex environmental problem. It establishes a legacy, a heritage of responsible environmental stew ard ship that well leave to our children and grandchildren." "This action will initiate the largest wildlife effort ever under taken in the region," Trulove notes. "We have identified the wildlife losses caused by a number of hydropower dams, and set an inte rim goal of redressing approximat ely 35 percent of all losses over the next 10 years. The action also sets accountable standards to help us select the projects that will go forward." Meeting October 1 1 in Spokane, Washington, the Council, in a 7 to I decision, voted to include the mit igation measures in its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Pro gram. By federal law, that program guides the actions of the Bonneville Power Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation in the Columbia River Basin, a watershed that covers more thant 259,000 square miles. The Northwest Power Act of 1980, which created theeight-mem-ber Council, calls for efforts to pro tect and enhance fish and wildlife populations affected by hydro powerdams in theColumbia Basin. Congress, in passing the Act, re quired that Northwest electric rate payers finance these recovery efforts aspartofthecostof power genera tion at the dams. Bonneville in cludes these costs in its wholesale power rates. Construction of hydropower dams in the basin has flooded habi tat used by many wildlife popula tions, including waterfowl, bald eagles, deer. elk. beavers, otters, grouse, mink, cougars and hundreds of other non-game species. The measures adopted by the Council address w ildliie mitigation proposals that state and federal agencies already hae submitted tor urand Coulee Dam in Wash ington, four dams in Idaho (Pali sades, Anderson Ranch, Black Canyon and Albeni Falls) and eight dams in Oregon's Willamette Basin (Cougar, Dexter, Lookout POint, Hills Creek, Foster, Green Peter, Big Cliff and Detroit). The Coun cil's step also establishes a process whereby it could adopt future mit igation plans at other dams in the basin. Highlights of the rule The rule will use statements of loses submitted by the state wildlife agencies and Indian tribes as suffi cient evidence of losses for wildlife mitigation. The Council will con tinued to reveiw whether these state ments represent the latest scientific knowledge to estimate habitat losses. The basis for estimating losses is a value known as the "habitat unit." Each species is asssigned a habitat unit. Each habitat unit is the equivalent of one acre of high quality habitat for a given species. Where quality varies, habitat units may also vary in size. For example, one acre of richly vegetated ripar ian land may support elk. It may take two or more acres of less desirable land to make up one hab itat unit for the same number of elk. Mitigation calls for replacing a lost habitat unit with another habi tat unit, rather than simply replac ing an acre for an acre. More than me species may share a habitat unit. In some cases, wildlife habitat that has been harmed can be re claimed, for example by replant ing. Where reclamation is not pos sible, habitat may be replaced by acquiring new habitat. Mitigation can take many forms, including: entering into cooperative man agement programs with landowners or other groups to provide net benefits to wildlife; acquiring outright title to spe cific lands for protection of unique habitats, species or breeding grounds. acquiring rights to mange lands; and acquiring rights of first pur chase on lands that are deemed valuable to wildlife. The rule limits the amount of losses whose cost would be borne by ratepayers. Based on the best current estimates, it could cost $10 millionto$l2 million a yearduring the next 10 years to carry out all mitigation measures contemplated by the Council in the Columbia River Basin. The rule sets an interim goal for wildlife mitigation. Given uncer tainties about the region's ability to achieve a long-term goal, only an interim goal was established in this rule. The interim goal calls for mit igation of approximately 35 per cent of the lost habitat units over 10 years. During this period, the Council would focus on the wild life resources with the highest priority. A long-term goal would be considered after all remaining mitigation plans had been submitted. The rule calls for mitigation plans to be evaluated against spe cific standards. These include a showing that the plans complement existing activities, are the least costly way to achieve the objective, are supported by the best available scientific knowledge, address spe cial wildlife losses (e.g., tribal) in areas that formerly had salmon and steelhead runs, protect species of special concern, provide habitat that may benefit both fish and wildlife, and address concerns over public land ownership and local communities. The rule sets procedures for future mitigation plans with public involvement. Bonneville will provide funds for the entitites preparing mititgation plans to conduct public involvement activities to ensure that interested and affected parties have been informed of mitigation plans and have had opportunity to com ment on them. These activities in clude consultations with local govern ments and hearings in the affected areas. The rule establishes an advisory committee to set wildlife priorities. The committee will be chaired by Council staff and include members from representative agencies, tribes, utilities and conservation groups. The committee will review mitiga tion plans from an overall basin wide perspective and make recom mendations to the Council on the order of priority over a period of years. The rule calls for Council review of wildlife loss assessments and mitigation plans. All mitigation plans will be reviewed and approved by the Council before implementa tion by Bonneville. The rule provides for Bonneville Power Administration funding and implementation of mitigation plans. Upon Council approval, Bonneville will implement wildlife measures in priority order at federal projects. Bonneville will invite wildlife pro posals and evaluate them accord ing to whether they complement existing activities, are the least costly method to achieve an objec tive, protect habitat or species that would not be available without prompt action, encourage partner ships to reduce project costs, have measurable objectives, and do not impose others funding responsibil ities on Boneville. The rule clarifies the Council's position on non-federal projects. The Council calls on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which licenses non-federal hydroelectric projects, to take standards set in this rule and else where in the Council's program fully into account when it sets con ditions for a license. The Council will not set measures for non-federal projects, but it commits itself to monitoring FERC licensing and relicensing proceedings and com menting as appropriate.