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Coyote News
In Brief
Victim's Assistance
Conference set for
I November
The Victim's Assistance
Program of Warm
Springs is hosting a
conference in Portland
on November 1-3. The
conference focuses on
bringing justice to
victim's of crime.
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Parent-teacher
Conference scheduled
for November 9
Parents are presented
with guidelines for
attending parent-teacher
conferences. During that
time parents can learn a
little bit more about their
children? Page 3
First responder class to
begin
The first class for First
Responder students
begins October 23. Fees
are reimbursed if
students sign-up first.
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Beward of marketing
schemes
Scams are more plentiful
as oil prices rise.
Consumers should
beware of energy-saving
device products.
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District
meetings set
Simnasho District
Thursday, October 18
Dinner -6:00 p.m.
Meeting--7:00 p.m.
Sid waiter District
Monday, October 22
Sylvester Smith home
Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Agency District
Tuesday, October 23
Potluck 6:00 p.m.
Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Seekseequa District
Wednesday, October 24
Agency Longhouse
Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Weather
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News
Questionable logging practices under
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Logging practices on McQuinn Strip have included harvesting of large,
Keep children safe at Halloween
Be Safer, Be Seen
Keep costumes simple. Long
and fancy ones could cause you
to trip.
Buy flame resistant costumes or
make them from flame resistant
materials.
Costumes should be made of
white or light colored material,
to be easily seen at night.
Props, sucn as guns or swords,
should be made of styroloam
or cardboard.
Reflectorized patches or strips
should be added to the costumes
and treat bags.
Only regular street shoes should
be worn.
Instead of wearing masks,
which can block your vision,
paint faces with non-allergenic
make-up.
Be sure that wigs and hats are
worn well off the face and
securely fastened so they will
not slip over your eyes.
Carry a flashlight.
First Annual Veterans Day Powwow
November 9 and 10 Agency Longhouse
Organizer Daisy Ike requests photos and family his
tories of veterans so the information can be included
in a commemorative program.
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Trick or Treats
Never eat anything until after
you are home and the treats
have been checked by your
parents.
Stay in your neighborhood and
only go to houses which have
porch lights turned on.
Tell parents what route you are
taking.
Never enter a stranger's house...
even if invited.
Safety Tips
Walk, do not run, while Trick or
Treating!
Walk on sidewalks, not streets.
If there are no sidewalks, walk
on the left side of the road,
facing traffic.
Cross busy streets at intersec
tions or crosswalks.
Wait for proper traffic signals
when crossing.
Avoid running out between
parked cars.
Be sure to check all driveways
before crossing.
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unmarked trees.
Survey results issued
Student drucLalcohol use declines
Speaking at Portland s Madison
High School, Governor Neil Gold
schmidt announced recently that
there is a decrease in the use of
alcohol and other drugs among
Oregon students as evidenced in
the preliminary results from the
1 990 Drug Use Survey among
eighth and eleventh grade public
school students.
Goldschmidt related, "For the
first time, the biennial drug survey
of eighth and eleventh graders
shows clear evidence that alcohol
and other drug use is declining.
The most important message to
take from this data is that drug
abuse is a problem we can solve if
we care enough.
I he Governor gave credit for the
decline to young people who
choose to remain drug-free and the
media for delivering the message
about the dangers of drugs to the
public. "But most importantly,"
said the Governor, "we must give
credit those individual Oregonians
who on their own have decided
they w ill reach out to our children.
These are the parents, business
people, educators, civic leaders,
and neighbors who simply refuse
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by Donna Behrend
The Warm Springs Tribal Coun
cil, within the last two months, has
become aware of questionable log
ging and forest management prac
tices on the McQuinn Strip. Further
timber sales during 1990 and 1991
on McQuinn were prohibited last
year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
because the 20-year allowable cut
had been met. No logging was to
take place on McQuinn during
1990 and 1991, but whena substan
tial blowdown occurred in Janu
ary, the BIA and Tribe agreed to
the removal of all blowdown mate
rial. The BIA originally estimated that
five million to eight million board
feet had been blown down but,
after examining the area, foresters
readjusted that estimate, and when
the McQuinn "emergency salvage"
sale was advertised in July, the BIA
stated that 18.5 Mbf was available
for removal. "The amount of green
timber was increased over what
should have happened in the sale,"
says Warm Springs BIA forest
manager Bill Donaghu.
Logging began in early August.
When tribal forestry consultant Jim
Spitz drove through parts of
McQuinn, he found that some areas
that should have been partially cut
had, in fact, been clearcut. Further
investigation proved disturbing to
Spitz and he alerted tribal Chief
Executive Officer Ken Smith. Smith
asked that a tour of the affected
areas be conducted. On the tour
was, among others, BIA Portland
Area Office Forestry director
George Smith, who, upon seeing
the clear cuts, ordered that logging
on some units be shut down and
the units be "redesignated to exclude
undamaged green timber," accord
ing to PAO timber sales officer
Ken Lathrop.
Donaghu also ordered that there
be no more cutting of unmarked
trees and that no timber be taken
now that could be harvested later.
The shutdown came only after the
areas were mostly cut.
At this point, Tribal officials felt
that the "problem" had been taken
care of. But subsequent tours
showed that improper logging was
continuing and that healthy, highly
valuable, standing, unmarked trees
Io' allow any cliifd to throw away
his or her life." Joining the gover
nor were several Oregonians he
called "heros" in Oregon's fight
against drugs and also gave credit
for" the decline.
Jeff Kushner, Assistant Direc
tor, Office of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Programs, Department of
Human Resources, summarized
the findings of the 1990 study.
"General findings statewide for
eighth graders are that, of the fif
teen drugs which could be com
pared with the previous 1988 sur
vey, use of all these drugs has
declined." noted Kushner. "We are
particularly pleased to see the
reductions in alcohol, marijuana,
amphetamine, and inhalant use
where we have had significant
numbers of users in the past,
"Kushner said. "We also see a good
reduction in cigarette use," he
continued.
For eleventh graders, there has
been a reduction in annual use of
alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and
heroin use. "For daily use," Kush
ner commented, "we see good de
clines in alcohol, marijuana, am
phetamines, cocaine, heroin an.?
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scrutiny
were being harvested for no obvious
reason. All blowdown occurred in
previously-logged areas, and, in
Spitz' opinion, the cutting of stand
ing timber was unnecessary. "Only
very rarely is it necessary to cut
green timber to get the blowdown
out, he said
Donaghu says that crews did not
return to "selcction'areas after the
sale had been advertised and sold
Crews were to check the marking
that had been done previsouly.
"There were green trees that should
have been designated as leave trees .
Forestry did not mark them.
Identified as a serious problem is
the difficulty BIA forestry person
nel have supervising the area. The
logged areas are spread over 33,000
acres. The logging contractors have
up to five separate work sites going,
with more than 30 cutters falling
and bucking and nearly 40 trucks
making up to three trips per day.
Monitoring of logging was "inade-
, quate," says tribal special projects
coordinator Doug McClelland
Another aspect to consider is the
fact that the logging contractor
had such a short period of time in
which to remove the material. It
was "too much, too fast," says
Spitz. "Never, in my career, have I
heard of this amount of wood
being removed in such a short
period of time."
Beyond that, contract provisions
set "unreasonable limitations in
terms of good forest management,"
added McClelland.
Forestry crews, too, had a short
period of time in which to work.
Forestry personnel were still mark
ing trees after the contractor had
been working a month, says Donag
hu. According to McClelland, three
issues must be addressed. The first
is the salvage status of the sale. The
Code of Federal Regulations clearly
defines a salvage sale. If a tree is
down, the top is broken or severe
damage to the residual stand will
occur, then the tree is to be removed.
Also, if, in the opinion of the
forester, the tree will fall or blow
down during the winter, the tree is
to be removed. A salvage sale
usually includes very little healthy,
standing timber. "A substantial
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"other narcotics. Daily cigarette use
appears not to have changed
much."
"In the spring of 1990, if we
apply the data to the total number
ofyouthinthe8thand I Ith grades,
we estimate that among I Ith
graders, 4,000 students used mari
jujna and 1,250 used mctham
phetamines during the previous
month. Among eighth graders, we
estimate 8,000 used alcohol and
2,550 used inhalants in the previ
ous month," Kushner noted. "The
point is, we still have a large
number of users," he emphasized.
"This is a time to work even harder
on this problem."
Other factors which are credited
with being instrumental in reduc
ing alcohol and other drug use
among the students included:
The Student Retention Initia
tive which assisted schools in re
cognizing the severity of the prob
lem and to take action.
Oregon Teen Leadership In
stitutes which teamed faculty and
student leaders to learn and devel
op action plans.
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