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Spilyay Tymoo Page 2 November 29, 1991 Warm Springs, Oregon ' . r . , . . , 1 " .. - j. ... ... m The Early Childhood Education Fun Run was held Friday, November 22 and had children running, climbing and crawling over, under and through obstacles. Foster homes being recruited by CPS CPS is recruiting for foster homes for adolescent children who have been victims of abuse andor neglect and have been removed by Tribal Court To qualify to be licensed as a CPS foster home, the applicant must complete a home evaluation by a CPS employee and meet the re quirements as set by policy. A copy of these policies will be provided upon request. In addition the appli cant must be free from the use of NWPPC members share concerns about salmon Recognizing the importance of salmon to the Warm Springs Tribes, Oregon representatives of the North west Power Planning Council ac cepted an invitation from Tribal Council to visit Warm Springs. Ac companying the two representatives on their November 18 tour was an ABC television crew who recognized . the importance of salmon recovery to the Pacific Northwest. The listing of several species of salmon as endangered and many as threatened has made salmon recov ery a national issue. NWPPC mem bers Ted Hallock and Angus Duncan expressed their feelings about re covery efforts and listened to con cerns of the Tribe, Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. "No one is happy" about the steps that may be necessary to bring spe Workable salmon recovery plan to include many elements Harvest reductions, fish passage improvements at hydroelectric dams, a temporary program to reduce com mercial fishing and increased spring flows in the Snake and Columbia rivers are among the elements of a salmon recovery plan being fashioned by the Northwest Power Planning Council. Meeting in Helena, the Council made preliminary decisions to amend its program to rebuild critically weak salmon runs in the basin. Council members called for increasing water storage behind dams in the basin during winter months. That water would be released in the spring dur ing the critical period when juvenile salmon and steelhead are migrating to the ocean. This would increase the flow of the rivers and speed the an nual migration of the young fish. In addition, the Council called for reducing harvest of fall chinook salmon to 55 percent of the annual run from an average in recent years of about 74 percent. The council also called for leasing the commercial fishing licenses of fishers in the lower Columbia River to further improve the survival of adult fish attempting Spilyay Tymoo Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR SID MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR DONNA BEHREND PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER MARSHA SHEWCZYK REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER . . SAPHRONIA KATCHIA TYPESETTERRECEPTIONIST SELENA THOMPSON FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the base ment of the Old Girls Dorm at 1 1 1 5 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1 644 or (503) 553-3274 FAX No. 553-3539 Annual Subscription Rates: Within the U.S. $9 00 Outside the U.S. $15.00 illegal drugs or the dysfunctional use of alcohol. There is a great need for caring tribal members to provide family homes for the children of Warm Springs who are experiencing prob lems in their homes. CPS provides, payments to foster parents to offset the cost of care of these children. Please contact Elina Langnese or Jon Grant at 553-3209 for more information. cies of salmon to viable population levels, says led HaiiocK. tie loresees a closure of commercial fishing in the Columbia River in the near future and many othcrchanges. Thechanges that may be necessary will also affect irrigators who take their water from the rivers and Indian fishermen who take fish, for their livelihood and sustenance, .i. vms ; Besides harvest reductions.plaris for recovery include fish passage im provements at hydroelectric dams and increased spring flows to more quickly more salmon down rivers to the ocean. Plans are also being made to rehabilitate streams providing more habitat for fish. It is also nec essary to find ways to reduce stress and predation of juvenile salmon as they migrate to the ocean. - Dams are a major cause of the to return to their spawning grounds to reproduce. Currently, about 30 percent of all juvenile salmon and steelhead that migrate past Snake and Columbia dams survive the trip to the ocean. That includes Snake River fish, most of which are transported past the dams in barges. The rest are killed at the dams or die in the slow-moving reservoirs behind the dams. The Council's proposal for increased flows would boost the survival rate to 39 percent The improvement would be more dramatic for those fish that migrate past all four dams on the lower Snake River and the four dams on the lower Columbia. The survival rate for those runs would improve from just 4 per cent to 22 percent, according to sta tistical analysis by the Council. To store the additional water for fish flows, dam operators would forego power generation at the dams during winter months. This would result in reduced sales of power outside the region. The Bonneville Power Administration, which mar kets the electricity generated at the federal dams, would have to make up Beware of lucrative While you're still learning how to change diapers on your newborn, someone you don't know is schem ing to make a buck off the buby.. Within days after our baby's birth, you may receive an "Important No tice" in the mail, alerting you to be fact that Junior needs a Social Se curity card. For $15, the outfit with the official-sounding name Federal Record Service Corp. will take care of it for you. Don't do it. It's a waste of money. The Social Security card is free and the application can be ordered over the phone. In 45 states it will be sent automatically if you check a box on the birth certificate application. But there arc plenty of entrepreneurs out there banking on the fact that you don't know that. What the firms do for the $15 (sometimes more) is take the infor mation you give them, fill out an easy government form and sent it back to you so you can mail it to the Social Security Administration. They perform no other function, except to lighten your wallet. These lazy entrepreneurs appar ently sift through birth announce ments and other sources to get their mailing lists. In some cases, parents eel the "Important Notice" even be fore the baby is born. Babies are the newest targets of mass mailings, but they aren't the first. Social Security has long been a staple for mass mailers looking for a quick buck, and the elderly have been an easy mark. Now, some of the same outfits that market their services to new parents also play the game with brides. If a woman changes her name, she needs a new Social Security card. It is free, but there are plenty of expensive couriers offering to do the job for a fee. Gwendolyn King, Social Security Administration commissioner, is an gered by these opportunists. She says, sl think we really have to hit these guys and hit them hard. diminishing populations of salmon species, says Hallock. The federal Corp of Engineers has, in the past, been uncooperative in providing screens to keep migrating juvenile salmon out of turbines and in pro viding bypass systems. They are being encouraged to facilitate effi cient systems to prevent harm to : salmon. " The question now, ponders Hallock, is whether man is unselfish enough to permit the recovery of the species. He say s he's optimistic about salmon recovery itself, but he's very pessimistic about man's attitude to ward other species. Oregon NWPPC representatives see the Tribe as being very concerned about salmon recovery. It is willing to enforce regulations and close har vesting to help recovery. the loss bv purchasing power from other sources, perhaps outside the Northwest. Depending on the value of the lost sales and purchased power, the cost would average $70 million a year, the Council estimates. The cost of lost power production would not be the total cost of the program, however. Other actions Droposed by the Council also have :osts. For example, in 1992 non-X)wer-related actions would total about $30 million. The total costs and lost revenues translate to a wholesale power rate increase of about 4 percent, if the cost is spread over all Bonneville customers. The impact on ratepayers could be only half that amount, however, depending on how much of the increase utilities pass on to their customers. At the Helena meeting, the Council reviewed public comments on a draft of the recovery plan, which is being developed as an amendment to the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. The Council expects to make a final decision on the amendments, which deal with mainstem survival, harvest controls and production measures, at a meeting on December 10-12 in Portland. The Council also gave preliminary approval toanumber of other actions for the final package of amendments. Among these actions are: Improvements to fish passage facilities at five dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Establishment aRiver Opera tion Executive Committee, which would include representatives of state ind federal fish and power agencies. The panel would develop a plan to guide the day-to-day operation of the river system. A measure to use cool water from behind Dworshak Dam to re duce the water temperature downriver for fall chinook. Set 1995 as the deadline for beginning annual spring drawdowns of the Snake River, unless it's found to be structurally or economically infeasiblc, biologically imprudent or inconsistent with the Northwest Continued on page 3 social security scams She has the ammunition. The De ceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1 990 requires a mailer to clearly state that it is a private company and docs not represent the federal government. The act also allows fines up to $100,000. But, as King knows, the businesses find their way around the law and consumers are still deluges with mail from companies with of ficial verbiage in their titles. They are often no more than a post office box or an answering service. For example, the Federal Record Services, Corp. that acts as a go between on Social Security cards of infants even has a "Birth Records Division". But if you went to the company's Washington, D.C. ad dress, you would find one woman answering the phone who says she is just an answering service. The name on the door is Alternative Business systems. In King's two years as Social Se curity administrator, she has seen a slew of pop-up companies trying to make a buck on the underlying con fusion and suspicions about the So cial Security Administration. Among them was the Social Security Pro tection Bureau, which charges its customers $7. In return, they got a "gold embossed" Social Security card to replace their drab official copy, "representation in Washington, D.C., to protect your Social Security ben efits" and an entry in a sweepstakes.. The Social Security Administration followed the results of one of these "sweepstakes" and found that the winners each received a check for 9 cents. The mailings often prey on the fears of the elderly, which strikes a personal nerve with King. She re members seeing her grandmother respond to a mailing that urged her to donate money or watch her benefits disappear. "She was scared she would lose Social Security," King recalled. "It was a real eye-opener to see how frightened she was." The NWPPC was formed in De cember 1980 with passage of the Pa cific Northwest Electric Power Plan ning and Conservation Act (North west Power Act) The Act authorized the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington to enter into an in terstate compact to create a policy making and planning body for two Northwest resource-electrical power M7 - V V' . ' - "-' v U;' ? - - 1 TO .l.IV iJM: 'mx'i Northwest Power Planning Council member Ted Hallock talks to ABC news commentator Barry Sarqfin regarding survival of salmon in the Columbia River Basin. Oregon members were visiting Warm Springs Knvpmhpr tft. Productive plan must be developed for . - The federal decision to list Snake River sockeye salmon as an endan gered species underscores the im portance of developing a salmon and steelhead recovery plan for the Co lumbia River Basin, the chairman of the Northwest Power Planning. Council said today. "This decision is not a surprise," Chairman Ted Hallock said. "We expected it. The key issue isn't the listing. The issue is developing a productive regional recovery plan." The National Marine Fisheries Service, which administers the En dangered Species Act for sea-going fish and mammals, announced the sockeye listing November 14. The Service proposed the listing last June in response to petitions filed in 1990 seeking protection for the fish. This year.only four adult sockeye returned to spawn in Redfish Lake in central Idaho. Their listing obligates the Service to develop a recovery plan for the sockeye. Last August, at a Northwest Power Planning Council meeting in Lincoln City, Oregon, the regional director of the Service, Rolland Schmitten, said the Council's fish and wildlife program would be con sidered as the basis for a recovery plan. The Council currently is amend ing its fish and wildlife program to increase protection for salmon and steelhead. In August, the Council INFANT FOLLOW BABIES ARE BRIGHT LITTLE PEOPLE From the day they are born, they learn all kinds of things, like; "eating and sleeping" "listening and looking" "wiggling and moving" They learn from everyone around themfrom thier parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers. You can encourage their learning through a special INFANT FOLLOW ALONG PROGRAM, Sponsored by the Head Start and Early Intervention Program of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. PARENTS who enroll their infants in this INFANT FOLLOW ALONG PROGRAM (IFAP) receive a brief questionaires every four (4) months until their baby is three (3) years old. The questionaires alerts parents to skill their children will be learning at that age and tell professional people and parents of potential learning problems. PARENTS Involved in the INFANT FOLLOW ALONG PROGRAM Will work with Professional Development Specialists and learn how to teach their infants new ways to learn. If you're interested in the INFANT FOLLOW ALONG PROGRAM, CONTACT: Julie Mitchell, Jane Kirkpatrick, or Jewell Minnick at Department of Education; (503) 553-3241. and the Columbia River Basin's fish and wildlife. The entity authorized by the Act and created by the four states is the Pacific Northwest Elec tric Power and Conservation Planning Council-more commonly known as the Northwest Power Planning Council. Th. aovRmnrs of the foi'r states each appointed two members to rerve ' v - 4. ' . - 1 1 . , , ' ....... annmved financine for an emergency recovery effort for Snake River sockeye and called for additional safeguards to protect the run. In announcing the sockeye listing, Schmitten said he supports the . Council's process and will form a team that will work closely with the Council in developing a recovery plan for sockeye. "I was pleased to hear that Mr. Schmitten reiterated his desire to work closely with the Council," Hallock said. "We appreciate his support of our efforts to rebuild weak salmon and steelhead stocks." Hallock noted that the Council has proposed eliminating commercial harvest of sockeye below the confluence of the Snake and Colum bia rivers. That means only a limited tribal ceremonial and subsistence fishery on sockeye would remain. The Fisheries Service also has proposed listing Snake River spring summer chinook and fall chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act. If the Service proceeds with their listings, recovery plans for these fish also will be developed. The Council s eoais is to protect I t . . . 1 - . . V ' III I 1 Inter-Tribal Fish Commission to relocate offices The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission will be relocating its Portland office on Friday De cember 6, 1991. New Address is Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 729 ALONG PROGRAM recovery on the Council. The Council, head quartered in Portland, Oregon, began operation in April 1981. To under score the importance of protecting fish and wildlife, the Act directed the Council to develop its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Pro gram before it developed a power plan. . - . , ,r . x salmon, steelhead i . . 'i i j all salmon ad steelhead runs in the fnliimhia River Basin and rebuild weak runs, including the petitioned Snake River runs. Schmitten said the Service would look favorably on a basinwide, bio logically sound salmon recovery plan as the foundation of its recovery plans for protected species. Additionally, a regionally developed plan like the Council's would help the Service avoid the kind of battle that erupted when the federal government de clared the northern spotted owl a threatened species. "We learned from the spotted owl experience that it will be far prefer able to develop a recovery plan to gether as a region rather than having the federal courts dictate a plan to us," Hallock said. "Our focus at tlv Council will continue to be devel oping a biologically sound recovery plan for all the basin's salmon and steelhead." The Council expects to finish amending its fish and wildlife pro gram within the time frame for the National Marine Fisheries Service to develop a recovery plan for sockeye. N.E. Oregon SL, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232 C.R.I.T.F.C. will be open for business on Monday, December 9, 1991. Phone numbers will remain the same. I