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VOL. 19 NO. 19
Coyote News
In Brief
Smokey celebrated
Smokey Bear has long
been an effective fire
prevention icon.
Smokey's history is
offered.
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Dioxln levels too
high?
Columbia River Treaty
Tribes are concerned
about dioxin levels in
theRiver.
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Circus appears
The circus came to
town last week, and
boy, did they put on a
show.
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A pilot among us
Clarence Jefferson
recently attained his
private pilot's license.
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VocRehab offers
assistance
The local program
offers job placement
assistance and much
more to those in need.
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Sturza named
athletic coordinator
Long-time coach and
physical education
teacher Margaret
Sturza was recently
selected MHS
coordinator of the
school's athletic
program.
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Recipes offered
Scalloped corn and
macaroni and meat
salad recipes,
containing commodity
food stuffs, were
prepared and tested
by OSU home
economist Norma
Simpson.
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Deadline for the
next Spilyay Tymoo
will be
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The first day of schooled Warm Springs Elementary brought parents and students to the walltocheckroomassignments.
Yakamas win salmon restoration suit
"The 9th Circuit basically gutted
the Northwest Power Planning
Council's Strategy for Salmon," said
Tim Weaver, attorney for the Yakama
Indian Nation.
The tribe and environmental or
ganizations learned recently that they
had won the lawsuits they brought
two years ago against the council's
salmon restoration program, which
is also called the Strategy for Salmon.
"We won a major victory for
salmon," said Jerry Meninick,
Yakama tribal chairman. "With the
litigation, we were telling the power
council that to recover the salmon,
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strong, comprehensive measures
have to be taken by all the water and
land users."
The 9th US Circuit Court of Ap
peals sent the plan back to the council
for redrafting, saying that the council
must give "strong deference" to the
recommendations of the tribes and
the fish agencies when developing a
program.
"This could be the beginning of a
real salmon recovery plan that puts
fish on an equal footing with the
hydrosystem as the Northwest Power
Act directed," said Weaver.
In the same ruling, the 9th circuit
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also rejected aluminum and industry
claims, including the industry's
contention that the council should
have measured the costs and benefits
of each fish protection measure and
that economic impacts and drawdown
measures violate the Northwest
Power Act.
The "record reveals few profound
successes," the court said about the
program's 10-year history. The
council has sometimes been "sacri
ficing the act's fish and wildlife goals
for what is, in the essence, the lowest
common denominator acceptable to
power interest and DSIs (the alumi
num and metal industries)," the op
tion stated.
"There is no more time for the
duct tape approach no more time
for patching up what isn't working,"
said Weaver. "It's time to totally
revise the way they've been doing
business. But don't misunderstand,
the tribes believe that this region can
have salmon without the lights going
out.
"The Columbia River tribes have
submitted dctailedplansafter detailed
plans on how basin-wide restoration
should proceed. The Yakama tribe
hopes this is a new start because they
are tired of going to court to try to
make it happen," said Weaver.
We're looking for
Interesting stories and
photos (If available) of
the 1964 flood. The 30
year anniversary of the
"Big One" Is coming
this winter. Keep
Spilyay In mind when
remembering the good
or days. Call us at 553
3274 with your
memories.
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Injunction favors tribes
Federal District Judge Malcom
Marsh issued a preliminary injunc
tion Friday, September 2 to prevent
the National Marine Fisheries Ser
vice (NMFS) and the Washington
Oregon Columbia River Compact
from interfering with additional
tribal fishing days.
At the judge's urging, the four
Columbia River treaty tribes, in
cluding Warm Springs, and the fed
eral agency came to an agreement
that only 26 more Snake River wild
fall Chinook could be incidentally
caught during the tribes' fall Chi
nook fishery. That decision could
mean two fewer fishing days and
5,000 to 10,000 fewer Chinook and
2,000 to 3,000 fewer stcclhcad for
tribal members than originally pro
posed by the four tribal governments.
NMFS also agreed to continue
discussion with the tribes about
hatchery reforms, particularly trap
ping fall Chinook at Lower Granite
Dam, and changes in hydro opera
tions. The agreement was reached after
the judge suggested that if fish
weren't being trapped at Lower
Granite Dam, more Snake River fall
Chinook would escape to spawning
grounds than would be caught in the
tribes' proposed fishing season. The
tribes had earlier recommended that
fall Chinook not be trapped and in
stead allowed to continue to spawn
ing grounds. ButNMFS had ignored
this proposal and others related to
hydrosystem operations.
"We are pleased that now atten
tion can be brought back to real
salmon restoration," said Ted Strong,
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission Executive Director. "If
treaty rights, as affirmed by US v
Oregon, had been followed all along,
neither the tribes nor the salmon
would be an issue before the court
today."
Without trapping, an estimated
489 Snake River fall Chinook would
head for the spawning grounds. With
trapping, only 280 are projected to
cross Lower Granite Dam, which is
the last passable dam before the river
areas where fall Chinook spawn.
Trapping is done to take fish for
research and for hatchery broodstock
and to remove hatchery-origin Snake
River Chinook.
Tribal and state biologists report
that more Snake River wild fall Chi
nook would also pass over Lower
Granite Dam this year if more cold
water were released from upper
Snake River reservoirs and if fish
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passage improvements were made.
In their fall fishery, tribal mem
bers are entitled to harvest as many
as 32,500 fall Chinook and 12,000
stcclhcad fish which are in excess
of spawning needs. In what will
probably be a total of 1 0 or 1 1 days of
fishing, the tribes will take an esti
mated 48 Snake River wild fall Chi
nook that would have otherwise
reached their spawning grounds
above Lower Granite Dam.
This fall fishing dispute was re
solved in United States v. Oregon, a
treaty fishing rights case under the
continuing jurisdiction of the federal
court since 1968. "The treaties, the
Columbia River Fish Management
Plan (CRFMP) and the Endangered
Species Act all have strong prin
ciples for salmon conservation," said
CRITFC's executive director.
At September 2's hearing, Judge
Marsh expressed his confidence in
the CRFMP and was proud of the
parties' ability to reach an agreement
to resolve the fishing dispute without
further litigation. After five years of
negotiations, the tribal, state and fed
eral parties to US v Oregon agreed to
the CRFMP, which was then en
dorsed by Judge March in 1988.
The four tribes and the Columbia
River Compact met about specific
fishing dates on September 6 at the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife. The dates for tribal com
mercial fishing were set as follows:
From 6 a.m. September 8 to 6 p.m.
September 10. A second fishery will
be discussed at the September 19
Compact hearing.
Open Area: All of Zone 6
(Bonneville, the Dalles and John Day
pools)
Restrictions: No mesh rcstricu'on
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Parents group
to meet 920
There will be a Parent Advisory
Committee meeting at 7:00 P.M., in
the Warm Springs Elementary Li
brary, September 20, 1994
Dr. Steve Nelson, Northwest Re
gional Educational Laboratory will
be the featured speaker. New mem
bers will be elected to the committee.
If you have a disability, please
contact Stan Pine at 475-6 192, at the
509-J Support Service Office Build
ing, for special arrangements that
may allow you to participate in the
meeting.