2 February 17, 1995
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
National Marine Fisheries Service issues opinion....
Warm Springs has new representative Tribes react to hydrosystem biological opinion
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February 1, 1995,was a
very special day for Agnes
Josie Wolfe, age 22. She
was crowned Miss Warm
Springs 1995 during
ceremonies at the
Community Center. Agnes
is the daughter of the late
James Wolfe, Sr. and her
mother is Flossie Wolfe of
Warm Springs. Kim-Ply is
her Indian name and was
the name of her aunt
Florene Wolfe, given to her
by her father, James.
Her grandparents on her
father's side are the late
Ellery Wolfe and Julia
Wolfe.
On her mother's side her
grandparents are the late
Lawrence, Sr. and Ardis
Squiemphen.
Kim-Ply has nine
brothers and six sisters.
Her hobbies include
beadwork, working on
car's, and has a strong
interest in family fishing on
the Columbia River.
Miss Warm Springs 1995, Agnes Wolfe
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Wolfe demonstrated how to correctly fillet a salmon.
: Gaming update: Commissioners to be
; interviewed, artwork needed
With the opening of the tempo
rary gaming facility getting closer
: with each passing day, work contin
ues on the details that must be com
pleted before that day gets here in
. early May.
Commissioners
The Gaming Work Group received
over 80 applications of prospective
commissioners. The Work Group
decided to consider only those ap
plications submitted by tribal mem
bers. The final seven applicants will
be interviewed by the Work Group
February 21. Tribal Council is ex
pected to make a final selection
shortly after the interviews are com
pleted. One commissioner position
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Spilyay Tymoo 1995
will be full-time while the other two
positions will be part-time.
Art
A "grass roots" group of tribal i
members interested in developing and
providing artwork for the gaming
facility met earlier this week to dis
cuss facility logo ideas, facility name
and other issues tied to the enter
prise, wanaa van relt, Bernyce
Courtney, Jolene Atencio, Oliver!
Kirk, Roxanne Casey met with fa
cility general manager Aurolyn
Stwyer to discuss artwork possibili
ties. Stwyer explained that the group,
and any other interested community
members, will meet again Tuesday,
February 2 1 at The Museum at Warm
Springs at noon, to continue discus
sions. Designers of the top four logo .
ideas will each receive $350. Those
designs not chosen for the logo may
be used on T-shirts and other souvenir
items.
Stwyer said that up to 12 display ;
cases will be available for tribal
members to commission their art
work. Consignments will be handled
through the gaming facility gift shop.
Artwork will also be needed for
murals. Exact proportions of the
mural space will be available at the
Job Fair February 28 and March 2.
For further information concerning
the artwork for the facility, contact
Wanda Van Pelt at the Information
Center at 553-6448.
Debbie Smith, who has a degree
in marketing, is assisting Stwyer with
uniform selecuon.
from Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Leaders representing the Colum
bia River Treaty tribes held a new
conference to discuss their reactions
to the draft 1995 biological opinion
(BO) n the hydrosystem prepared by
the National Marine Fisheries Ser
vice (NMFS). Tribal staffs and the
staff of the Columbia River Inter
Tribal Fish Commission have ana
lyzed the draft biological opinion
and are preparing comment to be
delivered to NMFS on February 10.
The tribal and state fish agencies
agree that the BO, as currently
drafted, is an inadequate prescrip
tion for saving salmon.
What follows is a partial list of
concerns aBOut shortcomings of that
plan and summarizes key aspects of
the draft BO.
The draft BO is a "jeopardy opin
ion". This means that NMFS deter
mined in the draft that the actions
proposed by the hydrosystem oper
ating agencies would jeopardize the
continued existence of the listed
Snake River salmon. Under the ESA,
NMFS may propose reasonable and
prudent alternatives that, if imple
mented, would insure that the action
carries out is not likely to jeopardize
the continued existence of the listed
species. The operating agencies must
either implement those reasonable
and prudent alternatives or seek an
exemption form the ESA from the
Endangered Species Committee
(AKA the "God Squad").
The reasonable and prudent alter
natives proposed by NMFS are
weaker than the measure contained
in the 1994-98 BO and the 1993 BO
that was struck down by Judge
Malcom Marsh. Under the measures
in the draft BO:
More fish will be transported than
ever before.
Less spill will be provided at the
dams to pass fish safely away from
turbines. Among other things, spill
levels will fall below those specified
in the regional spill memorandum of
agreement.
Less flow augmentation will be
provided. The reservoir constraints
specified in the opinion will not al
low the flow targets to be achieved.
The reservoir constraints are more
restrictive to salmon flow needs than
the actual operations that occurred in
1994,.
More research will be conducted
by NMFS than ever before. As enu
merated by NMFS, half of the rea
sonable and prudent alternatives are
research projects. Based on past ex
perience, it is reasonable to expect
that NMFS will implement most of
these research projects (nine of 15
appear likely to be conducted by
NMFS). These research projects will
cost millions of dollars, kill thou
sands of fish and yield little useful
information.
The draft BO does not describe
how these reasonable and prudent
measures insure the continued exist
ence of the species. The draft BO
states that such justification must
await completion of modeling.
The reasonable and prudent alter
natives in the draft BO are not suffi
cient to avoid a jeopardy determina
tion. NMFS has determined that the
measures in the 1994-98 BO were
not sufficient to avoid a jeopardy
determination. The measures in the
draft BO are weaker than those in the
1994-98 BO.
The draft BO is not exactly clear
on what the jeopardy standard is and
what analytical procedures it will
follow to determine jeopardy. NMFS
is ambiguous whether the jeopardy
standard will be applied to other hu
man impacts such as habitat and
harvest, to the listed salmon NMFS
has taken elements of the statetribal
technical proposal for a jeopardy
standard out of context. The strength
of the statetribal technical proposal
for jeopardy standard, life cycle
modeling, is heavily criticized by
NMFS whereas the weakest aspect
of the statetribal recommendation,
threshold levels, is endorsed by
NMFS.
The draft BO repeatedly cites to
and relies on the Recovery Plan,
which has not been published, even
in draft. A final recovery plan will
not be available until after most the
juvenile fish have migrated to the
ocean in 1995.
The draft BO does not mention
the United States' treaty obligations
to the tribes or the conservation prin
ciples that have arisen through judi
cial decree. In fact, the BO strongly
hints that restrictions in "discretion
ary" federal actions, presumably in
cluding tribal fisheries, "indicate at
least a moderate likelihood of survival
and recovery (sic)".'Restricting tribal
fisheries when other measures are
available is inconsistent with the
tribes' treaty rights.
Vegetation management proposed
The Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Warm Springs Agency proposes to
carry out a program of vegetation
management for both competing
vegetation in commercial forest lands
and noxious weed infested lands of
the Warm Springs Reservation.
Based on the Final Project
Assessment, Controlling Competing
Vegetation and Noxious Weeds of
August 1994 and public comments
gathered during the period of July 20
to August 19, 1994, we have
determined that the proposed action
does not pose a significant impact
upon the human environment.
Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement as cited under
Section 102 (2) (c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969-
42 USC 4223 (2) (c) is therefore not
required.
Factors supporting a finding of no
significance:
All issues raised in Tribal
Committee review were addressed
and mitigated for.
The water quality, biological
diversity and cultural resources will
be protected by following all
applicable standards and guidelines
of the Integrated Resources
Management Plan.
The Spill Response Plan will
protect water and soil resources to
the maximum extent possible, should
a spill of herbicides occur.
This decision will be implemented
after the expiration of seven calendar
days from the signing of this
document.
Notice of Availability of a Finding
of No Significant Impact on Final
Project Assessment, Controlling
Competing Vegetation and Noxious
Weeds, Warm Springs Reservation.
This notice advises the public that
the Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) on the Final Project
Assessment, Controlling Competing
Vegetation and Noxious Weeds, is
available for public review.
Anyone interested in obtaining a
copy of this FONSI should contact:
Gerald Henrikson, Environmental
Coordinator, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, P.O. Box 1239, Warm
Springs, Oregon 97761, (503) 553-2421.
Epidemic questions answered
Tribal
Probate
has moved to the
former EAP site in the
back of the green
house at the corner of
Warm Springs and
Paiute
As you may well know we have a
head lice epidemic at Warm Springs.
Many questions have come up on
how to get rid of lice and this article
includes the most common questions.
Q. How do I get rid of head lice?
A. Wash hair with a regular sham
poo, rinse and towel dry hair. Satu
rate hair and scalp with NIX cream
rinse, leave on for 10 minutes (but no
longer) and rinse hair completely. If
live lice are seen seven days or more
after the first treatment, NIX may be
repeated. A single application is ef
fective 99 of patients if all instruc
tions are followed.
Q. How do I remove the eggs
(nits)?
A. The medicine does not kill all
of the eggs. They must be removed
with a fine-toothed comb. This is a
time consuming step. The nits are
most easily removed after using Nix
while the hair is still damp. Comb
hair from the skin outward com
pletely. It is no longer recommended
to use vinegar water to aid in the
removal of nits. It has been found
that any cream rinse available at a
store works better.
Q. How do I clean my house,
clothes and hair products?
A. Machine wash all clothing,
coats, bedding and towels that have
Job Fair
been worn or used three days before
and during the treatment in hot soapy
water and dry in a hot dryer for at
least 20 minutes. Items that cannot
be washed should be dry cleaned,
hung outside for 2 days, or sealed in
a plastic bag for lOdays. Soak combs,
brushes, barrettes and curlers in an
antiseptic, rubbing alcohol or bleach
for 1-2 hours. (They may also be
boiled for 5-10 minutes.) Vacuum
all rugs, mattresses and furniture care
fully. Q. Do I need to treat the whole
family?
A. YES, everyone in the house
hold must be treated at the same
time.
Q. How do I get NIX from the
pharmacy?
A. One person per household with
head lice must come to the clinic and
bring hisher chart to the pharmacy.
A pharmacist will then check for lice
or nits. Only if nits or lice are found
will NK be given. A note from the
school stating a member of the house
hold has head lice will be recognized
by the pharmacy. The pharmacist will
supply you with enough NIX to treat
all members of the household. This
would be a good time to ask any
additional questions you have about
how to treat head lice.
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February 28 Tribal Members
March 2 General Public
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wasco and Paiute Rooms Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge
Gaming
Numerous
positions will be
available in the
following
departments:
-Slots-Keno-Poker--Accounting-
-Human Resources--Security
and
Surveillance-
-Commission Office--Administration--Maintenance-
Kah-Nee-Ta
Resort
Employment
opportunities at
Kah-Nee-Ta include
positions in the
following
departments:
-Rooms Division--Food
and Beverage--Recreation--Grounds
Upkeep-
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Frontier
Construction
is aeneral
contractor for the
project
Information
concerning
employment with
Frontier will be
available at the Job
Fair.
Trihal artist c art tnr.niiraatti ta attend as artwork.
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