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Coyote News
In Brief
Gang awareness
presentation set
The Madras Police
Department and other
interested organizations
are sponsoring a gang
awareness and
recognition class
Thursday, February 12.
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A new feature begins
with this issue as
residents, employees
and others are asked to
express their opinion on
different topics.
Old photos offered
Various old photos
provided by The
Museum At Warm -Springs
offer an inside
look at life in years' past.
Language Lessons
Wasco and Sahaptin
language lessons are ;
offered.
5 and 6
SMART honors long-
time reader
Pam Cardenas has been
with the Warm Springs
Elementary SMART
program since its
Inception in 1995.
Buffs continue to
struggle
The Madras High School
basketball teams
continue their efforts in
league play this winter.
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Funeral Services for
Sylvia Wallulatum
All-Denomination
Services
at Bel-Air Funeral
Home
Thursday, January 29
10 a.m.
Dressing: Thursday,
January 29 at 3 p.m.
at Simnasho
Longhouse
Overnight Services:
WashutOnly
Traditional attire only
Burial:
Friday, January 30,
1993 at Sunrise at
Simnasho Cemetery
Deadline for the next
Spilyay Tymoo s
Friday,
February 6, 1997
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Scoping document
A comprehensive management
plan for approximately 90,000 acres
adjacent to the Pelton-Round Butte
Hydroelectric Project is being devel
oped through a cooperative planning
process incorporating input from
public and government representa
tives. The first phase in developing
the plan was recently completed and
a scoping document that outlines rec
reation and land-use issues, goals
and objectives has been released for
public review.
The management plan will affect
an area west of Madras that includes
portions of the Crooked, Deschutes
and Metolius river canyons. Land
owned by tribal, state and federal
governments, and private parties will
all be included in the final manage
ment plan.
The primary objectives of the com
prehensive plan will be to resolve a
variety of social and natural resource
issues in the planning area. Overlap
ping authorities and landuse conflicts
have made it difficult for any one
agency to address all of the pertinent
issues. The cooperative planning pro
cess being used to develop the com
prehensive plan is intended to allevi
ate this problem.
The comprehensive plan will also
provide the Oregon Parks and Recre
ation Department with a framework
forupdating the Cove Palisades State
Park Master Plan and supplement
the U.S. Forest Service Crooked
River National Grassland Plan. The
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs (Confederated Tribes) will
incorporate many of the proposed
actions contained in the management
plan into its application for a new
license toown and operate the Pclton-
Round Butte Project.
The cooperation exhibited in
developing the first phase of this
plan has been remarkable," said Brian
Cunninghame, re licensing coordi
nator tor the Lonfedcrated Tribes.
All the major stakeholders in the
planning area are working together
to resolve the many complex issues
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we've been facing in this area for the
past several years."
Recreational opportunities in the
planning area are abundant and di
verse, but public interest is focused
on Lake Billy Chinook and the Cove
Palisades State Park. The scoping
document's goal statement for rec
reation management directs manag
ers to maintain or enhance natural
resource conditions while providing
a range of safe, high-quality recre
ational opportunities supplemented
with public facilities and services at
Lake Billy Chinook and Lake
Simtustus.
Boaters flock to Lake Billy Chi
nook during the summer months to
fish, water ski, cruise and view scen
ery. Conflicts arise when the various
user groups are crowded onto boat
ramps, docks and into parking areas
during the busiest times of the day.
These and other problems detract
from an otherwise pleasant setting
and challenge managers to find so
lutions. Core team members who helped
shape the scoping document believe
the planning area should accommo
date moderate to high levels of rec
reational use during peak-use peri
ods. However, they would like to
reduce the peak demand for facili
ties by encouraging use into non
peak periods. They would also like
to provide appropriate facilities in
highly developed areas while main
taining the primitive aspects of un
developed areas.
"The Confederated Tribes are one
of the largest landowners in the
project area, but there arc also sub
stantial state, federal and private land
holdings in the area, which makes
cooperative planning and manage
ment essential", said Charles "Jixly"
Calica, general manager of the Con
federated Tribes' Natural Branch.
"We have worked successfully with
other government agencies and
members of the general public in the
past and will continue that tradition
in creating a comprehensive plan for
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Dip net fishing at Celilo Falls.
Billy Chinook
lands within and adjacent to the
Pelton-Round Butte Project."
At the present time there are con
cerns over water pollution, residen
tial dwellings that consume wildlife
habitat, soil and shoreline stability,
construction that distracts from the
area's visual quality and road main
tenance to name a few.
In the area of land use manage
ment, the core team is promoting
safeguards for water quality, fish and
wildlife habitat, cultural resources,
scenic values in conjunction with
public access and appropriate com
patible uses of the area.
"There are a number of issues that
need to be resolved in terms of recre
ation and land use, and their impacts
on wildlife resources," said Terry
Luther, manager of the tribal Fish
and Wildlife Department. "We need
to develop strategies that will re
solve these issues and preserve the
area's bountiful natural resources for
present and future generations."
Public safety and services are also
addressed in the scoping document.
Some of the key issues surrounding
the planning area are the volume and
speed of traffic, emergency response
time, wildfire, and the need for addi
tional interpretive facilities.
Two public meetings will be held
at Kahneeta Resort on February 1 2 to
discuss the scoping document and
comprehensive plan. The first meet
ing will begin at I p.m. and the sec
ond is scheduled for 6 p.m. Anyone
unable to attend the meeting may
submit written comments to Brian
Cunninghame at Warm Springs
Power Enterprises; PO Box 960;
Warm Springs, OR 9776 1 . The dead
line for comments is March 1, 1998.
Copies of the scoping document may
be obtained through the address listed
above or by calling (541)553-1046.
A draft of the comprehensive plan
is scheduled for release in June of
1998. The proposed final plan will
incorporate studies and planning ef
forts lor cultural, fish and wildlife
resources, is scheduled for comple
tion in the fall of 1998.
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When: Tuesday and Wednesday, February 3 and 4, 1998
Where: Kah-Nee-Ta, Warm Springs Reservation
What: The theme: Deschutes Basin Wildlife
Defining Visions for the Future
Who: All those in the Basin community who hold a
passion for the above theme.
How: By facilitators trained and experienced in Open
Space from The Watershed Forum Foundation
Donations accepted for Herkshan family
A special account has been set up at the tribal finance
department for contributions for the Herkshan family.
The accident that took the life of Natasha Herkshan has
left other members of the family in dire need of medical and
other assistance. Leevi will be off work indefinitely to take
care of his family.
As you may or may not know the tribe limits its financial
assistance and as time passes, the family will need
assistance to go to and from the hospital for Nadine who is
still in critical care as well as for the other children. One of
the children has a broken hip and one has two broken legs.
The two injured girls are presently in wheelchairs. Thank
you to the utilities department who constructed the
wheelchair ramp for promptly.
As a department, you can collect as a group, by listing the
donators and the amounts and taking the money to Dee
Parker for deposit; or employees and community members
can go directly to accounting and make a deposit.
Please dig deep into your pocketbooks and your hearts.
Any amount will help. Let's come together as a community
and help this family through this tragic time.
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It's that time of year again, time to offer your words of
adoration and Cove to that special 'someone. "Don't be shy, (ct
yourfeehnys Be (qiown! Spifyay deadline for
tteart-to-tteart is Jriday, Jebruary 6.
Don't be the only one in town without a message.
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