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Coyote News
In Brief
On Patrol
Police Department
update.
Spilyay I'nawa
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Question:"You just won
the lottery for a large
amount of money, how
will you spend it?"
Tanker spill on Hwy 26
Spill damages wildlife
along Highway 26.
Read across America
Warm Springs
Elementary School
teachers read to
students. -
Language Lessons
Sahaptin and Paiute
language lessons are ,
offered. Classes are also
being offered.
6 and 7
509-J hires Attendance
Liaisons
Margie Gabriel-Kalama
and Butch David hired to
improve attendance at
Madras High School and
Jefferson County Middle
School.
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Spring term classes to
begin
COCC accepting
registration papers for
spring term.
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Harlem Crowns a hit In
Warm Springs
See photos of Harlem
Crowns in performance.
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Deadline for the
next issue of
Spilyay Tymoo
is March 19,
12:00 Noon
Spilyay Tymoo
once again has
Date Logs.
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we have to pay for
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Birthday wishes (no
more than 35 words)
are $.50 and $1.00 with
a photo.
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Winter storms cause blowdown in Warm Springs forests
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As most are well aware winter
storms have knocked down,
snapped out and uprooted a large
number of trees within the forest
on the Warm Springs
Reservation. The majority of the
blow down has occurred in the
pine ground stretching north
from HeHe all the way south to
the Metolius Bench area. The
Forestry Department has
assigned personnel to identify
which areas have been hardest
hit and to estimate how much
timber is on the ground. The one
thing that is apparent is that most
of the damaged and over turned
trees are very large. In some of
the hardest hit areas over 70 of
the trees have been blown over.
The pine area of the reservation
suffered the most damage
because the soils had been
saturated due to recent rains and
snow melt in the lower elevation.
This left the soil very moist which
does not provide the tree roots
with enough support when
strong winds accompany winter
storms. The larger trees are more
susceptible to blow down
Public Safety's budget reinstated
On February 26, 1999, the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs Tribal Council took action
to reinstate the Public Safety Branch's
1999 budgeted funds. This action
was required following a very narrow
margin, 444 yes to 421 no vote, on
the Tribal referendum suspending the
authority to expend 1999
appropriated funds of the Public
Safety Branch on January 26, 1999.
Tribal Council met January 27 to
address the continuing needs of the
community that are provided for by
the Public Safety Branch. Resolution
No. 9674 was passed, providing
funding from the Emergency fund to
operate the Public Safety Branch for
one month.
In this 30 day period, Resolution
No. 9674 required the following to
be accomplished: (1) The Secretary-
Treasurer and the Chief Operations
Officer were to work with the District
Representatives on Tribal Council to
set up District Meetings for the
purpose of communicating the
changes and proposed changes in the
Public Safety Branch to tribal
members and hear their comments
and concerns. (2) The Secretary-
Treasurer and Chief Operations
Officer were directed to meet with
the Tribal Council on February 25 to
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because they usually have large
crowns (many large branches with
a lot of needles), which catch the
wind like a giant sail. Their large
size and height coupled with their
crowns catching the wind makes
the trees easier to tip over with the
loosened root system. The trees at
higher elevations did not suffer as
much blow down because the
heavy snowpack protected the
ground and root systems of the
standing trees.
Forestry and other branches of
the Natural Resource Department
are preparing for review, by Tribal
Timber Committee and the Tribal
public, a proposal to salvage the
damaged and blown down timber.
An exact figure for the amount of
timber blown down is not
available however early estimates
indicate that there is a minimum
of five million board feet of timber
(approximately 1000 log truck
loads) on the ground and most
likely this volume figure will
increase dramatically as more data
is collected. Since the majority of
the damaged timber is ponderosa
pine one major concern is the blue
report on the results of the District
meetings and proposed changes in
the Public Safety Branch. (3) The
Review Team was directed to take
all reasonable steps to complete its
final report and present it to the Tribal
Council no later than February 25.
A district meeting was held in
each district during February, and on
February 24 the Secretary-Treasurer
and Chief Operations Officer met
with representatives of the
petitioners. In two of the three district
meetings, the people broke into small
groups to assess problems and make
recommendations.
On Friday Feb. 26, the Secretary
Treasurer and Chief Operations
Officer and the Review team
presented their reports for Tribal
Council's review. After evaluating
the reports and discussion, the
majority of Tribal Council
determined that there had been
significant changes and continued to
be on-going changes in the operations
of the Public Safety. The majority
felt the changes warranted reinstating
the expenditure of the 1999
appropriated funds for the Public
Safety Branch. A motion to reinstate
the expenditure of the Public Safety
Branch funds for 1 999 was made and
approved.
P.O. Box 870
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Address Correction Requested
Biowdown of trees on the reservation
staining of the wood which will
occur if the trees are left on the
ground too long. Blue stain is a
fungus which discolors the wood.
Although blue stain does not affect
the strength of the wood it is
considered a grading defect and
will reduce by a significant amount
the value of the timber. Warm
Springs Forest Products would like
to begin salvage operations as soon
as possible, weather and soil
moistures will delay logging, to
minimize the amount of blue
staining in the pine logs.
Due to the high value of this
timber firewood cutting has been
suspended in the blow down area
until a decision is made on the
salvage operations. Unfortunately
this does not leave many areas
open to tribal members needing
firewood because the heavy
snowpack in the higher elevation
has closed most roads. Most of the
Mutton Mountain area is open to
firewood cutting but the roads are
mostly impassable due to muddy
conditions. There is one large deck
of small logs on the S-300 road just
this side of the four corners
W.S. Elementary students learn about
recycling
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With the assistance from the Warm Springs Recycling Program, Elementary students in Mrs. LaPage
class room, are into recycling. The school's used paper is gathered and seperated by the students and
put into the recycling ben.
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junction which is open to firewood
cutting. Juniper areas are also open
for firewood cutting and many of
these areas are located next to all
weather roads. It is also requested
that people do not open any roads
because cutting a small passage
way through a tree will
significantly reduce the value of
that log. Also cutting blown down
trees may not be a good idea
because these trees are often under
extreme tension from the roots
which are trying their best to
"stand the tree back up." Other
times the tree is lying in a position
that could cause it to forcefully
snap while being cut.
Forestry officials would like to
caution the public of the present
dangers resulting from these past
storms and advise everyone to use
care while in the forest. Soils
saturated from recent rains,
coupled with the unusually high
and persistent winds increase the
present dangers. Trees are
continuing to blow down and there
are many trees which are leaning
which can easily fall down without
any warning. Trees have blown
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down across many roads and
there are trees leaning across
other roads. Forestry personnel
have been "trapped" due to trees
falling across roads which were
clear when they went to work,
By the time this article appears
there should have been at least
one public meeting at the Agency
Longhouse and several meetings
with the Tribal Timber
Committee on the proposed
salvage operations. Several of the
issues identified by the Natural
Resource's team include:
whether trees can be harvested
next to stream channels, leaving
snap out trees and down logs for
wildlife and also soil
enhancement, road openings,
additional skid trains for
removing logs, the need for wood
cutting areas, possibility of
helicopter logging and protection
of traditional food gathering
areas. Tribal public concern on
these or other issues are being
solicited and any opinions should
be forwarded to the Warm
Springs Forestry Department at
553-2416.
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