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Annual Timber Tour for future sales and timber management in the low-lands
Mount Jefferson and Lion's Head
The annual timber tour covered
three sites on the first day starting July
1 9, 00. The first stop was off road 42,
near Boulder. Hazard Fuel Reduction
Proposal where the proposed land
scape block is located in Township 9
South; Range 10 East; Sections: 9, 10,
14, 15 and 16. The project area is in a
ponderosa pineDouglas fir (PIPO
PSME) plant association. The eleva
tion ranges from 3200-3400feet.
The stand consists of a scattered
over story of ponderosa pine and
Douglas-fir, 150 plus years old. The
under story is composed, primarily of
Douglas fir 60-90 years old. Numer
ous group openings dominate the area
from previous logging entries. There
is approximately 1 10 acres of open
ings containing advanced regenera
tion and brush in the proposed land
scape block, which comprises ap
proximately 606 acres. The openings,
which were created from past logging
entries have naturally regenerated to
ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir and in
cense cedar. These young stands are
approximately 10-30 years old. Many
of the 60-90 year old stands were pre
commercially thinned in 1978.
Huckleberry Feast set for
August 6, at He He Longhouse
Antelope
tags
available
Tribal Hunters
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs have acquired prong
horn antelope tags for use on Tribal
Ceded lands this year.
This is the first time the Tribes
have received antelope tags and we
are looking forward to a successful
hunt. Twenty-nine (29) tags are
available for this year. This includes
If you are interested in hunting
antelope please sign up for ONE of
these hunts. Sign up will be at the
Natural Resources Department, you
must be a Tribal member to qualify
for these hunts. Youngsters must be
at least Twelve (12) years of age and
have successfully completed a Hunt
ers Education class.
If there are more tribal hunters
it. .
from the Whitewater Grade. See more Timber Tour photos on page 3.
The average fire return interval
is approximately 20 years in the
project area. Fuel loads range from
20-45 tons per acre throughout the
project area. Historically two major
stand replacement fires have occurred
adjacent to the project area in the last
2 1 years. The 42 Road fire (100 acres)
in 1979 and North Butte fire (160
acres) in 1987. Both fires were the
result of lightning strikes in areas that
had been pre-commercially thinned
and the slash left untreated.
Project Description
The project would consist of pre
commercial thinning in the openings
where no commercial entry is viable
in terms of economics at this time.
The PCT slash, brush and natural fu
els would be grapple piled and
burned. Hazard reduction monies
would be used on the 1 1 0 acres of pre
commercial thinning which comprise
1 8 of the project area. The grapple
piling and burning would be done
concurrently with a logging sale, but
the two projects would be accounted
for separately.
Project Objectives
The primary objective is to re
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duce natural fuel loads from the cur
rent 20-45 tons per acre to the desired
fuel load of 7-14 tons per acre in this
area. At our current fuel loading of
20-45 tonsacre we are at a fuel model
10 in which with the right conditions
a wildfire in this area would result in
a stand replacement fire. At the de
sired fuel loading of 7-14 tonsacre
we would be at fuel model 8 which
would greatly reduce the amount of
damage to the residual stand and re
semble a low intensity under burn.
This would be the initial step in the
reintroduction of prescribed fire in
this area. After this initial treatment,
prescribed fire would be the next
treatment in approximately 20 years.
Prescribed burns would be conducted
on a 30 year interval. After the dis
cussion on this area the group trav
eled on to the He He Fire area.
The He He Fire Salvage Timber
Sale
He He Fire Salvage sale logged
timber that was damaged or killed by
the He He Fire, which started on Sep
tember 30, 1999. The sale area con
tains approximately 1,500 acres. The
tributaries within the sale area drain
into Badger Creek, Warm Springs
River and the Deschutes River.
Logging on the same began on
May 3 1 and was basically completed
by July 13, 2000. However some
work remains including de-liming
and hauling of tops left in the land
ings, ripping of skid trails and roads
in the riparian area of Badger Creek
etc.
Four loggers worked on this sale
(Guerin, B&B, Alko and ZZ). The
total volume removed is approxi
mately 2,800,000 board feet. The es
timated volume projected for this sale
was 2,323,000 board feet.
WSFPI was under a lot of pres
sure to log this sale quickly for two
reasons: the first being to avoid blue
stain in the pine which decreases its
value and secondly because pine val
ues were scheduled to drop in July.
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Warm Springs woman charged in death
A Federal Grand Jury in Portland
handed down a single-count indict
ment charging second-degree murder
in the death of four-year old Andres
Saragos Tuesday afternoon. Ac
cording to Tribal Police Chief Don
Courtney, the Warm Springs Police
arrested Tamara Coffee at her home
in Simnasho at 7 p.m. last night.
Coffee, the child' s foster mother was
held in the Warm Springs jail over
night and transported to Portland
today for an appearance in Federal
Court. The second-degree murder
charge carries a maximum sentence
of life in prison. If convicted, Coffee
will be sentenced under the federal
sentencing guidelines, which may
prescribe a lower sentence.
United States Attorney Kristine
Olson and Special Agent in Charge
David Szady of the F.B.I, made the
announcement. The charges resulted
Health and Wellness
The Warm Springs Health &
Wellness Center (WSH&WC) has
been awarded the certificate of ac
creditation by the Accreditation As
sociation for Ambulatory Health
Care, Inc. (AAAHC), according to
Russ Alger, Service Unit Director.
The award means that WSH&WC has
met nationally recognized standards
for quality health care by the Chicago-based
accrediting organization.
"We're pleased and proud to
have achieved accreditation," said
Russ Alger, SUD. "We think accredi
tation is very important and has
helped us to improve the quality of
care we provide. We feel that our pa
tients are the ultimate benefactors
from our participation in the accredi
tation program."
High Lookee Lodge to open doors
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs will join together in August
to open the doors of High Lookee
Lodge, the first known senior hous
ing residence in Oregon designed
specifically for the Native American
community.The first celebration will
be an exclusive tribal event held
Tuesday, August 1, a public open
house will follow on Thursday, Au
gust 3 from 12 to 3 p.m. Event
sponsors are the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs. Concepts in
Community Living (CCL) and LPS
Architects, Inc. (LRS).
The tribal event held exclusively
for the Warm Springs community
will feature the traditional Seven
Drum Ceremony. The public open
house will include a brief tribal
blessing ceremony. Attendees will
have the opportunity to tour the
residence and project team members
will be available throughout the af
ternoon. High Lookee Lodge incorporates
the cultures of all three tribes-Paiute,
Wasco and Warm Springs-to create a
residence that needs the community 's
physical, spiritual and social needs.
The lodge is a 40-unit assisted living,
Alzheimer's and hospice residence
that features adult daycare and a di
alysis area. A shakertribal room
accommodates rituals and ceremo
nies, while stovetops in unit kitchens
allow residents to prepare traditional
remedies and potions. The entry
lobby is reminiscent of the tradi
tional Longhouse with a fireplace
Regulations announced for harvest
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Or
egon, Natural Resources Department
is pleased to announce the highlights
of Tribal Resolution 9894. Tribal
Resolution 9894 describes the har
vest regulations for the fall chinook
salmon subsistence fishery at Sherars
Falls.
The following restrictive regu
lations were adopted by Tribal Coun
cil on July 11 2000:
1 .Beginning August 01, 2000,
subsistence fishing at Sherars Falls
will be allowed up to a harvest cap of
1,300 wild adult chinook salmon,
34 of the predicted return of 3,850
adults over Sherars Falls.
2. Fishing will be allowed
seven days per week.
3. Once the adult chinook
salmon harvest cap has been reached,
fishing will remain open for hatch
ery (fin clipped) steelhead only until
December 3 1,2000.
4. All wild (non fin clipped)
steelhead must be released unharmed
into the Deschutes River.
5. The only fishing methods al-
from Ms. Coffee's actions on July
13, 2000. Coffee went to work in the
Warm Springs Tribal Administra
tion Building, leaving her four-year
old child alone in the car. The child
died from prolonged exposure to the
heat inside the car.
Charles "Jody" Calica, the Tribe's
Chief Operations Officer, said "The
community is feeling a deep sense of
loss over the death of Andres Saragos.
We are reeling from this unfortunate
death." Calica said there would be a
review of the fatality in terms of
policies, programs and the criteria in
place governing child welfare and
foster care. "In particular the adop
tion and safe families act of 1997."
Tribal Council Chairman Olney
Patt, Jr. stated that programs need to
be reviewed. "We are looking at
programs and procedures we have in
place to make sure this doesn't hap
Center achieves National Accreditation
In order to achieve accredita
tion, WSH&WC underwent an exten
sive on-site survey of its facilities and
services. The survey team, composed
of a physician, a pharmacist, and a
health care administrator, evaluated
all aspects of patient care. The sur
vey findings resulted in a favorable
decision.
Not all ambulatory health care
organizations seek accreditation and
not all who undergo an on-site sur
vey receive favorable decisions. In a
letter to WSH&WC, the AAAHC
president said, "The dedication and
effort necessary to achieve accredi
tation is substantial. Warm Springs
Health and Wellness center is to be
commended for this accomplish
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and space to display tribal treasures
while a sauna serves as the modern
replacement of the traditional
sweatlodgc. Members of all ages will
gather in the central meeting place
and salmon bakes and festivals can
be held at the outdoor pit. Family
members can visit residents for ex
tended amounts of time in oversize
living quarters.
To tailor the residence to the
community's needs, CCL and LRS
met with Tribal Council members
and elders to review programming
and design and gather input. Design
boards and a model were on display
at the senior center to keep the
community updated and involved
throughout the process. LRS con
tinued to visit the site frequently
during the construction administra
tion phase to work with the contractor
and meet the tribal leaders.
High Lookee is a 40,000 square
foot building constructed of native,
culture and maintenance-free mate
rials. Stones used in the fireplace,
outdoor fire pit and courtyard were
taken directly from the reservation.
The tribal room is situated according
to the compass points and features
natural lighting from a clear story
ceiling and heavy timber suggested
beams. LRS received the National
Council on Senior Housing Gold
Achievement Award in 1998 for
design.
For further information or graphic
material, please contact Christine
Skultety at (503) 221-1121 or at
cskultetlrsarch.com.
hook and line, as set out in Warm
Springs Tribal Code 340.3 1 0.
6. Lamprey harvest will be al
lowed continuously throughout the
" fair fishing time frame: - ;""
7. All chinook salmon and
steelhead caught are for subsistence
purposes only. No sales to the public
are allowed.
8. Monitoring of the tribal har
vest, fish escapement oyer Bonneville
and the Dalles Dam and fish escape
ment above Sherars Falls will be used
to determine if in season harvest
modifications will be necessary.
The Natural Resources Depart
ment is expecting the return of ap
proximately 15,000 wild fall chinook
salmon, to the Deschutes River. It is
anticipated that of that number of re
turning fish close to 4,000 will go
above Shears Falls. To assure that
fall chinook production above
Sherars Falls continues to produce
harvestable number of fish to tribal
members, the harvest cap of 1,300
fish has been implemented. If any
one has any questions please call the
Natural Resources Department at
of 4-year old son
pen again, it mere is anytning tnat
needs to be done to safeguard the
children, it will be done." The Chair
man went on to say, "At this time we
are not aware of any shortcomings in
the programs."
Warm Springs Chief Delvis Heath
called for understanding and com
passion for the families involved.
Andres Saragos had been placed in
permanentcustody, which terminated
the wardship with Children Protec
tive Services and the Tribal Court in
1999. The hereditary Chief of the
Warm Springs Tribe said " Don't be
too quick to jump to conclusions and
place blame. Let's not prejudge what
has been done. Let it play out in a
court of law."
The F.B.I, and the Warm Springs
Tribal Police jointly investigated the
case. Assistant United States Attor
ney Michael Mosman will prosecute
the case.
ment."
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including single and multi-specialty
group practices, ambulatory and office-based
surgery centers, college
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