Spilyqy Tymoo, Wgi-m Springs, Orejon
May 51, 2001
f"0 Progress
25 years ago
in the Spilyay
From Vol. 76, No. 6 May 28, 1976
Hatchery making progress
The Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery is slated to be
gin operations in January of 1977. At that time, the first offi
cial occupants, rainbow trout, will be put into the care of the
hatchery staff. The eventual goal of this initial project will be
to release 140,000 legal size trout into the Warm Springs River,
Shitike Creek, Lake Simtustus, and streams on the Umatilla
Reservation. 1 ' . , '
Bqing federally funded --. hence, National Fish Hatchery .
fish produced by the hatchery can only be released in streams
on federally-owned or federally-sponsored lands. This will in
clude National Parks, National Forests, and Reservations.
MHS graduates honored
Graduation ceremonies for seniors at Madras High School
will take place tonight at 8 p.m. At the graduation there will
be a special presentation of pictures of graduating seniors and'
a tape recording to accompany it by Joyce Ennis.
Indians graduating from Warm Springs and Madras are: Bar
bara Billingsley, Merlin Branham, Carla Conner, Wendell Jim,
Wilbur Johnson, Tamera Kalama, Ed Manion, Oliver Moses,
Margaret Nicodemus, Rebecca Quinn, William Rhoan, Relda
Ross Barney, Dean Seyler, Annie Smith and Bill Katchia.
Tribal Council, School Board meet
The first-ever joint meeting of the Tribal Council and the
School Board took place in Madras on Thursday, May 20. The
purpose of the meeting was to open lines of communication
and to get together to work on some existing problems for the
sake of the kids.
Questions and problems discussed at the meeting included:
relations between Indian and non-Indian students; bus and
transportation problems; the function of the school board;
communication, accountability and responsibility; discipline;
the school budget; separate schools; and future meetings.
It was generally agreed that there is a definite lack of com
munication among students, parents, bus drivers, the school
district, teachers and tribal members. It was also admitted that
prejudice exists on both sides, and it was hoped that this meet
ing, and others to follow, would help in solving some of these
problems. As some members on both sides put it, "... at least
this is a start"
Rainy raft trip
According to reports, members of the Land Use Planning
Committee, Fish and Wildlife Committee and Tribal Council
got soaked and nearly "froze to death" on a raft trip down the
Deschutes Wednesday, May 19.
The trip was conducted by Wah-Kee-Na Water Ventures in
hopes of convincing the tribes to allow them to run raft trips
for guests going to Kah-Nee-Ta Lodge. They were also attempt
ing to find a good landing site, called "Whiskey Dick," for
people going to Kah-Nee-Ta.
Wah-Kee-Na Water Ventures will have to receive permis
sion by a vote of the Tribal Council, however, before they will
be allowed to run any trips of this kind.
Announcements
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tices of events of interest to the Warm Springs community.
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ditional time for reporting, photography and other tasks.
You also may drop announcements in printed andor computer
disk format at the Spilyay offices, 1 100 Wasco St. on the Warm Springs
campus, or send them to Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs,
Oregon 97761. Our fax number is 553-3539.
Please feel free to call if you have story or photo ideas questions
or comments. Our phone number is 553-3274.
Finally, please heed our deadlines Friday the week before publi
cation for all submitted materials. Thank vou.
Monitoring implementation underway
Tribal Council recently adopted
the Integrated Resources Manage
ment Plan for the Forested Area
(IRMP 1) as a permanent planning
guide on the Warm Springs Reser
vation. The newly adopted plan
updates the original version which
was scheduled to expire at the end
of the year, and continues to focus
on a balanced approach to natural
resources management.
A number of meetings were held
to gather comments from tribal
members when the plan was being
revised. Committees were also in
volved in the process. The planning
team received a great deal of input
and tried to incorporate as many
suggestions as possible into the re
vised IRMP.
The planning team has prepared
a series of articles highlighting key
elements and revisions to IRMP. The
topic of the article appearing in this
edition of the Spilyay Tymoo is
monitoring. It is the second article
in the IRMP series.
Monitoring is an important as
pect of natural resources planning.
Tribal members, committees, and
the IRMP technical team all agree
that monitoring is an essential com
ponent of good management. The
revised IRMP reflects this opinion
and provides a framework for the
monitoring program.
There are three distinct monitor
ing levels described within IRMP: 1)
implementation monitoring; 2) ef
fectiveness monitoring; and 3) vali
dation monitoring.
Implementation monitoring is
used to determine whether manage
ment plans and actions are being
implemented as they were designed,
and in accordance with standards,
goals and objectives.
The most common application
for this process is to monitor projects
such as timber sales, road construc
tion, quarry development,
underburning or other activities that
are similar in scope. Employees of
the Natural Resources and Forestry
branches collect and analyze data
associated with a specific project and
use it to determine whether the
project was properly implemented.
A number of predetermined
questions are listed on forms that
have to be completed during imple
mentation monitoring. The ques
tions act as a guide that will lead data
collectors to objective conclusions
about a project. They also ensure
that all projects are measured using
the same criteria.
This first level of monitoring pro
vides an opportunity to evaluate the
IRMP, project plans, project admin
istration and potential training
needs. It allows managers to fine
tune project planning and manage
ment actions to ensure their effi
ciency and compliance with IRMP
goals and objectives.
Effectiveness monitoring is not
limited to a particular project. While
effectiveness monitoring does re
quire adherence to IRMP goals, ob
jectives and standards, the data col
lection and analysis might be used
to measure cumulative impacts. I ''or
example, channel stability could be
measured in a creek that is down
stream of a timber sale, bridge con
struction and fire suppression efforts
to determine if the cumulative effect
of these activities falls within accept
able guidelines.
The level of detail associated with
effectiveness monitoring varies, but
preparation of a monitoring and
evaluation plan is mandatory. The
plan includes objectives, an
acknowledgement of the variables to
be monitored, planned analysis,
study design, and a strategy for re
porting. This type of monitoring is use
ful in evaluating the effects and ef
fectiveness of multiple actions. It
can help to determine whether
project plans, mitigation measures,
prescriptions, or standards need to
be adjusted. In some cases effective
ness monitoring may result in
amendments to the IRMP.
The third level of monitoring,
validation monitoring, is used to
gauge the validity of IRMP standards
and best management practices. It
helps to determine long-term trends
and ensures that IRMP goals and
objectives arc being met.
Validation monitoring is compre
hensive in scope and long-term in
nature. This type of monitoring may
be conducted as part of an ongoing
project as would be the case with
wildlife population surveys and wa
ter temperature readings.
The monitoring program and
evaluation process is well suited to
the adaptive characteristics of IRMP.
As new information is gathered and
assessed, resource managers gain an
opportunity to adjust their strategies
so as to better meet tribal directives.
Information collected through
the monitoring process will be evalu
ated collectively three years after
IRMP is implemented to assess the
success and failures, if any, of the
plan. Each program is responsible
for maintaining the data and results
of monitoring. Documents and re
ports on the monitoring program
will be kept in the Forest Adminis
tration Building.
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Salmon
still running
More than a quarter-century after construction
was underway, things are still busy at the
Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery. As the
spring Chinook run winds down, workers are
working with this year's return (bottom right)
and preparing holding pens for fingerlings
(above). Occasionally,. there's a surprise
among the salmon, as in the bull trout (top
right) that came through recently.
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Photos by
Mike Van Meter
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