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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon July 12, 2001 ,.:H rHrSlV-r c-r 3r KHLvSr- aWtwsv S: hip . Mounfcclra r.::ju!r.' h"--" rttirL"; rrcrrriJ3 jrrr" M.JO lb-it V .rjdULjjL. r-r. ...rssm-' -is:: srt-rf P-Sm Jut thm In ftMwal In tar mwi 25 years ago in the Spilyay From Vol. 76, No. 9, July 9, 1976 Bicentennial birthday It was not your routine 4th of July celebration; one could sense a special mood adrift. Perhaps it was the realization that this particular Fourth was only going to happen once. The con tagious Spirit of the bicentennial imbued Warm Springs' 4th of July activities and people of all inclinations seemed to enjoy the day. The Fourth of July Committee, which has been meeting since January, planned a full day of festivities keeping people quite busy and entertained. Events included a parade, barbecue, kids' fun games, bingo and fireworks. The day began, for those who woke up in time, with a color ful parade which started near the school, proceeded through the campus and past the firehouse, and wound up at the Com munity Center. The parade was led by the National Color Guard, followed by Miss Warm Springs Sarah Greene. ;::2 Chip mountains moving People on the reservation have been wondering about the huge piles of chips and cores at WSFPI (Warm Springs Forest Products Industries) and are curious about what is happening to them. Spilyay Tymoo went to Persh Andrews of WSFPI to get some of the facts and answers. He first gave a brief background of the situation, then explained what steps are presently being taken. Andrews said theat when the Crown Zellerbach Pulp Plant in Wauna, Oregon, went on strike, that eliminated WSFPI's outlet for chips. A blow-pipe was then set up to pile chips on the ground. The strike has had a crippling effect on the mill as chips are a vital part of the WSFPI business. YCC provides summer jobs If one is willing to brave the mosquitos and traipse through the woods in the Boulder and Trout Lake area, members of the hard working Youth Conservation Corps can be observed blaz ing trails, building bridges and cleaning up campgrounds. Actually, the 24 kids between 15 and 18 do much more than blaze trails. The YCC program differs from other programs of its kind in that of the 40 hours a week, 30 hours are spent on the job, and 10 hours a week are devoted to recreation and edu cation. Charlcne Bruno, environmental education instructor, seems ' impressed with the enthusiasm of the youths. 'They don't want to just sit around and waste time," said Charlene. W.S. Rodeo draws top cowboys Though the Fourth Annual Warm Springs All-Indian Rodeo June 26 drew a disappointingly small crowd, the stock was ex cellent and contenders for silver buckles and cash prizes pro vided action aplenty. Warm Springs barrel racers did well with Marita Johnson placing second (35.9), and Priscilla Squiemphen taking third with a time of 36.0. In the saddle bronc event, Leland Tom and Joe Scott split fourth place prize money with scores of 55 each. Announcements The Spilyay encourages organizations and individuals to send no tices of events of interest to the Warm Springs community. The preferred method of delivery is via e-mail to spilyayrymoowstribes.org - this saves staff members from having to re type something you've already printed up, thus allowing us ad ditional time for reporting, photography and other tasks. You also may drop announcements in printed andor computer disk format at the Spilyay offices, 1100 Wasco St on the Warm Springs campus, or send them to Spilyay Tymoo, P.Q 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. Arson squad ready for heat The Central Oregon Arson Task Force (COATF) recendy met to dis cuss new operating procedures and review program effectiveness. Ron Pugh, Task Force Leader, states, "This task force is commit ted to keeping our skills and pro cesses fine-tuned so we arc ready to respond when needed." The task force has responded to some two dozen wildland fires al ready this year, two of which were determined to be "person caused, arson." COATF is currently inves tigating leads. The task force has suc cessfully carried out investigations that led to the convictions of nine suspects responsible for at least 63 fires since 1988. COATF is an interagency group comprised of the Deschutes County Sheriff Office, Oregon State Police, Oregon Department of Forestry, US. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Walker Range Patrol Association, Bend Fire Department, Redmond Fire Department, Sunrivcr Police Department, LaPine Fire Department, Jefferson County Rural Fire Protection District 1, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and the Bureau of Indian Af fairs. COATF was formed in 1987 to review all wildland fires in Central Oregon, to establish cause and ori gin for each fire, to investigate those determined to be arson and to share information between agencies that would lead to the arrest and success ful prosecution of suspects. Throughout the summer, high risk areas in Central Oregon will have additional patrols. As part of the COATF, Oregon State Police and Oregon Department of Forestry have teamed up and will provide a full-time arson patrol. Recognizing the essential partner ship between the public and COATF, Pugh states, The public is an invaluable resource and has been crucial to our past successes. We en courage everyone to continue report ing suspicious fire activity". If you have any information re lating to suspicious wildland fire ac tivity, please contact Ron Pugh at (541) 383-5510. Library reading program continues If you haven't registered for Jefferson County Library's summer reading program, it's not too late. This summer's statewide theme is "Read a Wild Tale," featuring Wild West stories and weekly programs. For more information about reg istration or the weekly programs, call the library at 475-3351. For the rest of the summer, the schedule is as follows: Week 3 Basket maker Natalie Kirk from the Museum at Warm Springs, July 11, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; July 12, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras; July 12, 2:00 p.m. at Cul ver Elementary School. Week 4 Taste the Traill Pioneer cooking with Bcrnadette Hoyer of OSU, July 18, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; July 19, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras; July 19, 2:00 p.m. at Cul ver Elementary School. Week 5 Campfire Stories with Gladys Grant and a real horse, July 25, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; July 26, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras; July 26, 2:00 p.m. at Culver Elementary School. Week 6 Hoe Down! Line danc ing and stories with Jan Gilmore, August 1, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; August 2, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras; August 2, 2:00 p.m. at Culver El ementary School. Week 7 The "Storyfcllcr", Tom McCormack presents the Oregon Trail through the Eyes of Children, August 8, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; August 9, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras; August 9, 2:00 p.m. at Culver El ementary School. Week 8 Final Round-Up with skits, games, awards, refreshments, and more, August 15, 3:30 p.m. at Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center; August 16, 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson County Library Annex in Madras jAugust 16, 2:00 p.m. at Culver Elementary School. 2003 timber sale area tour set A tour featuring the 2003 timber sale area has been scheduled for July 18 and 19. A series of stops have been arranged to highlight issues relating to the 2003 timber sale, the annual al lowable cut, and special forest products. The tour will begin both days at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Tribal Admin istration Building. The Timber Commit tee will provide refresh ments and transportation , to participants. Anyone who would like to obtain more informa tion on timber-related is sues is encouraged to at tend. Staff from the Forestry and Natural Resources branches will be seeking comments from tribal members. The timber tour is ex pected to last most of the day on Wednesday and Thursday. Salmon-count experiment to begin The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will use an innovative technique developed in Alaska to estimate the number of fall chinook salmon returning to the Deschutes River this year. Tribal biologis hope the experimental project, scheduled to begin Aug. 6, will ac curately reflect the river's fall chinook run, which is used as a yard stick by agencies with the authority to set fishing seasons for the species. Deschutes River fall chinook are extremely important to the Confed erated Tribes from a cultural perspec tive, and since all of these salmon are produced from fish that spawn naturally it is crucial to develop an accurate means of estimating run size. Correctly predicting the num ber of adults returning to the spawn ing grounds is essential to establish ing in-river and ocean harvest levels that prevent over-fishing. During the past decade, fall chinook spawning locations in the Deschutes River took a dramatic shift. Prior to 1989 approximately 75 percent of the run was destined for spawning grounds upstream of Sherars Falls, while more recent re turns show a preference for stream reaches downstream of Sherars Falls. No one is certain why the spawn ing preference for fall chinook has changed, but the shift has lowered the confidence factor for current methods of estimating run size. Tribal biologists, along with other management agencies, do not think the current tag-and-recapture pro gram paints a true picture of chinook escapement because it only samples part of the run and expands that data over the entire river. The goal of the experimental project will be to capture 3 percent to 5 percent of this year's spawners. The fish will be tagged and released. Tags regained or tabulated at the Sherars Falls migrant trap, Pelton fish trap and in carcass surveys will then be used to estimate run strength. Adult fall chinook salmon will be captured for marking at a site three miles downstream of Mack's Can yon boat ramp just below Homested Flat campground. The fish will be marked using catch and release gillnetting. This technique has proven successful in Alaska and in Oregon coastal streams, where the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife uses it to monitor adult salmon populations. During a feasibility study con ducted last year, tribal personnel located a sampling location that con tained a minimum of summer steel head yet harbored sufficient num bers of salmon. An appropriate gill net mesh size was identified that al lowed for the successful capture and safe release of salmon. Few steelhead were captured in the large mesh net. At least two tribal employees will be present on site at all times when the net is deployed. When a fish is captured it will be immediately re moved from the net, tagged and re leased back into the river. Fish mark ing will be conducted seven days per week through Oct. 31. The net will be set mainly during the night and early morning hours. A tribal jet sled will be used to tend the net dur ing all marking operations. In order to recover tags, salmon -carcasses will be recovered from the lower 100 miles of the river during November and December Tribal j ' crews will search the shorelines and pools from jet sleds and drift boats. Carcasses will be gaffed, inspected for tags and then returned to the river. While only an experiment, tribal biologists are hopeful the new method for estimating fall chinook run size will allow resource manag ers to make informed and appropri ate decisions, thereby ensuring the future prosperity of these wild salmon. The project will continue through 2003. Findings will be dis tributed to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Chi- nook Technical Committee of the 1 Pacific Salmon Commission. For more information regarding fall chinook research on the Deschutes River contact tribal fish eries biologist Chris Brun in The Dalles at 541-296-1041. Spilyay Tymoo (Coyote News) Publisher: Executive Editor: Management Successor: ReporterPhotographer: Sid Miller Mike Van Meter Selena T. Boise Tina Aguilar ReporterPhotographerTrainer: Dave McMechan Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Interns: MayAnne Aguilar (summer youth), Jerry Brunoe (higher education) and Orlando Doney (comprehensive planning) Founded In March 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confeder ated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1 100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. 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