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Museum's Huckleberry Feast fund-raiser nets over $40,000
Event (his year
was Sixth Annual
The recent Huckleberry Harvest
fund raiser bronchi in over $40,000
for l he Museum at Warm Springs.
"It was a success, so I'm very
pleased uiih the effort," said Dora
(ioudy-Smith, development officer
at the Museum. "We had been hop
ing to net $.18,000, and it looks like
we surpassed thai."
This was the Sixth Annual Huck
leberry Feast, held Friday, Aug. 24,
Kah-Ncc-Ta Ilij'h Desert Resort and
Casino, and Saturday, Aug. 25, at the
Museum.
During this year's auction, Warm
Springs Forest Products Industries
purchased a basket it for $4,180.
WSF'PI then donated the item back
to the Museum's private collection.
The cedar root huckleberry bas
in the photo at far right,
many who attended the
Sixth Annual Huckleberry
Feast appreciated the
beauty of the basket (in
foreground) contributed
by Bruce and Francis
Brunoe. And at right, Ken
Smith and Vic Atiyeh
(left) express their thanks
for the $10,000 annual
membership of the Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert
Resort and Casino.
ket had been donated to the auction
l)y Bruce and Francis Brunoe.
As in past years, many people and
organizations contributed to the
harvest in a variety of ways. This
year about 150 attended the Satur
day activities of the Huckleberry
I larvest.
During the Friday evening part
of the weekend event, the Museum
received a $10,000 annual member
ship check from the Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert Resort and Casino
Board of Directors,
Former (iov. Vic Atiyeh, of the
Museum board of regents, accepted
the check from Rudy Clements,
chair of the Kah-Nee-Ta board. Ken
Smith, president of the Museum
board of directors, was also on hand
to thank Clements for the contribution.
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warm springs elementary siuaents returned to scnool on Wednesday morning,
ready to start the new 2001-02 year. In the photo above at left, Jonathan Sweowat
enjoys the first class of the day. Above is first-grader Appollonia Saenz, working on
an assignment. The photo below is of Anthony Arthur and his second-grade
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before the first bell rings.
Hunting season
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The Natural Resources Depart
ment recently released information
on the 2001 reservation hunting sea
son. Deer season is the entire months
of September and October. The bag
limit is two antlered deer per family
in September.
The bag limit is one antlered deer
per family in October. Only one tag
will be issued at a time. It is neces
sary to return the first tag filled out
in order to receive the second.
Designated hunting: Only one
designated hunting tag will be al
lowed in possession in addition to
subsistence tag at any time. Desig
nated hunting tags will be issued
only for elders and handicapped.
Justification: Deer populations
have increased gradually over the last
twn years on the reservation. The
past few years have produced excel
lent forage for deer and relatively
, mild wintes allowing for good re
cruitment. The post-season buck to doe ra-
. tio (17 bucks 100 does) is slightly
below the tribes' management goal;
however, the proposed season should
maintain the population at desired
levels.
The second-highest success rate
on record (39 percent) was observed
in the 2000 hunting season.
There are no changes from the
2000 deer season recommendations.
Other recommendations: No clo
sure of the 22,000-acre South Mut
ton Mountain fire area.
Bull elk season is from Nov. 1
through Nov. 30. Bag limit is one
antlered per family.
Antlerless elk season is from
Nov. 17 through Nov. 30. Bag limit
is as follows:
One antlerless elk per family, 100
tags available. A hunter must ex
change hisher unused bull tag to
receive an antlerless elk tag. The
antlerless elk tags veill be used on a
first-come, first-serve basis, only to
hunters that have not filled their bull
elk tag and only antlerless elk may
be harvested on these tags.
Designated hunting: Only one
designated hunting tag will be al
lowed in possession in addition to a
subsistence tag at any time. Desig
nated hunting tags will be issued
only for the elders and handicapped.
Justification: Elk populations
are growing in most areas of the res
ervation. The elk herd has reached
the population goal number set in
the Integrated Resource Manage
ment Plan.
Reservation elk are estimated at
approximately 800 head. Even
though the herds have expanded
gradually over the past two decades,
recruitment of calves remains low.
Bull to cow ratios have improved,
possibly due to the expanded
antlerless hunts.
There are no changes from the
2000 recommendations.
Bear season is the entire months
of September, October and Novem
ber. Bag limit is one bear per month
per family, except that cubs and sows
with cubs are protected.
Justification: The reservation has
a healthy population of black bear
and there is very little hunting pres
sure by tribal members. One hun
. dred forty-six (146) tags were issued
in 2000, with only four bear report
edly taken.
There are no changes from the
2000 recommendations.
Bird season is from Sept. 1
through Dec 31.
Bag limit for upland birds is as
follows:
Grouse, 3 per day
Quail, 10 per day
Pheasant, closed
Chuckar, 10 per day
Turkey, 1 per month
Migratory birds: Ducks, geese,
mourning dove.
Bag limits and seasons are estab
lished under the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act. Seasons and bag limits
are the same as federal and state regu
lations. Justification: Bird populations
are most affected by annual climatic
conditions and habitat Hunter pres
sure is very low on the reservation.
Restrictions: Hunting of birds is
limited to shotguns, archery and pis
tol fire shot shells.