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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 15, 2003
Technology helps track salmon
By Bill Rhoadea
Spilyuy Tymoo
Tribal biologists would like to
know when and where a fall
chinook salmon raised in the
Deschutes River is caught by a
commercial fisherman in the
ocean.
Researchers would also like
to get a handle on the number
of Deschutes River fall chinook
caught by lower Columbia gill
netters. Unable to recognize an indi
vidual salmon simply by look
ing at it, biologists are searching
out reliable ways to identify mi
grating fish and gather data on
their lifecycles.
One method is to mark ju
veniles with tags containing mi
croscopic data, which includes
date and place of birth.
A future analysis on the dis
tribution and harvest of wild fall
salmon reared in the Deschutes
River will be possible in part
because of a project being
implemented by the Fish and
Wildlife staff employed by the
tribes' Natural Resources
Branch.
Building a database on fall
chinook is important because it
will help to determine the best
means for setting seasons and
angling regulations, not only in
Oregon, but up and down the
Pacific Coast. It may also have
significant impacts on treaties
between the United States and
Canada.
The local benefit of this and
other related projects could
amount to healthier runs of fish
and more salmon for tribal fish
ermen. Project leader Chris Brun, a
fish biologist with the Confed
erated Tribes, said regional man
agers have selected the
Deschutes fall chinook as an
indicator stock for the Colun
bia Basin. In other words, fall
chinook returns tabulated for
the Deschutes will be used to
judge the relative strength of the
entire basin.
To get a better handle on the
current situation, Brun and his
crew are hoping to mark and
More birthday and other
Whoop-d-do, my son is 19 years
of age, May 10. So small on this
day 19 years ago, what a handsome
young man
you are to
day. Have a
happy
birthday,
son, con
tinue to
choose each
day as you
do today
and you'll
have many,
many more. Winncrjoe Arthur,
Kaudle Kaule. Love, mom.
Fantastic, Awesome, Wonder
ful, Natural beauty, Terrific, Angel,
Nice,
Apple of
my eye,
Fawn tana.
Happy
first birth
day, Lil'
Punkin.
You
brought
so much
love
ana
laughter
to our home. May 27, 2002.
Fawntana Madasuni. Love you,
Bright Star, Ganma.
Happy birthday, Mary Ann
Brito on May 10. Love you, the
Kaudle Kaule and Arthur fam
ily on Salmon Dr.
Volunteers needed for museum
The Museum at Warm
Springs invites everyone to its
Tenth Anniversary Redcdication
Celebration, and Premiere Ex
hibit Opening of Illustrations:
Book Illustrations by Allan
Houscr.
The events are set for Satur
day, May 31.
This is a call for volunteers
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Shawn Jim and Lyman Jim, of tribal Natural Resources, measure
and prepare fish for the tagging
coded-wire tag a representative
number of Deschutes River ju
venile fall chinook from the
2002 brood year. Coded-wire
tags are inserted by machine into
the snouts of recendy hatched
salmon.
The small wires carry infor
mation regarding the date and
location of tagging.
When these fish are har
vested years later as adults dur
ing commercial or subsistence
fisheries, biologist check to see
if they're carrying one of the
coded-wire tags. By reading the
tags and comparing notes, re
searchers learn a great deal
about distribution, mortality,
abundance and life history of
the salmon.
The project launched by the
Confederated Tribes is rather
unique, because all of the re
search is being done on wild fish.
Most projects deal exclusively
Matt, Matt, Matt, your mom
watched my tee while she was in
labor with you 20 years ago on May
19. We love you from the moment
we saw you. Happy birthday Matt
Arthur. "Morna" aka Norma,
Kaudle Kaule and Arthur family.
Happy birthday to my friend
Lepha Marie Smith on May 28.
Your bud, "Norma" Faye
Kaudle Kaule and family.
Happy birthday to my best
friend on May 10, Winnerjoe, also
my little brother. I'm so glad that I
have you around. You're really help
ful to me, especially with the help
of baby. Love you much, Tee and
Tana.
Happy birthday to my mother
on May 18. 1 just want to let you
know that you mean everything to
me. You've really helped me out
with baby and whatever else that
was needed. I just love you so
much, I don't know what I'd do
without you. Love you always, Tee
and Tana. . ' '
Happy first birthday to my
beautiful daughter on May 27,
Fawntana Madasun. I can't believe
that you are already one year old.
It's kinda crazy that your birthday
is exactly one month after mine.
I'm thankful for you. Love today,
tomorrow, yesterday and forever.
Mom.
Happy Mother's Day to Faye
Kaudle Kaule. You really deserve
this mother's day. You raised five
beautiful and handsome kids.
Thank you. Love you, Tee and Tana.
to help throughout the day;
drummers for 9 a.m. Washut
services; drummers, singers and
dancers for the traditional cel
ebration powwow in the after
noon; tribal community mem
ber participants for the 10 a.m.
traditional Memorial Horse Pa
rade. Individuals are invited to
participate by horse, and walk
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with hatchery fish, because ju
veniles are confined and easy to
capture.
Projects that work with hatch
ery fish are generally associated
with the convenience and com
fort of indoor facilities.
Working with wild fall
chinook is an entirely different
matter. The wild fish offer ad
ditional challenges, because fry
(juveniles) are hatched in open
water and they don't spend a lot
of time milling about.
Wild juveniles start their
downstream migration within
a few short weeks, which
means researchers have to
work fast and try to reach tar
gets during a brief window of
opportunity.
"As soon as the fish come out
of the gravel they migrate out,"
said Brun. "They don't give us
a lot of time."
Juveniles are captured using
wishes. . .
Happy birthday May 17, Helena
Jackson,
Mina Shike
and Yolanda
Chase. From
the Marella
Sam family.
Happy
birthday
May 16,
Mr. Joshua
Polk.
Keep up
your good
w o r k .
From Rob
ert and
Marella
Sam fam
ily. ' Happy
birthday May 25 to our daughter
in law, Natalia "Taw" Sam.
We love you a lot. From Dad
and Mom, Robert and Marella Sam
Sr.
Happy birthday May 26,
Keith Moody and Bob Boffin.
From Marella Sam family.
Happy birthday May 31 to my
brother Levi Van Pelt. We all love
you.
Happy birthday Grandpa
Levi Van Pelt on May 31. You
have a great day because it is
your day.
We all love you grandpa.
Love, your grandkids Woody,
Dartanian Picard and Anessia,
Decimus Sam.
anniversary
ers too, for the parade.
Please call the Museum at
Warm Springs, 553-3331, for
more information, or to sign up
as a volunteer,
Volunteers will meet at 8 a.m.,
Saturday, May 31, at the Mu
seum at Warm Springs.
Everyone is invited to this
great event
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"Meeting these objectives
during 2003 will allow us
to begin calculating adult
production, harvest rates,
and smolt-to-adult sur
vival rates. "
Chris Brun
Tribal fish biologist
beach seines. They are held in
live traps until they can be trans
ported to work stations, where
they are measured, coded-wire
tagged and relieved of their
adipose fin.
The recent effort was initi
ated below Sherars Falls and will
advance upstream as water tem
peratures warm.
This year the crew will try to
tag and measure at least 40,000
juveniles over a six week period.
On a good day 4,000 tags might
be inserted, so the crew is opti
mistic about reaching their goal.
When the goal is reached, it will
provide a relatively accurate rep
resentation of the size and num
ber of juveniles leaving the
Deschutes.
"Meeting these objectives
during 2003 will allow us to be
gin calculating adult production,
harvest rates, and smolt-to-adult
survival rates," said Brun.
With information garnered
from research projects and har
vest data, managers will be able
to make more informed deci
sions when setting harvest guide
lines, which could impact
Deschutes River wild salmon.' :
Tribal employees currently
working with Brun on the
Lower Deschutes are fisheries
technicians Lyman Jim and
Shawn Jim, and fisheries biolo
gist Becky Dodson.
Once the juvenile tagging
effort is completed later this
spring, the team' will start pre
paring for a related project fur
ther downstream, which in
volves the tagging of adult fall
chinook to determine the num
ber of adults returning to the
Deschutes to spawn.
1993 Celebrate the Vision 2003
The Museum At Warm Springs cordially invites you to the
Premier Opening of Illustrations: Book Illustrations
by Allan Houser
May 31, 2003
in conjunction
with The
Museum's
10-Year
Anniversary
Celebration
1:00 p.m.
Museum
Blessing and
Rededication
Ceremonies
2:00 p.m.
Traditional
Celebration
Pow Wow
Allan Houser
Our thanks to the following sponsors:
The Warm Springs Tribal Council, Allan Houser Foundation,
and Penny Knight.
Save the Date: Eighth Annual Huckleberry Harvest,
August 1 and 2
The Museum At Warm Springs
2189 Highway 26, Warm Springs
541.553.3331 'www.warmsprings.commuseum
Birth announcements
Jayden Aradonna Davis
Jabbar Davis and Leslie Cochran-Davis are pleased to
announce the birth of their daughter Jayden Aradonna
Davis, born April 12.
Father's parents are Anita Davis and Tony Davis of
Warm Springs. Mother's parents are Ted and Nancy
Sampson of Warm Springs, and Dale and Carol Cochran
of Crane.
Josslyn Jontelle Wolfe
James and Rosa Wolfe are pleased to announce the birth
of their daughter Josslyn Jontelle Wolfe, born April 14.
Father's parents are Flossie M. Wolfe of Warm Springs,
and atwai James Wolfe Sr. Mother's parents are Maria and
Jorge Rios of Madras.
Michael Damon Belgard
David K, Belgard Sr. and Dinah A. Merrifield are pleased
to announce the birth of their son Michael Damon Belgard,
born April 17. .'
Michael joins brothers David Jr. and Truman, and sisters
Sarah, Adrienne and Stephanie.
Father's parents are Myra (Johnson) Shawaway, and Merris
Wallulatum. Mother's parents are Harrison Davis Sr. and
atwai Floriene Davis.
Deshawn Ellison Kentura
Thomas Chavez and Falena Kentura are pleased to an
nounce the birth of their son Deshawn Ellison Kentura, born
April 25.
Father's parents are Tom and Liz Frazer of White Salmon,
Wash. Mother's parents are Samuel and Marjorie Kentura
of Warm Springs.
Javiera Ernestine Plouffe-Hinojosa
' Javier Hinojosa and Debra L. Plouffe are pleased to
announce the birth of their daughter Javiera Ernestine
Plouffe-Hinojosa, born April 28.
She joins brother Perry Sonny Kalama III, and sisters
Shardae and Doriann Miller, and Colleen and Shanell
Kalama.
Father's parents are Alfonso Hinojosa and Carmella
Cuellar of Mexico City. Mother's parents are Dennis
Plouffe of St. Ignatius, Mont., and the late Doris Hunt.
Great grandparents of the newborn are Ernest and
Francis Hunt of Warm Springs.
Sierra Margaret Williams Boise
Robert Boise and Skyla Shaefer are pleased to announce
the birth of their daughter, Sierra Margaret Williams Boise,
born April 16. . ' ,
Roshone Angelina Renfro
Brian A. Renfro and Rachelle M. Renfro are pleased to
announce trie birth of their daughter Roshone Angelina
Renfro, born May 9.
Father's parents are Caroline Johnson of Warm Springs,
and the late Lawrence Renfro. Mother's parents are Denise
A. Gabriel and the late Edwyn Bettega.
Roshone joins brothers Forest Renfro, 4, and Michael
Bettega Renfro, 6.
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