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Page 8 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon December 11. 2003 Tom named team MVP Mark C. Tom, son of Eldon L. Tom and grandchild of Christine and Elmer Tom, has received a Most Valuable Player Award for the Siletz Junior High School football team. Mark received the MVP award in late October, on the night of the Junior High League Playoffs at Toledo. Mark was the team's quar terback. The Siletz team came in third in the district. Mark is in the eighth grade at Siletz Middle School. He is looking forward to playing freshman football at Toledo High School next year. Pboto and text submitted by Mark 's mother, Pamela Lane 'rv vft Boxers compete at Tacoma Heading to Bend this Saturday By Austin Smith Boxing coach These are the Dec. 6-7 box ing results from Tacoma, Wash., the Junior Golden Gloves Tour nament. Warm Springs Nation Box ing Club entered four boxers and three of the four brought home awards to that effect. At 85 pounds Jamie Halliday boxed Erik Martinz of W Side PAL of Portland. At 119 pounds Wesley Graybael lost by stoppage to Aaron McChesney of the South Everett Boxing Club. At 145 pounds Trever Tewee won in round three by stopping Ronald Ring of the Tacoma Boxing Club. At 141 pounds Johnny Smith won by ponts over Juan Mendoza of the Columbia Ba sin Boxing Club. Thanks goes out to the Warm Springs Fire Management, Warm Springs Community Cen ter staff, Warm Springs Tribal Social Services, the sports spirit of Warm Springs and all those who support these young box ers' efforts. To win is a human link, to lose is its twin. Our next trip will be to the Bend Armory this Sat urday, Dec. 13, 2003. Come and check out the USA boxing action. Travel safe and always make the best of everything. Have a Merry Christmas, and get a new calender for the coming year. 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Now passes are required and trips on the bus must be related to a school ac tivity. She agrees it's a good idea to keep the kids from getting into trouble without supervi sion. However, "what if you have a situation where a parent can't come pick a kid up after school. ..would the school board make allowances for that?" Ross and Johnson feel it's im portant for tribal members to attend school board meetings. "I'm glad I came because we need to stay in their face, that's not to say 'get in their face," Johnson continues, "but to be there as a reminder that there are greater needs out there they really need to be talking about." Ross says being an advocate for the education of kids helps. "If tribal members are out of sight, we're out of mind. If we don't come to school board meetings and let them know we're not pleased with things," she says, "they're going to think everything is OK." Timber sale planned for 2005 (An interdisciplinary team from the Forestry and Natural Resources branches has been collect ing tribal member comments on the Coltsfoot tim ber sale. The sale is planned for 2005, and will target approximately 42 million board feet of timber in the Badger Creek Watershed. Responses to a number of comments and con cerns are included in this article, part 2 of a story that began in the last edition of the paper.) During a scoping meeting on the sale, one person expressed concern about rattlesnakes around her house. In some areas abundant grass cover pro vides food and escape cover for rodents. Rattle snakes like the cover because it offers oppor tunities to harvest rodents while avoiding de tection from overhead predators such as redtail hawks. Mowing grass and removing shrubs around residences will discourage rodents and rattlesnakes from moving too close. This will also help reduce the risk of wildfire near build ings. Employees from the Natural Resources staff assured those who attended scoping meet ings that most of the opportunistic wildlife species will eventually return to areas that have been logged. However, areas once used for cover may become more suitable for forage after logging has occurred. It was also mentioned that less adaptable species may not inhabit logged areas until the vegetation returns to its original con dition and some may never return. Elk and elk habitat drew a number of com ments. The staff pointed out that elk wallows are typically located at springs or headwater areas and they are often situated within a meadow. These areas are generally protected from timber harvest by a minimum buffer of 100 feet. The wildlife staff has recommended add ing elk wallows to the 2.5 percent habitat is lands required for all harvest units, which would increase habitat diversity while providing addi tional protection to wet areas. The reservation elk herd has grown over the past 20-30 years. Unfortunately, the bull to cow ratio has been less than desirable in re cent years, probably due to illegal harvest. Deer on the other hand have been on a steady de cline over the past five years. Cultural plants draw comments Several comments from tribal members had to do with cultural plants and the potential impacts of livestock grazing. The staff has noted that Indian tea and other culture plants may be affected by grazing. Proper management could enhance certain plant species, but overgrazing may result in negative impacts that affect an entire plant com munity. If there are areas where culture plants are being impacted, the staff encourages members of the tribal public to contact the Cultural Re sources Department and find out whether miti gation measures can be used to reduce the impacts. One person asked if Homeland Security funds might be used for fencing and the an swer to that question would be no. Fortunately there are federal programs that do provide funding for fencing and other range improve ments. Cultural resources are extremely important to tribal members and comments relating to this topic are common at scoping meetings. The audience at one scoping meeting was reassured to learn that old campsites and arti facts are recorded by the Cultural Resources Department and left in place. No collection is done and efforts are made to prevent damage by logging and other man agement activities. It was also mentioned that Culture and Heritage Committee is consulted on all projects. The committee provides valuable input and also directs the Cultural Resources staff to el ders who have expertise on specific issues. One tribal member asked about gathering roots on ceded lands and the staff answered that most public lands (Bureau of Land Man agement, U.S. Forest Service, etc.) are open for root digging. Roots may be gathered on private property with the landowner's permis sion. In response to a question on whether or not the reservation boundary is marked, it was noted that no trespassing signs are posted in some areas, but not along the entire boundary. Recent wildfires have raised concerns over safety, the loss of timber, and tribal and per sonal property. Fire danger was extremely high this past summer and the number of fires ignited on the reservation was above average. Tribal mem bers have observed overstocked stands and heavy fuel loading in some units, and they want to know what is being done to reduce the threat of catastrophic fire. Foresters will be treating some of the haz ardous conditions in the 2005 sale area through commercial thinning and piling of slash for eventual burning. Fire Management will also do some jackpot burning on the units 1-3 years after harvest to reduce excessive fuel loads. Unfortunately, there isn't any dependable market for much of the wood currendy being piled as slash. In the past, the mill took advantage of these slash piles by using the wood to generate elec tricity at the cogeneration plant. Current mar ket conditions do not provide enough incen tive to haul slash in for processing, a situation that may change in the future. It was noted by one tribal member that Oregon white oak and mushrooms are impor tant to the tribes and the resource staff agrees. Oak and a variety of mushrooms provide cul tural, personal and economic benefits to the tribes. Any additional questions regarding the 2005 Coltsfoot Timber Sale or other forest-related projects should be directed to the Branch of Forestry (553 2416) or Branch of Natural Resources (553-2013). E3 torn Computer Concepts 1 Hobby corner RC trucks, planes Model's, paint Model Railroads Rockets Computer Sales, Service and Repair Computer Accessories Palmain Internet Server $19.95 unlimited access 81 SE 5th Street Madras, OR 97741 (541) 475-3093 www.abbys.com