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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
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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.
Mow penD
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School: tribal members encourage involvement
(Continued from page 1)
"My recommendation is sim
ply to make them aware they're
doing it," she says.
- She expressed concern for
the elimination of activities like
the Christmas Program because
of the lack of a gym.
- The activity bus that takes
students from the high school
to Warm Springs has never
been a problem. 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).
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