Spilyty Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
February 19, 2004
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Councilman Buck Smith is sworn into office by BIA Warm
Young. Smith replaces Zane Jackson on the Council.
Campus planning meeting set
Oregon State University Cas
cades is hosting a scries of com
munity forums as part of its stra
tegic planning for the future of
the campus. The group will be
holding a forum in Warm
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By Shawnell Surplus
Community Advocate
As anyone who has lived or
worked in Warm Springs knows,
transportation is an issue for all,
especially those in poverty.
Perhaps it is not obvious at
first, but how many people do
you know who, without reliable
transportation, offer others a
full-tank or dinner out in ex
change for a ride into town to
do grocer)' shopping?
; What might normally only
cost a few dollars in gas for a
trip to town costs many in our
community in upwards of $20
each trip they make. These
people usually are, of course,
the people least capable of af
fording that kind of expense.
Because the Central Oregon
Partnership - as well as the
Warm Springs Community Ac
tion Team (WSCAT) and the
Madras area Community Action
Team (MaCAT) - early on rec
ognized the importance of
transportation - the ability to get
where you need to go - MaCAT
began researching the possibil
ity of a rural transportation
project for Jefferson County
and Warm Springs.
As the project developed,
WSCAT, Central Oregon Inter
governmental Council and the
Oregon Department of Trans
portation got involved. And fi
nally the project was submitted
to the Governor's Office.
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The goal at this meeting is to
get suggestions from the com
munity on the direction they
tackling
At the group's January meet
ing, facilitator Pam Curtis ex
plained that Gov. Kulongoski
has designated this project as an
"Oregon Solutions Project."
Oregon Solutions uses a com
munity governance approach to
develop sustainable solutions
built through the collaborative
efforts of local businesses, non
profit organizations and govern
ment. This approach ensures effi
cient use of public and private
investments and accelerates the
pace of solutions, Oregon Solu
tions Projects are implemented
through a community gover
nance approach comprised of
five elements:
A problem is defined by the
community - ours is transpor
tation; A neutral convener is ap
pointed by the governor to lead
a team to address the problem,
"Fireman Bob" Sjolund is our
convener;
A team of local businesses,
non-profits and citizens along
with local, state and federal gov
ernment entities is put together
to contribute to the solution.
This project has brought to
gether quite a showing from
Jefferson County and Warm
Springs;
Through a facilitated process,
an integrated solution is identi
fied that leverages the resources
of the team; and
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A "Declaration of Coopera
tion" is signed committing team
members, their resources and
time for an integrated and action-oriented
solution. All mem
bers will be asked to contribute
to the solution and sign the dec
laration. Also at the January meeting,
the group identified the
problem(s) they want to address:
There is a lack of mobility
options for residents to partici
pate in the needs of daily living,
such as jobs, education,
healthcare, services, etc. Re
sources that do exist are: not
coordinated, inequitable, and
focused toward traditional solu
tions. As a result, the group devel
oped the following Project Goal:
Create a sustainable system
of transportation options for
the Warm Springs Reservation
and the Jefferson County high
way 97and 26 corridor that is
responsive to the community
and provides access to daily liv
ing needs through coordination
of existing resources and ef
forts, and accessing additional
resources needed.
With the problems and a goal
identified, the group met again
this month to discuss what an
ideal transportation system
would look like while meeting
our goal. The group came up
with a number of options and
identified what was needed to
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New plan for managing
By Bill Rhoades
Spilyoy Tymoo
Tribal members are being
asked for their input on the is
sue of vegetation management
on the forest and rangeland of
the reservation.
The Natural Resources
Branch will host a scoping meet
ing to discuss vegetation man
agement from 1 to 3 p.m., on
Wednesday, March 3, at the
Warm Springs Wellness Center.
Employees from Natural
Resources will provide informa
tion regarding vegetation man
agement on range and forest
lands during the meeting.
The meeting is being held to
gather input from tribal mem
Meetings focus on range, livestock
The Range and Agriculture
Department and the Natural
Resources Conservation Ser
vice will host a scries of six
meetings to discuss issues per
taining to tribal grazing plans,
USDA programs, range im
provements, the annual horse
livestock sale, and the noxious
weed management plan.
These meetings will provide
grazing groups with an oppor
area transportation
It is so exciting to see
Warm Springs turning
out in such force to help
determine one element
of our transportation
future...
make these things happen. At
our next meeting we will begin
prioritizing what we want in our
ideal transportation system and
we will begin addressing the
needs we have.
In addition to this exciting
project, I am thrilled with the
wonderful showing from Warm
Springs.
While some invitees have not
been able to attend to date (but
we still expect to see them at
future meetings), we have had
a great turnout from Warm
Springs, including Elton Greeley
and Lucille Schuster, represent
ing the Seniors; Gayle Rodgers
with Social Services; Corey
Clements and Verleen Kalama
from Workforce Development;
Julie Quaid representing educa
tion, and the Warm Springs
Community Action Team; Carol
Funk from High Lookee Lodge;
Officer Bob Hornbuckle from
the Warm Springs Police Depart
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bers.
The new vegetation manage
ment plan will replace a docu
ment approved in 1994, which
recently expired. An addendum
was added to the original plan
in 1998, The updated document
will cover management activities
for the next 10 years.
Goals and objectives adopted
under the original plan will re
main the same. Standard oper
ating procedures will be re
viewed and some guidelines may
be altered during the ongoing
process.
The technical staff will ex
plain current management prac
tices and seek comments from
the tribal public to guide future
tunity to comment and raise
concerns regarding any of the
issues listed above. Members of
the Natural Resources technical
staff will be on hand to field the
comments.
The first meeting will be held
for the Boulder Grazing District
from 5 to 8 p.m., Feb. 18, at the
Warm Springs Wellness Center.
Three meetings are scheduled
for 5-8 p.m. at the Fire Man
ment; LeRoy Smith and Laurain
Hintsala who are working on
tribal member employment and
Kah-Nee-Ta; Catherine Kamau
also representing the interests of
Kah-Nee-Ta; Gerald Danzuka,
president of the Warm Springs
Chamber of Commerce; Trudy
Brunoe of the Small Business
Center; and Joe Surface with
High Desert Taxi.
It is so exciting to see Warm
Springs turning out in such
force to help determine one el
ement of, our transportation
future in Warm Springs. In fact,
that is what the Warm Springs
Community Action Team is all
about: Community members
and agencies coming together to
take hold of our own destiny.
Sovereignty in action!
While the voting membership
of the transportation meeting
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vegetation
activities.
Comments received during
the scoping meeting will be used
to develop an updated version
of the original plan.
Some of the major issues
being considered under this plan
include prescribed burning,
manual weed control, herbicide
spraying and biological control
of weeds.
For those who are unable to
attend the meeting, written com
ments may be submitted to the
Range and Agriculture Depart
ment, which is located in the
Natural Resources Building.
Refreshments will be served
during the March 3 meeting.
agement training room. The
first will be held Feb. 25 for the
Tenino Grazing Group, the sec
ond on Feb. 26 for Mutton
Mountain Grazing Group, and
the third on Feb. 27 for the
Sidwalter Grazing Group. The
Simnasho Grazing Group will
meet March 15, 5-8 p.m. and
the Mctolius Grazing Group will
meet March 16, 5-8 p.m. at lo
cations to be announced.
has been defined already, these
meetings are open to the public
and all are encouraged to attend
if you have an interest in trans
portation for Jefferson County
and Warm Springs.
The next meeting of the
Transportation Project Team is
from 9 a.m. to noon on March
17 at the firchall in Madras. If
you'd like to become a part of
what WSCAT is doing (either
with transportation or one of
our many other projects), join
us the first and third Thursday
of the month at 4 p.m. for our
meetings. Or call 553-3148.
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