Spilyqy Tyvnoo, Wrrn Springs, Oregon
August 5, 2004
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Fire: crews now in mop-up mode
Team sets brand record
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By Wednesday of this week,
fire crews were expecting to
have the fire 100 percent con
tained. On Tuesday many of the
crews that had been on the fire
were being released. They were
heading to other fires, or home
to rest.
The crews that remained on
the scene were in the fire mop
up mode. On Tuesday there
were about 500 people on the
fire. Earlier, when the blaze was
not contained, there were close
to 700 personnel.
The Log Springs fire black
ened just under 14,000 acres.
The fire was human caused, but
it was not determined whether
the blaze was a matter of ar
son, or an accident, according
to Log Springs Fire Command.
During the hottest time of
the fire, roads, including High
way 9 to Kah-Nee-Ta, were
closed, and about 20 homes
were voluntarily evacuated. By
Monday all the roads were open
again, and the residents were
back at their homes.
Total cost of fighting the Log
Springs fire is estimated at $3.65
million. Funding comes from
the federal government through
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
A burned area emergency
rehabilitation (BAER) team is
now working with the BIA to
prepare a plan to mitigate ero
sion and other environmental
damage caused by the fire and
the suppression activities.
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A team from Warm Springs
won the branding competition
at the Jefferson County Fair and
Rodeo. The team also set a new
record in this event.
The branding team members
are Edison Yazzie, Calvin B.ihe,
Jesse Reece and Casey Greene.
The competition was held
Thursday night at the county
fairgrounds rodeo arena. Con
gratulations to the winning team.
Free clinic teaches roping
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There will be a free roping
clinic at the Warm Springs Ro
deo Grounds on Wednesday,
August 18, from 6 p.m. till 8
p.m. Beginners will learn basic
roping skills. Intermediate
ropers will take their skills up a
notch. Bring a rope, and have
lots of fun. Prizes will be
awarded. Burgers and hotdogs
served at 5:30 p.m. Call OSU
Extension for more information,
553-3238. Clinic is taught by
Edison Yazzie and friends.
VISIONS' Cof'R
Nancy WilsonCourtesy of Log Springs Fire Command, Earl Cordea
Above, the Log Springs
fire blackens acreage in
the area of Simnasho. At
left is the GeoVisions
Mobile Command Center,
which has been working
on fire prevention and
suppression, and other
natural resources
projects.
Oave McMechanSpllyay
This work, coupled with care
ful and thorough fire crew mop
up operations, are designed to
leave the burned area with the
best possible post-fire landscape.
The fire camp for the Log
Springs blaze was just past the
Mill Creek Bridge. This infor
mation was provided by the
camp: In the first week of the
fire, the hundreds of fire fight
ers consumed 67,200 bottles of
water, 22,200 half-pints of milk,
11,000 cups of coffee, 32,118
pounds of potatoes, and more
than 6,100 sack lunches.
At its peak fire camp was
nearly 900 individuals strong,
with hundreds of tents and
more than 250 vehicles parked
on a 10-acre meadow west of
Highway 26.
Over 430 artifacts recovered
Ancient Indian items seized from residence
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- More than 430 Indian artifacts
ranging up to thousands of years
old have been seized from a
home here in what one agent
describes as "the single, largest
recovery of my career."
U.S. Bureau of Land Man
agement investigator R. Tracy
said he has been a federal of
ficer for 10 years.
In a case reminiscent of a
Tony Hillerman novel, hundreds
of stone tools, including arrow
points, cutting edges, cookware
and other trade items were re
covered from the home of
David Major, 38, investigators
said.
I "Right now we've counted
j 438 artifacts and we're still work
I ing our way through the evi-
dence," Tracy said.
Among objects recovered was
a rare and somewhat damaged
lidded pot found with blue and
j purple Spanish trade beads be
I lieved to be from the 1700s.
Also found with the pot were
decorative seashells and a
Folsom arrow point used for
bison hunting 7,000 years ago.
"In terms of sheer numbers,
this is the single largest recov
ery in my career," Tracy said.
If the items were taken from
federal or American Indian
lands, that could be a violation
of the U.S. Archaeological Re
source Protection Act, he said.
Items were found through
out the house, with the bulk of
them stored in Major's bed
room, Tracy said. Many artifacts
were wrapped in small indi
vidual clear plastic bags.
The discovery was made as
a result of a traffic stop July 12.
Farmington police arrested
Clinton Ferrier, 31, of
Farmington, on five counts of
commercial burglary and related
charges after he was caught with
a large amount of copper wir
ing taken from Saulsbury Elec
tric, Detective Sgt. Ken Walker
said.
As the investigation pro
gressed, police suspected Fgrier
and Major allegedly committed
10 commercial burglaries,
Walker said.
Police later obtained a search
warrant for Major's home,
where the artifacts were found
July 25. Charges related to the
artifacts are pending.
However, Farmington police
charged Major on Thursday
with four counts of commercial
'.burglary; receiving 'stolen prop-''1-erty,
tampering with evidence,
possession of burglary tools and
breaking and entering.
He was booked into the San
Juan County jail on $100,000
cash bond.
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I Fish market
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! Because of the high cost -j
Matthews estimates construction
costs to be $5 million - the Co
i lumbia River tribes would look
i to other federal grants to help
pay for it. Such a processing
center could enable the tribes to
develop specialty products such
j as smoked salmon, extending
j the time that a fish caught dur
j ing the designated seasons could
j be sold throughout the year.
! Additional funding would in
i elude staffing, marketing, spe
j cialty product development,
; food safety and business train
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We are looking at ways that
we can fund these activities,"
Matthews said. "It's not only an
1 economic venture, but a cultural
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termined, but it would likely be
somewhere on tribal fishing
grounds between Bonneville
and McNary dams.
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