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Spilyay Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon
November 25, 2004
Condors learn to
multiply at Oregon Zoo
PORTLAND (AP) - The
12 endangered California
condors at the Oregon Zoo
have learned to multiply since
arriving here a year ago.
One pair produced two
healthy chicks. Another pair
has proved to be stellar fos
ter parents to one chick.
Already, adult males are
beginning to court the fe
males, spreading their wings
and swinging their heads back
and forth, signaling the start
of another breeding season.
Oregon saw its first chick,
appropriately enough, on
May 9 - Mother's Day - 60
days after Tama, the queen
breeder of Oregon's flock,
laid a 4.3-inch-long, 10
ounce, gray-green egg.
"To come up in the middle
of winter like that to a totally
new area, and to not only give
us one, but two eggs - it's un
real," said Joe Burnett, assis
tant curator of the breeding
operation.
"It shows you how resil
ient they can be."
Last Nov. 19, Oregon Zoo
keepers spread wood shavings
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Beaded condor on a cradle
board at the Museum at
Warm Springs.
over cold, concrete floors and
cranked up propane heaters in
side a drafty barn in rural
Clackamas County. The birds
arrived from balmy Los An
geles that morning, smack in
the middle of a surprise Port
land snowstorm.
Some were established
pairs. Others met for the first
time in Oregon.
Together, they signaled the
newest chapter in the two-decade
effort to rescue Califor
nia condors from near extinc
tion. Their numbers had dipped
to just 22 known birds by
1982, and in 1987, a captive
breeding program started as a
last-ditch method to help con
dors survive.
Yakama Nation rejects resort proposal
TOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) -The
Yakama Indian Nation is
no longer pursuing a proposal
to develop a destination resort
on tribal land on Mount Adams,
a tribal council official said last
week.
The proposed resort would
have included eight ski lifts, a
gondola and a tram that would
carry skiers to 11,100 feet on
the 12,276-foot mountain, as
well as three 18-hole golf
courses, a casino, restaurant and
2,500 lodging units.
Council members expressed
interest in the idea to diversify
economic development. Some
tribal members and outdoors
enthusiasts, however, criticized
the idea in both newspaper ar
ticles and letters to the editor.
The 14-member council as
signed a feasibility study to staff
members from several tribal
departments, including wildlife,
fisheries, natural resources, cul
tural resources and water. Each
reported in the past few weeks
that the project would have a
negative impact on the environ
ment, Tribal Council Vice Chair
man Virgil Lewis Sr. said.
"Seeing that and hearing that,
we have decided it's not some
thing we wish to pursue at this
time," Lewis said. "I guess eco
nomically we could have ben
efited a very large sum of money
to the tribe, but do we want to
sacrifice an area of extreme
cultural significant to the tribe?
We're not ready to do that."
Mount Hood Meadows De
velopment Corp., which oper
ates two ski resorts at Mount
Hood, pitched the idea to the
Yakama Nation earlier this year.
Dave Riley, vice president
and general manager for Mount
Hood Meadows, said he believes
the idea is not yet dead. Mount
Adams is a wonderful location
for a destination resort and the
idea just needs more time to
draw support, he said.
"In my mind, it's still up in
the air," he said. "We're going to
continue to work with the
Yakama Nation and provide
additional information to them
so they can continue to consider
the development."
Mount Adams is one of the
largest volcanoes in the Cascade
Range. Known as Pahto to
American Indians in the region,
the mountain was returned to
the Yakamas in 1972 by Presi
dent Nixon following a nearly
50-year boundary dispute.
The area is closed to non
tribal members and remains a
culturally significant and pristine
site for fishing, hunting and sa
cred food gathering.
Lewis said a ski resort has
been proposed for the mountain
in the past and likely will be
again, which is why the tribal
council wanted to have a feasi
bility study completed for the
record.
"We would be shirking our
duty to not at least listen to the
proposal," Lewis said. But he
added, "I believe we have a lot
of other options that have not
yet been considered. We don't
have to sacrifice an area that's
more or less sacred."
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