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Tourism effort gains recognition
By Brian Mortcnscn
Spilyay Tymoo
When representatives
from Warm Springs' eco
nomic development offices
appear before the Warm
Springs Tribal Council next
month, they will come with
the validation of an award
from the Oregon Tourism
Commission.
Mike Clements, general
manager of the Business and
Economic Development De
partment, and Sal Sahmc, the
tribal Business Enterprise
Development Director,
picked up the Creative Tour
ism Development Award at
the Oregon Governor's Con
ference on Tourism, held
April 12 at the Wildhorse
Resort and Casino near
Pendleton.
"I was surprised. I didn't
go to the conference think
ing we'd receive any kind of
an award," Clements said.
Sahme accepted the
award, which the Warm
Springs group received for its
efforts toward developing the
Warm Springs Sustainable
Tourism Action Plan.
The plan includes using
key tourism centers like Kah-Nee-Ta
High Desert Resort
and Casino, and the Museum
at Warm Springs as starting
points, and offering a variety,
or "menu" of activities that
display tribal culture and history.
Strong possibility of summer drought
A lack of moisture on the
east slope of the Cascade
Mountains indicates a strong
possibility of drought this sum-'
mer. Recent surveys indicate the
2005 snow pack is among the
lowest on record, which may
translate into a shortage of wa
ter later this year.
Crews from the Tribal Envi
ronmental Office measure the
winter snow pack at three sites
located on the reservation at
various elevations. Snow cores
are extracted and measured for
depth and weight. This allows
for an estimation of how much
water (water content) is stored
in the snow pack. Aerial mark
ers on Bald Peter and Ollalie
Opportunity for vendors
at Saturday market
The Madras Saturday Mar
ket opens at Friendship Park
by Westside Elementary
School, former site of the
Collage of Culture, on June
4, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The market is held weekly
through the summer.
The Saturday Market aims
to bring together vendors and
the community in a regular
event where farm produce
and garden produce, home
made edibles, and quality
handcrafted goods can be dis
played and sold in a conve
nient and enjoyable setting.
More than 25 vendors and
food sellers have already
signed up for the opening
market.
Other interested vendors
are encouraged to sign up,
said Jerry Ramsey, one of the
W&m Springs Mfrfat
7' 2132 Warm Springs S(.
Warm Springs, OR $7761
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Jolene Atencio, Mike Clements and Sal Sahme with the
Tribes' award from the Conference on Tourism.
"We struggled for two and a
half to three years, trying to
develop a tourism strategy for
the region," Sahmc said. "Out
of the strategy came the idea
of creating a council that would
oversee tourism and look at the
image that wc all had and what
we want to create by way of a
tourism strategy."
Sahme and Clements had
been working with the Lower
John Day Regional Partnership,
a group including representa
tives from counties in the John
Day River basin, to discuss com
munity development issues for
the region.
The group received funding
through the Oregon Lottery,
monies that come to each re
gion in the state. The group de
voted the funds to a number of
different projects. One of them
was the concept of sustainable
tourism.
"Tourism has been around
with the tribes for quite some
Butte are also observed to de
termine snow depth.
The most recent survey
showed water content of 36
percent of average at the south
end of the reservation. The
north end was even lower at 13
percent of average. Based on
historical records dating back to
1973 this is the second-lowest
snow pack on record. These
numbers are only slightly ahead
of the snow pack of 1977.
With such little snow in the
mountains the possibility of
drought greatly increases. Low
stream flows with increased
water temperatures could be
detrimental to fish runs. The
chance of springs drying up
organizers of the market.
Guidelines and application
forms are available at the
Madras-Jefferson County
Chamber of Commerce, and
at the Jefferson County Li
brary main desk. There is a
fee of $10 for yearly mem
bership, and $20 for a 10-foot
by 10-foot vending space for
each market day. For further
information, call 546-6350,
or 475-5390.
Market organizers plan to
schedule local entertainment
each market day. For the
grand opening on June 4 the
entertainment will be by
Queen Lorene and the Skil-let-lickers.
If you have a suggestion
for other entertainment, con
tact the market organizers.
Spilyay Tyvnoo,
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time," Sahme said. "What we've
had are some small home-based
businesses. We have a fly-fishing
business, and we have
Whitewater rafting, a relatively
small pocket of groups.
"In the past, people coming
to Kah-Nee-Ta would stay for
a day or two, then they're gone,"
Sahmc said. "What we'd like to
sec is those hub attractions cre
ating a synergy, where there
would be smaller businesses as
a part of that menu of larger
attractions, keeping people here
more than just a day, maybe a
week or two weeks. And they'd
have a whole menu of family
entertainment."
This menu would include
fishing on the Deschutes River,
observing tribal dress, dance and
customs, or exploring the land
scape of the Warm Springs Res
ervation itself.
"There's a growing recogni
tion and interest among foreign
travelers in Native culture,"
may increase greatly.
Water available for crops or
livestock may be limited this
summer. Further measures may
be required to assure proper
care of livestock. Wildfire in
stances may increase this sum
mer especially with the wet and
cool spring increasing grass
growth.
Extra precaution should be
considered when protecting
your home from fire. Be sure
to keep all brush clear from an
area around your home.
Although the possibility of
drought is clear, proper prepa
ration may go a long way to
wards getting you through the
summer.
To place an ad in
the Spilyay, call
Sam Howard at
279-9973.
Deadline to submit items for
the next Spilyay is Friday, May
6. Thank you.
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Sahme said. "We recognize
that there's another market
out there that is driving this."
Sahme said he enlisted the
help of his fellow members
of the Rural Development
Initiative (RDI) board.
"RDI has done sustainable
planning and strategy and de
velopment for other commu
nities around the state and in
ternationally," Sahme said.
"Conceptually, Mike and I
thought it would be nice if we
could pull them in and use
their expertise, because this is
something on the cutting
edge, sustainable tourism.
"Planning and then the
growing attraction from West
ern Europe, the Pacific Rim
and China could certainly be
a major market we'd like to
penetrate."
Clements and Sahme held
a scries of four community
meetings in Warm Springs to
gain feedback. Sahme said he
and Clements wanted to
present the new tourism idea
to the community in a differ
ent way.
"The community has made
a very distinct expression over
time. They want to see
projects, rather than going
through a long involved pro
cess," Sahme said. "We de
cided to do product identifi
cation first. So I think that
generated a lot of community
interest."
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