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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
May 10, 2007
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The Madras High School tennis team went to the district meet earlier this week (results
in the next paper). Team members who played at districts include Kadie Manion (left),
and Tamara Moody, pictured with team manager Byron Scott.
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Deal for park back on track in Eastern Oregon
JO SEPH , Ore; (AP) — After
hitting a snag, the idea o f creat
ing a park on land near the Old
C h ief Jo sep h m onum ent at
Wallowa Lake is back on track,
officials said.
The Oregon Parks and Recr
reation Department and K&B
Fam ily Lim ited Partnership
have signed a letter describing
the terms o f a deal to create a
new state park out o f a parcel
that has been embroiled in con
troversy for some-20 years.
The department intends to
purchase the 61.93 acres o f the
former M arr Ranch property
for $4.1 million, much o f the
money coming from lotterypro
ceeds dedicated ■ tb ; Buying
parkland.
The rest will come from the
Confederated Tribes o f the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Confederated Tribes o f the
Colville Reservation and the
Nez Perce Tribe 'through a do
nation to the nohprofit Oregon
State Parks Trust:
The state park is likely to in
clude trails and interpretation o f
the area's history and geology
btit no camping spots,'parks
spokesman Chris Havdl s&d.
Long-term plans include the
possibility o f cooperative! \aan-
agernent with the National Park
Service, which operates <the
nearby Chief Joseph grave site
as part o f the multistate Nez
Perce National Historical Park.
The O regon State Parks
Trust may eventually sell it? mi
nority interest in the property to
the National Parks Service, us
ing the money it gets for devel
opment and operations o f the
park.
On March 8 a tentative pur
chase agreement was reached,
but.then K&B spokesman Steve1
Krieger objected to the involve
m ent Of the Wallowa Land
Trust, a nonprofit formed to buy
and receive land and easements
from willing sellers. He said he
is now satisfied that " it is not
involved in any funding o f this
proposed purchase."
Krieger had announced plans
to split the property into two
parcels and said that process
would go ahead. If the land deal
igoes through, he said, the parti
tion would not be recorded.
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Klamath group files suit against Pacificorp
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|river;trib^ieade£s,:cbmmei1ei?l| PaoifiCsaip t®^td)>j©ipigratitig4he ■ iJ TKScompany' cotifends re-
salmon fishermen, recreational
business owners and the Kla
math Riverkeeper Group sued
in federal court in Northern
California last week claiming two
PacifiCorp dams on the river
cause m assive to xic algae
blooms.
The lawsuit contends the res
ervoirs behind Iron .Gate arid
Copco dams in Northern Cali
fornia are a toxic nuisance,
threatening salmon fishing and
posing a human health threat.
dams in a way that causes the
blooms.
PacifiC ptp spokeswoman
Jan Mitchell said the company
does not comment on pending
litigation.
PacifiCorp is seeking a new
operating license for a number
o f its dams. But numerous In
dian tribes, commercial fisher
man and conservation groups
want the dams removed rather
than relicensed — saying the
damS hurt water quality, wildlife
moval TOuld eliminate a source
o f renewable, low-cost power.
Pacifkjprp serves 1.6 million
customersvn six Western states.
"A coilaps:e o f wild salmon
returns to ;rae Klamath River
triggered drVstic cutbacks in
salition fishirigbff the coasts o f
Oregon and Caifomialast sum-
pier and prompted the gover
nors o f the two Vtates to call a
summit to consider removing
the dams.
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