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August 16, 2007
Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Sugar Pine timber sale document approved
The Resource M anage
ment Interdisciplinary Team
(RMIDT) recently approved
a decision document for the
2008 Sugar Pine Timber Sale
and additional projects gained
approval through die small
project assessment (SPA) pro
cess.
The projects include a tim
ber harvest on aUotmentl02-
A and stream resto ratio n
w o rk on B eav er C reek.
RM ID T also re le ase d a
project assessment pertaining
to the clean-up o f contami
nated soil at the old BIA road
maintenance shop.
RMIDT unanimously passed
a resolution to approve the
Sugar Pine Tim ber Sale. The
document assessing the sale’s
impacts had already been re
leased for tribal member com
ment and after a 30-day review
it w as ap p ro ved as reco m
mended by the technical staff
from N atural Resources and
Forestry.
The Sugar Pine Timber Sale
will target a harvest volume of
approximately 19 million board
feet. The project area is just
over 2,100 acres in size. Maps
and assessments of the project '
are available through the For
estry Branch office.
A p ro ject ap p ro ved by
RMIDT under the SPA process
would allow for the harvest of
approximately 45,000 board feet
o f timber on allotment 102-A
south o f Simnasho. Another
SPA approved by RMIDT will
allow for restoration of eroded
streambanks on Beaver Creek
at Fawn Flat.
Both o f these projects are
located on lands designated as
condition Use, which m eans
Tribal Council approval is re
quired before they can be
implemented.
The assessment released
for 30-day public review in
volves clean-up o f a steep
slope in the Warm Springs
community previously used
as a dump site for used mo
tor oil. Samples will be tested
and contaminated soils will be
deposited of at an appropri
ate location off-reservation.
Comments should be directed
to Bill Reynolds, acting B lA
environmental coordinator, in
the Natural Resources office.
A t t r ib u t e s o f B e a r S p r in g s
are a
Economic planners are fo
cusing on Bear Springs for a
variety o f ^reasons. From the
tribal perspective, the area re
ceives relatively little traffic,
though some members do use
it for hunting and grazing.
If it gets further along, the
project would go through the
trib es’ Integrated Resources
Management Plan analysis and
approval process, ensuring pro
tection o f natural, cultural, ar
c h a eo lo g ic al and o th er re
sources. 4
One major issue would
lie in how to structure
the leases to satisfy
both the potential
homeowners, who want
security fo r their in
vestment, and the
tribes, which wants to
retain sovereign control
over the property.
B ut prelim inary w ork has
identified no significant species
or environmental issues. Bear
Springs would also b e relatively
easy to develop. The tribes own
the property and has no access
issues to work out with other ju
risdictions.
Meanwhile, from the devel
opment perspective, the setting
is “nearly ideal fpr a resort com
munity,’’ according to die latest
Peterson report.
The spot consists of a high
mesa with several gendy sloping
ravin es and b ro ad v alleys.
Meadows lie scattered through- \
out and support a variety o f
native grasses and wildflowers.
Some locations offer views o f
Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, and
two o f the Sisters. ^
Land use planner Lamoine
Eiler, who evaluated the area for
homes and recreational use and
; mapped out a preliminary devel-
j opment concept, was deeply im
pressed by the property.
“This is one o f the best sites
that I have been on in quite
| some time,” 1 h e. Says. “I highly
i recommend this site for a desti-
nation resort.
Planners cite proxim ity to
Portland, the airport, and the
Mt. Hood ski areas as giving
B ear Springs unique advan
tages that other Central Or
egon properties do not possess,
while rivaling them in natural
beauty.
C h a lle n g e s a n d n e x t s t e p s
Important questions and ob
stacles need to be addressed,
however. If Tribal Council ap
proves the research request,
Ventures would work under the
d irectio n o f a sp ecially-ap
pointed committee to gather
more information through land
use planners, engineers,' econo
mists, lawyers, and market ana
lysts.
One major issue would lie in
how to structure the leases to
sa tisfy b o th the p o te n tial
homeowners, who want security
for their investment, and the
tribes, which wants to retain sov
■Researching the experience
of other tribes that have used
long-term leases would be one
part of the information-gather
ing phase.
Planners have already been
in touch with the Agua Caliente
band o f the Cahuilla Indians,
which owns about half o f the
land in Palm Springs, California.
Ventures staff were slated to
make their appeal to fund the
next stage of Bear Springs re
search at this week’s Wednesday
Council session.
The funding request includes
money for other economic ini
tiatives as well, such as Tectonite
market development and stra
tegic planning for the sawmill,
and takes the form of a supple
mental budget request for eco-
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“The Bear Springs project is
exciting but it still has a long way
to go,” says Jeff Anspach, CFO
o f Ventures and one of several
people involved in planning the
project
“We want to.do our home
work and make sure it’s as prom
ising as it appears and that the
membership support it, We also
want, if we go forward, to do
things right. The tribe has a great
opportunity here. If we do this
well, the gains should include not
only jobs and income, but also
the intangible benefits that come
from the wise exercise o f sov
ereignty in dealing with non-In
dian homeowners and visitors to
the reservation.” .
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Bear Springs: ‘over 1,000 on-reservation jobs’
(Continued from page 1)
Moreover, the financial risk
of use and occupancy projects
is relatively low.”
P relim in ary analyses p re
pared by Peterson Economics,
a firm specializing in the eco
nomics o f real estate develop
ments, estimate that the Bear
Springs resort would provide the
tribes $256 million dollars in net
cash flow oyer 14 years and cre
ate 1,000 on-reservation jobs.
O f these about 500 would be
tem porary construction jobs
during the 12- to 14-year build
out period, another 275 would
be perm anent jobs in services
and resort operations, and 250
more would crop up through
small independent businesses
spawned by the project, such as
firewood provider^, home repair
and maintenance, landscaping
services, and other support in
dustries to the homeowners and
builders.
, Q a ce. c o m p le te d , the project,
is also estimated to return $10
million in tax revenues to the
Tribe annually, for as long as the
leases continue.
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