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Creek: to be moved
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Because of flooding that oc
curred in 1996, Turp said, re
designing the creek will reduce
the, risk o f potentially cata
strophic events in the future.
Releasing stream energy on
floodplain during over bank
flow events and floods will ben
efit downstream infrastructure,
Turp explained.
While floods like that o f
1996 are very rare, occurring on
average once every 100 years,
Trap said, the current channel
shape lacks ample opportunity
to release stream energy on the
floodplain.
“We want to design for con
ditions that reduce flooding con
cerns, and improye fish habitat.;■
That means designing for habi
tat at a range o f more common
or frequent flows and allowing
higher or flood flows to spill
onto the available flood plain,”
he said.
By opening up the floodplain,
he said, it will reduce the risk
for catastrophic flooding for
fh p s?f downstream— like the
Museum at Warm Springs and
Wariu Springs Forest Product
Industries.
The water levels will still rise
downstream during high flows,
much of the stream energy and
power will be released in this
Area of Shitike Creek that
will be re-routed.
project upstream. Large floods
like 1996 and 1964 would surely
over top this project and still
pose serious concerns.
Biologists are working with
the Natural Resources Conver
sation Service and using funds
Set aside fpp the tribes annually
In addition, they’re seeking grant
money from sources like the
Pelton-Round Butte Fund for a
match to complete the'fttoject.
They are also working with
the Forestry Department to fig
ure out where the 160 trees nec
essary for the project might
come from.
To build the engineered log
jams in the meander bends for
bank stability and pool develop-
ment, trees with root wads at
tached will be pinned together
and partially buried in the bank.
The structures will be perma
nent and not move during high
flows.
Currently the Tribal Environ
mental Office is seeking grant
money to’ remove the sludge
from the two decommissioned
wastewater ponds and open the
area up for additionalfloodplain
habitat and park expansion,
Thro said;
While the project is still in the
planning stages, biologists will
soon start working with other
departments to ensure that the
project would have no adverse
impacts.
They will also be holding a
few public scoping meetings to
gather input from the commu
nity concerning the project
: The project will have to be
completed during an “in-stream
work window,” Turo said, mean
ing they have to work when there
will be the least amount of con
flict with fish populations.
That means they would be
com pleting the project next
summer, from July to August.
Turo encourages anyone with
questions of concerns to reach
him by phone at 5 $^-20 ¿5 or
by e-mail at stuto@vvstfibes.org.
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; . Regarding the St:' Regis Idaho, and that he is' no longer
Mohawk Tribe situation, St. a state governor, but a cabinet
Regis jC hief Barbara Lazore appointed official charged with
noted that a t his confirmation implementing federal law,” said
hearing, Kempthorne said that Chief James Ransom.
he did not support off-reserva- H Associate, .Deputy Secretary
tionT gamibg, altholgu^K e*1 '‘JSSrifes UasoSrdStermined in De
pledged to set aside his personal cember 2006 that the tribe’s fee-
to-tmst application met the fed
views and follow the law.
“At best he has not lived up tb eral regulations for environmen
his word, and at worst the secre tal review. In February, New York
tary misled the Congress o f the , Qov Eliot Spitzer agreed, com
pleting die two-part determination
United States,” Lazore said.
Earlier this month, the Sen required by the Indian Gaming
ate Committee on Indian Affairs Regulatory Act, and executed a
helfl a hearing on the backlog tribal-state compact
o f land into trust applications ; The, trib e’s three chiefs
before the interior department. Charged that Kempthorne “cir
The Oneida and Cayuga tribes cumvented departmental p iac-'
of^New York also have trust ti.ee” and had inserted himself
into the decision-making process,
applications pending.
\As governor ' pfT ’ Id ah o / even though the authority for
K^npthotne was adamantly op deciding on ,the application be-,
posed to off-reservation casinos. fenged to Cason.
Mqhavyk tribal leaders and ,
/T h e Secretary needs to put
• aside his personal objections and Spitzer have made repeated re-/
qúests to meet in person with
him to discúss the matter and
never received a Response, the
chiefs said.
.A. slew of Our requerís to
m eet
w ith
^ c r e ta r y
K em pthorne have, been met
with nothing but ¡dea%ning s i
lence, which sadlyVj?pe£ks vol
umes about what appears fo be
a personal bias toward gaming
as a viable economic develop
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