Sea lions versus salmon
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We would like to say thank
you to all family, friends and
the community for the great
support shown to our daugh
ter Soraya Mendez (Yah-x-
la).
She ran for the 2008
Lincoln’s Birthday Powwow
Court.
Soraya is very honored
and proud o f all her hard
work, and to now carry the
titie o f the queen for this
great powwow.
The family would like to
express our great apprecia
tion to those people who re
peatedly purchased raffle
tickets from Soraya.
Thank you very much to
th o se o f you w ho never
turned her away or crushed
her spirits.
We w ould also like to
th a n k th e c u rre n t M iss
W arm S prings, C yrille
Mitchell, for her guidance
and kind words she showed
to our daughter during the
powwow.
She is truly thankful for
everyone and will do her best
to represent the Lincolii’s
Birthday Powwow through
out the year.
Sincerely,
B y Fidelia A n d y
Chairwoman, Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Joy and Jose. Ram irez
Happy Valentines Day belatedly..,
HappyValentines Day to
my husband, Willie Danpuka.
I love you with all my heart. You
are a good husband to me and
a wonderful father to our kids,
Keesh, D atly and baby
Masami. Thank you for giving
me o ur, beautiful baby girl
±Ma>sami,-S>be is- truly t-our gift,
from God. My mother and fa
ther would have gladly accepted
you as their son-in-law. Thank
you for treating me like a queen
and waiting on me hand and
foot. N o man has ever treated
y o u . I f e e l lik e a v e r y
lu c k y m an to h a ve y o u
as m y w ife. I ’m g la d w e
h a ve our ow n little fa m
ily , y o u a n d th e k i d s
m ake m e v e ry h appy.
A n d I h o p e ou r fa m ily
g r o w s b ig g e r as tim e
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in g o ld w ith y o u ti l l
d ea th d o us p a rt. I w ill
alw a ys lo v e y o u fo rever
a n d e v e r , R o m e lle .
L o ve , W illie D a n zu k a .
me with all the love and respect for
me than you have. Now that we
are husband and wife, you need to
plan on raising a big family and
growing old together. You are the
love of my life, Willie. Rjomelle R.
Danyuka.
i i H a p p y Valen tin e s D a y
to m y w if e R o m e ll e
D a n zu k a . I lo v e y o u w ith
all m y h ea rt. N o on e has
ever m a d e m e as h a p p y as
y o u do. I h ave n e v e r lo v e d
a n y b o d y as m u ch as I lo v e
Letters of apology
I am sorry I broke tribal law
in Nov. o f 200b. I w ant to
apologize to m y dad and mom,
for causing hardship on them.
F urther I w ant apologize to
Arlissa R. And I will make ev
ery effort to follow our laws in
the future. Lyda E. Rhoan.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on Jan. 15, 2008 by driving un
der the influence of intoxicants.
Further I apologize to J.A.S., and
D.M. I also want to say that I
am sorry to the community of
W arm Springs. Reuben A.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
on January 1, 2008 by driving
while under the influence of
intoxicants at or near Walsey
Lane turnoff, Highway 26. Fur
ther I apologize to my better
half, my baby and all family. I
will not commit to the above
stated crime again and apolo
gize. I want to thank the Warm
Springs Police Department and
the tribal court. Jerome R.
I am Sorry I broke tribal law
on Feb. 1,2008 by being in pos
session o f illegal paraphernalia,
being charged with ND DH D ,
and also being intoxicated. I
apologize to the entire commu
nity o f Warm Springs for my
actions. I also want to say I never
meant to break the law and it
will not happen again. Thomas
Lewis.
I am sorry I broke tribal law
in 04/07 by driving under the
influence of alcohol and reck
lessly endangering. Further I
apologize to. E ld red F. and
Rachel F. I also want to say that
I will n o t make this mistake
again. Patricia Kalama.
“The one that got away” is a
bittersweet fisherman’s story.
The one that'“got away with
it” is the bitter end— if we fail
to deal with an exploding Cali
fornia sea lion population that
is threatening endangered Co
lumbia River salmon.
Our tribes strongly support
the recent recommendation by
NOAA Fisheries to allow lim
ited lethal removal o f problem
California sea lions.
The recommendation takes a
significant step toward reconcil
ing two conservation laws— the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
and the Endangered Species
Act— that are increasingly at
odds with one another.
Thirty-six years of unencum
bered federal protection o f Cali
fornia sealions has produced
profound success yet unantici
pated consequences.
The sea lions are at optimal
sustainable population, accord
ing to NOAA estimates, but
have gotten there at the direct
expense o f some endangered
species.
M arine-m am m al experts
have warned that a particularly
aggressive subpopulation o f
California sea lions will continue
to exploit u n n atu ral co n d i
tions— in this case, the fish lad
der and its en tran ce at
B onneville D am . They also
warn that these behaviors will
only g et w orse if left
unmanaged.
We, as river people, remem
ber a time when balance existed
among all beings in a healthy and
functioning'ecosystem. ' w ! I
ests impeded desperately
A comprehensive re
G uest
needed management, re
covery plan includes hy
sulting in the functional
dropower and habitat im
O pinion
extinction o f the Lake
provements, hatchery re
forms, predator management Washington winter steelhead.
and the most closely regulated
It’s a heart-wrenching scene
at Bonneville D am for those
fishery in the world.
O n the C olum bia River, who are devoting their fives to
tribal, state and federal biologists building sustainable fish popu
have done everything allowable lations.
River watchers have reported
under current law to give the
salmon a chance. Elowever, be schools o f ancient sturgeon hud
tween 2002 and 2007, there has dling in shallow water, looking
been á 382-percent increase in for refuge from marauding sea
salmon being eaten by sea lions. lions.
Sea lions patrol the entrance
A joint request by Oregon,
Washington and Idaho to lethally to, and even inside, the
remove sea lions led to á legally Bonneville fish ladder, thereby
required convening o f diverse elim inating any n o rm ativ e
interests— independent scien predator-prey relationship.
In our view, this situation
tists, conservationists, nonprofit
leaders, and tribal, state and fed puts the integrity of both spe
eral officials— to weigh evidence cies in jeopardy.
Quasi-domesticated sea lions
and make recommendations.
They concluded that Califor may be acceptable to the Pier
nia sea lions are having a “sig 39 tourists in San Francisco, but
nificant negative im pact” on n o t on the Colum bia River.
endangered fish and, by an over There is no nobility in one spe
w helm ing m ajority, rec o m cies squatting in a fish ladder
mended approval of the states’ and eating another into extinc
application and developed two tion.
Our Creator gave us the re
lethal removal scenarios as part
sponsibility to protect the bal
o f their package.
According to N OAA Fisher ance among all creatures in the
ies’ environmental assessment, ecosystem. Traditionally, we ac
the most-aggressive 2008 man cept responsibility for the sur
agem ent o p tio n could take vival and prosperity o f the re
48,000 salmon out o f the jaws sources that surround us.
Failure to accept this respon
o f sea lions and pass them
safely above Bonneville Dam. sibility threatens a tragic loss of
A total of only 66,646 chinook a cultural resource that is the
made it safely above Bonneville symbol o f the Northwest.
Fidelia Andy is chairwoman
during the 2007 run.
Northwest salmon lovers can o f the Columbia River Inter-
be pardoned for any sense o f Tribal Fish Commission and
déjà vu. Last decade’s tragedy vice chairwoman o f the Yakama
at Ballard Locks began with Nation’s Fish and Wildlife Com
similar circumstances. Regretta mittee.
bly in that case, myopic inter-
'Dam s 'have u p set that: bal
ance. Tribal people were prom
ised that while society reaped the
benefits o f dams, there would
be a parallel acceptance of re
sponsibility to mitigate and man
age their impacts.
Survival, balance, integrity
and dignity ate cultural mandates
for our tribes as we work to
bring the wolf back to Idaho,
eagles and other raptors to the
Yakima Basin, and lamprey and
freshwater mussels to the Co
lumbia River.
To that end, our tribes insist
that all impacts to threatened
and endangered salmon runs,
throughout their life cycle, be
addressed in their recovery.
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Engaged to be M arried
Merlin D. Tom and Susan C. Wommack
June 7, 2008
Invitations Only
Parents (Merlin), Marie
Tom, the late Fudd Tom
Parents (Susan) The late
Donald L. Wommack, Michelle
R. Dow.
Maid of Honor Stacy
Marcum; Best Man, Ray Caldera;
Officiated by Ronald Palmer.
Henry Jr.
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