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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 2008)
M arch 27, 2 0 0 7 Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 9; Warm Springs Community Library The Warm Springs Com munity Library is located in the Family Resource Center. The library is open Mon day through Thursday .from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Fri day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Library staff invites all community members to stop by and browse through the growing book collection. T here are com puters available for Internet access, as well as daily newspapers. The library is conducting a survey to find out how to best serve the Warm Springs community. If you wish to give your input, stop by the library to fill out a survey form. For more information, call 553-3462 or send an e-mail to lsmith@wstribes.org Jones Auto Sales 2002 Kia Rio Cinco GASSAVER Was $5995.00 This week $3995.00 Photo by Nicholas J. Loos; courtesy of Urbana Ross Representatives of tribal committees earlier this month toured the Pelton-Round Butte hydroelectric dams, where the Confederated Tribes, through Power and Water Enterprises, and Portland General Electric are developing a multi-million dollar fish passage system. According to the plan, the system, involving a 273-foot tall tower that will draw in water from Lake Billy Chinook - will be in operation next spring. Once in operation, the system is expected to reopen 226 upstream miles of river to salmon and steelhead migration, which has not existed since the dams were built in the 1960s. On the recent tour were representatives of the tribal Water Board, the Land Use Planning Committee, the On-Reservation Fish and Wildlife Committee, and Natural Resources. EPA finds Klamath River impaired by toxic algae ( A P ^ T h e U.S. E nviron mental Protection Agency has listed toxins from blue-green al gae as another pollutant of the Klamath River behind the hy droelectric dams that Indian tribes, fishermen and conserva tion groups want removed to make wasaffitisataapo»r• > , u j The algae toxins in the Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs now must be considered along with other pollutants by the Califor nia Water Board as it considers whether to grant the Clean Wa ter Act certification needed by the P o rtlan d -b ase d utility PacifiCbrp to get a new operat ing license for four hydroelec tric dams on the Klamath. “Now PacifiCorp will have to clean up the toxic algae in the Klamath River,” said Klamath Riverkeeper Regina Chichizola, whose lawsuit against EPA led to reconsideration of the issue. “The state will have a hard time giving them certification.” T he EPA finding did not point to the dams as the source o f the algae toxins. That is an issue for later consideration. But it did note that toxins were found at unhealthy levels in the reser voirs behind the dams, and not in the river downstream. Low levels have been found in fish, but not enough to warn people against eating them. Maintaining that the algae has been found in the river since before the dams, PacifiCorp spokesman Paul Vogel said the utility company did not antici pate the toxins being a signifi cant problem to getting clean water certification. “We see it as a part of the process, and it is certainly an is sue we study,” Vogel said. “We are looking at it and take it very seriously.” The California Water Board is waiting for a specific proposal on modifications to the series of dams straddling the Oregon- California border before going ahead with the environmental analysis on certification, said board spokesman Bill Rukeyser “The state o f California is Next deadline to submit item s to the S pilyay Tymoo is Friday, April 4. Thank you. fairly concerned about the tox ins from blue-green algae on the Klamath,” Rukeyser said. “Our N o rth c o a st Regional W ater Board has had to post the res ervoirs and portions of the river for those toxins. That has been a concern of ours for several years/L s. v i o O < V ? f a f i h / Alexis Strauss, EPA water division director for the West ern states, said she did hot think the algae toxins by themselves would prevent clean water cer tifications, but she noted they come on top of problems with warm water temperatures, low dissolved oxygen, and nutrients from agricultural runoff 1997 Kia Sephia GS GAS SAVER RedW as $2495.00 This week $1995.00 QUALITY BUSINESS SERVICE 1993 Ford Explorer Green Was $3995.00 This week $2995.00 161 NE Fifth Street, Madras R o b e rt G e m a e h lic h , EA Licensed Tax Consultant Amy Bergum, Licensed Tax Preparer 1995 Lincoln Continental Leather, Auto Was $4995.00 This week $3995.00 4 7 5 -2 2 5 9 ELECTRONIC FILING AVAILABLE T ax es - B o o k k e ep in g - P a y ro ll 1987 Jeep Wagoneer Red Was $2,500 This week $1,750 Since Mercury Sable White, Leather, auto Was $4,995 This week $3,995 Automotive & Towing Largest selection of pre-owned vehicles in Madras. 755 S.W. 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