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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 2008)
November 6, 2 0 0 8 Spi'lyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Tribes, agencies sign hydro operation agreement The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have agreed to a plan for the operation o f the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project on the upper McKenzie River. The area is part o f the tradi tional lands o f the Confeder ated Tribes, and the tribes Natu ral Resources Department par ticipated in the development of the hydro operation plan. The Carmen-Smith Hydro Project is operated by the Eu gene Water and Electric Board. Officials from the tribes, fed eral and state natural resource agencies, environmental groups and other parties signed the op erating agreement in October. In all, 17 governmental bodies were represented at the signing ceremony. The plan outlines the envi ronm ental, recreational and other improvements that the E ugene W ater and E lectric Board (EWEB) will undertake, as part of the relicensing of the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project. The dam is licensed, for a period of 50 years, through the Federal E nergy Regulatory Agency. The hydro facility is Photo courtesy of Lance Robertson of EWEB. Jody Calica, secretary-treasurer of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, greets members of the Eugene Water and Electric Board. owned by and serves the citi zens of Eugene. A m ong o th er things, the agreement calls for EWEB to construct an upstream fish lad der and a downstream fish pas sage system at Trail Bridge Dam. The agreement calls for an increase in year-round stream flows in p o rtio n s o f the McKenzie River and the Smith and Carm en bypass reaches above Trail Bridge reservoir, greatly im proving fisheries spawning and rearing habitat throughout the project area. EWEB will rebuild and im prove the three campgrounds in the area, construct new day-use sites at all three reservoirs, and protect important cultural and historical resources. In all, w ater and electric board has agreed to make an es timated $135 million in enhance ments and mitigation measures related to the hydroelectric project. The agreement is the result o f nearly two years of discus sions among the 17 parties. The Carmen-Smith project is located 71 miles east of Eugene on the upper McKenzie and Smith rivers. It consists o f three dams and reservoirs, two powerhouses, a salm on spaw ning channel, campgrounds and other ameni ties. The rivers not only provide power, but also are an impor tant source of aesthetic, cultural and recreational values for lo cal communities and beyond. This agreement attempts to bal ance these interests. The agreement will result in safe upstream and downstream fish passage fo r C hinook salmon, listed as threatened un der the Endangered Species Act, into historical habitat above Trail Bridge Dam. Eugene voters approved con struction of the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project in 1958. It was completed in 1963, and remains EW EB’s largest and most important source of util ity-owned, low-cost hydroelec tricity. Its output is equal to about 9 percent of Eugene’s average power needs. EWEB is a municipal utility that is governed by a five-mem when she found a school of the tiny salmon. In fact, the salmon have been found in 10 areas where they had previously van ished. The Garcia River watershed had been devastated by logging, and the coho p o p u la tio n dwindled to 1 percent of previ ous numbers. In 2004 the watershed be came part o f a "sustainable forestry" experiment, which al lows for only selective logging on the land. The funds from the logging are then used to pay for restoration and land manage ment. The area is owned by the Conservation Fund, which paid $18 million to a timber company for the 23,780-acre G arcia River Forest. The Nature Con servancy works alongside the Conservation Fund to study and monitor fish and wildlife on the land. inatta you fon Mfrfromtùtg túc 6ttá¿- ttcoceo «fotí oce út t6e >’ Auttokvwtivg Done right tí» first 6me since ber board elected by the citizens o f Eugene. EWEB is Oregon’s largest citizen-owned utility. In addition to providing electricity to 86,000 customers, it serves almost 200,000 people and busi nesses in the Eugene area with water. Besides EWEB and the Con fed erated T ribes o f W arm Springs, other parties to the agreement are: The National Marine Fisher ies Service; U.S. Fish and Wild life Service; U.S. Forest Service; Oregon Department o f Envi ronmental Quality; Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department; O r egon Parks and Recreation D e partment; Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu nity o f Oregon; Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Or egon; American W hitewater; Cascadia W ildlands Project; McKenzie Flyfishers; Oregon Hunters Association; Oregon W ild; Rocky M ountain E lk Foundation; and Trout Unlim ited. More on the Carmen-Smith p ro ject, the agreem ent and relicensing can be found on the web at www.eweb.org. M erle K irk will be teaching beadw ork on Tuesdays during Decem ber at the OSU 4-H Ex tension. The beadwork classes are for youth from the first-grade and up. This is a great chance to make gifts for Christmas. The classes will be on Dec. 2, 9 and 16. For youth in grades one through five, the classes will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For youth in grades six and up, the classes will be from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. You must be enrolled in 4-H to participate. Lim ited to 10 students per ses sion. Sign up at th e 4-H OSU Extension office in the Education building, or call 553-3238. The beadwork and the class will be fun and easy to do. Tepee Deli, Ventures act to encourage school attendance Endangered salmon found in remote creek UKIAH, Calif. (AP) - Scien tists have discovered juvenile coho salmon on California's N orth Coast in a number of places where the endangered fish had not been seen for years. Jennifer Carah, a field scien tist for the Nature Conservancy, says she was snorkeling recently in the Garcia River watershed Beading classes foryouth T he T epee D eli and Warm Springs Ventures wish to support the Confederated Tribes’ efforts to encourage high school graduation. 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