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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 2009)
"I Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Jgnugry 29, 2 0 0 9 Page 7 Free workshops teach helpful gardening techniques B y L e s l ie M i tt s Spilyaj) Tymoo Several community members braved the recent snowfall for a chance to practice pruning tech niques that they learned through a free Saturday workshop. In fact, community members still have one chance to attend a free gardening workshop as part o f a local series. OSU Extension Service has been w orking in conjunction with the Warm Springs Commu nity A ction Team and the Dia betes Prevention P rogram to conduct a series o f free garden ing w orkshops at the Family Resource Center. T he final w orkshop is this Saturday, January 31, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided. T he session will fo cus on community food systems and the local community garden. Prior workshops have taught com m unity m em bers skills in areas su ch as soil ty p es, com posting, fertilizing, irriga tion, pruning and more. The workshops aim to teach partici pants that gardening can be a fun way to improve your bud get, health and the environment. S an d ra B ru n o e said she found the session on irrigation interesting because she learned different ways to water. “You really need to conserve w ater a ro u n d h ere,” B ru n o e said. “T hat was a good lesson.” Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Participants at one gardening workshop learned proper pruning techniques. Brunoe said has gardened for several years and plans to gar den even m ore now that she has additional knowledge from the workshops. She also has m ore time for hobbies like gardening now than she did in the past, and Brunoe added with a smile, “My husband likes to work hard.” H arv ey G e o rg e said h e ’s planted a garden for the past three years but only his first gar den turned out well. H e’s at tended the w orkshops in hopes o f improving future gardens. “I hope I get a better one this year,” George said. “I ’m work ing my yard now so I can do a garden.” W anda B erry attended the w orkshops for the same rea son— her past gardens haven’t turned o u t as well as she ex pected. She’s attended the work shops to learn ways that she can im prove her efforts and said they have been very helpful. “It is really, really beneficial for anyone that wants to gar den,” she said. P rogram p artn ers include the OSU Central O regon Mas ter G ardeners and Wy’E ast Re source Conservation & Devel opment. According to Fara Brumm er from OSU Extension, the turn o ut steadily increased through o u t th e course o f the w ork shops. A b o u t 25 people attended last Saturday’s w orkshop, she said, while prior w orkshops in clu d e d a b o u t 15 -peo p le. Brummer added, “We were hop ing for 10, so we are way beyond pleased.” Brum m er said a bonus effect o f the workshops is the idea o f a local gardening network being built. “We hope it’s going to be the start o f kind o f a community g ard en in g g ro u p ,” B ru m m er said. E dm und Francis works for the Diabetes Program and heads up the local community garden, and said they decided to hold a series o f gardening workshops in order to educate the comm u nity while helping to bring back the tradition o f gardening. In addition, he said, garden ing can help people to ease food bills and becom e healthier by incorporating m ore fruits and vegetables in their diet. It’s also a fun way for fami lies to spend time together, he added. H e’s been involved with the community garden for the past two years, and said over an acre is devoted to participants with the D iabetes Prevention P ro gram in order for them to be ab le, to p ro d u c e th e ir ow n healthy food. As for the turnout, Francis said, “I t brings a different level in hoping that we can continue to keep this up as the com m u nity garden starts.” K atherine Loeck is helping with the workshops as part o f h e r c u rre n t v o lu n te e r w ork th ro u g h th e A m e riC o rp s VISTA program. Loeck serves as the C om m unity F ood Sys te m s C o o rd in a to r fo r th e Wy’East Resource Conversation and D evelopm ent Program in T he Dalles. Loeck and Francis will be the featured presenters at the final w orkshop as they discuss com m unity food systems and the local community garden. Loeck said she’ll be explain ing community food systems to participants as well as speaking about the value o f locally or re gionally produced food. In ad dition, Loeck will speak about ways that food can im pact indi vidual health, the com m unity and the environment. Loeck will also explain ways in w hich people can be m ore self-sufficient. Francis will tell participants ways in which they can become involved with the com m unity garden. For m ore information on the final garden ing workshop, contact the Ex tension office at 553-3238. Genetic technology helps fish restoration T he Columbia River Inter- T rib a l F is h C o m m issio n is first in the Columbia basin to integrate revolutionary genetics technology to advance salmon management. T h e n ew te c h n o lo g y is known as integrated fluidic cir cuits, or IFCs. IFCs read the genetic code o f specific genes o f interest in salmon and steelhead popula tions. “This technology will help to clear the fog that surrounds ge netics research in the Columbia B asin ,” said N . K a th ry n Brigham, chair o f the Colum bia River Inter-Tribal Fish Com mission. “Genetic uncertainties have long caused management frus trations for the basin,” she said. “This technology is a prime ex- ample o f the type o f cutting- edge research th at will allow tribal scientist to address those concerns in a timely manner.” T he technology was created by San F ra n c isc o b a se d Fluidigm, a company that devel ops, manufactures and markets proprietary IFC systems for life science research. Tribal scientists have been using Fluidigm’s IFC technology since last July as part o f their ge netics program. “ We are utilizing Fluidigm technology to characterize ge netic variation in fish popula tions,” said Shawn N arum , lead g e n e tic is t fo r th e trib e s atC R IT FC . “Genotypes from these SNP (single n u cleo tid e p o ly m o r phism) markers provide a ge n etic sig n atu re fo r sp ecific populations th at may also be used to identify unknow n ori gin fish during migration or in fisheries harvest,” said N arum. “This inform ation can sup p o rt fisheries m anagem ent in the Columbia River basin; in cluding several salmon stocks listed u n d er th e E nd an g ered Species Act.” F lu id ig m ’s sy stem h as a higher sensitivity than conven tional laboratory systeriis and is quicker than traditional m eth ods, generating between 27,000 and 200,000 o r m ore genotypes in a day. “T he traditional life science equipm ent that we were using could only process 384 data points at a time,” said N arum. “T he Fluidigm system gives us a 24-fold increase in produc tion.” It's Tax Time! 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