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Spilygy Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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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.”
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