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Scientists say reform needed for salmon hatcheries
(AP) — Salm on pro d u ced by
hatcheries in the Colum bia Ba­
sin are n o substitute for salm on
spaw ned naturally in rivers, b u t
can still help restore wild runs
i f significant changes are m ade,
a team o f scientists has rep o rted
to Congress.
T h e re p o rt said fish spaw ned
in the wild have the genetic di­
v ersity to w e ath e r changes in
th e ir e n v ir o n m e n t, b u t 130
years o f substituting hatcheries
fo r h a b ita t has p ro d u c e d fish
th a t are slow ing efforts to re-
store dw indling runs.
“I f hatcheries continue to be
operated the way they are, the
p lig h t o f n a tu ra l p o p u la tio n s
m ay becom e w orse rather than
b e tte r,” said L ars M o b ran d , a
Seattle c o n su lta n t a n d fo rm er
chairm an o f the review group.
T h e sam e narrow ing o f ge­
n e tic v a r ia tio n w a s b la m e d
partly for the crash last year o f
fall chinook on the Sacram ento
River in California, w hich led to
a shutdow n o f sp o rt and com ­
m ercial ocean fishing o f f Cali­
fornia and m o st o f O regon.
“W e have so n a rro w ed the
genetic m akeup o f these p o p u ­
lations th at w hen w e see things
like changing ocean conditions
a n d p e r h a p s e v e n c lim a te
change w e d o n 't have the ability
fo r salm on to. a d a p t to th o se
th in g s,” said P e te r P a q u e t, a
m em b e r o f th e H a tch e ry Sci­
entific Review G roup. “H istori­
cally, salm on have been g o o d at
this—they have been for 10,000
years o f various clim ate condi­
tions.”
Council seeks to fill committee, board vacancies
The Tribal Council o f the Con­
federated Tribes o f W arm Springs
Reservation o f Oregon, would like
to advertise the following:
Timber committee: one po­
sition/ tribal member.
This committee is an advisory
body to the Tribal Council. The
committee shall operate under the
supervision o f the Tribal Council
which has delegated specific au­
thority listed below. In the exer­
cise o f advisory and authority func­
tions, the committee shall cooper­
ate with other Council committees
and m anagem ent personnel:
Specific Duties:
1. Committee will m et on a regu­
lar m onthly basis.
Has the authority to request and
secure information for review and
recom m end to the Tribal Council.
2. Reviews and recommends:
A pprove tim ber perm it poli­
cies, location and provisions o f
proposed timber sales, periodically
make field inspections o f tim ber
and logging areas, make recom ­
mendations and inspections reha­
bilitation burn areas, areas to log
and areas not to be logged, keep­
ing current on new m ethods o f
harvest and utilization, keeping
current with environmental protec­
tion laws.
3. Meet quarterly with other re­
source com m ittee’s — Land Use,
Fish & Wildlife, Waterboard, Range
and H ousing Authority.
L etters o f In te re st and R e­
sumes’ o f applicants interested in
serving on the Tribal Committee,
subm it to the following address
by no later than April 24, 2009:
please be detailed with education,
w ork experience and if you pres­
ently participate in tribal activities.
Charles R Calica, Secretary-Trea­
surer, P.O. Box 455, Warm Springs,
O R 97761,
A u th o riza tio n letter will be
mailed to all applicants for a crimi­
nal background check to be com ­
p le te d re tu rn e d to S ecretary-
Treasurer’s office. Information will
be subm itted confidentially to the
Secretary-Treasurer.
T he Tribal Council o f the Con­
federated Tribes o f W arm Springs
would like to advertise the follow­
ing: Warm Springs Credit Board
of Directors, one position/ tribal
member-Class III.
All credit activities o f the Credit
Enterprise will be under the super­
visory review and direction o f this
board o f directors.
Classification and term s o f of­
fice o f the board o f directors: Class
III shall consist o f one m em ber
w ho shall be an enrolled mem ber
o f the tribes. The Class III direc­
tors shall have an initial term in
office expiringjan. 1,2012 or until
their successors are appointed and
take office.
Members o f the board o f di­
rectors m ust have a reputation for
industry, dependability, honesty
and integrity. I t shall be an initial
and continuing qualification for
m embers o f the board o f direc­
tors that they have no loan with
the tribes that is in a delinquent
status.
General powers: The business
and affairs o f the enterprise shall
be managed and controlled by the
board o f directors.
Regular meetings: Regular meet­
ings o f the board o f directors shall
be held quarterly for the purpose
o f reviewing the preceding three
m onths’ operations, making plans
for the ensuing three m onths’ op­
erations, and the transaction o f
such other business as may come
before this meeting. The first regu­
lar meeting in each fiscal year shall
also be the annual m eeting o f the
board o f directors. The board shall
review the preceding year’s opera­
tions, elect officers and transact such
other business as may come before
the meeting. The regular meetings
shall be held at the time and place
specified by the president o f the
board in the notice o f the meeting.
Special meetings: Special m eet­
ings o f the board o f directors may
be called by the president o f the
board or any three members o f the
board o f directors. Meetings shall
be held at the time and place speci­
fied by the person or persons call­
ing such meeting.
Letters o f interest and resumes
o f applicants interested in Serving
on the board o f director, subm it
to the following address by no
later than April 24, 2008:
Charles R Calica, secretary-trea­
surer, PO Box 455, Warm Springs,
O R 97761.
A u th o rizatio n letter will be
mailed to all applicants for a crimi­
nal and credit background check to
be completed returned to the sec­
retary-treasurer’s office. Inform a­
tion will be subm itted confiden­
tially to the secretary-treasurer.
The Tribal Council o f the Con­
federated Tribes o f W arm Springs
Reservation o f O regon would like
to advertise the following: Warm
Springs Composite Products
(WSCP) Board o f D irectors,
one position, one tribal/non-
member position, Class I.
T he business and affairs o f
WSCP shall be managed and con­
trolled by the board o f directors.
The board o f directors consists
o f five directors.
The board shall be divided into
three classes, designated Class I,
Class II and Class III.
Class I shall consist o f one in­
dividual who shall be either a m em­
ber o f the tribe or a nonm em ber
o f the tribe who is interested in
the economic and social develop­
m ent o f the tribe and its m em ber­
ship and w ho possesses expertise
in marketing, management, m anu­
facturing, finance, banking or some
other field which would benefit
WSCP. T he Class I director shall
have an initial term in office expir­
ing on D ecem ber 31, next follow­
ing the Class I director’s appoint­
m ent by Council, or until a succes­
sor is appointed and takes office.
Term ending 12/31/11.
Regular meetings o f the board
shall be held quarterly on the third
M onday in the m onths o f Febru­
ary, may, August and N ovem ber
for the purpose o f reviewing the
preceding three m o n th ’s opera­
tions, making plans for the ensu­
ing three m onth’s operations, and
the transaction o f such otherbusi-
ness as may come before thé meet­
ing.
A majority o f the directors in
office shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction o f business at any
m eeting o f the board o f the direc­
tors, provided that at least one di­
rector present be a tribal member.
Letters o f interest and resumes
o f applicants interested in serving
on the board o f directors, submit
to the following address by April
24,2009:
Charles R Calica, secretary-trea­
surer, P O Box 455, W arm Springs,
O R 97761.
A uth o rizatio n letter will be
mailed to all appficants for a crimi­
nal and credit background check to
be completed returned to secretary-
treasurer’s office. Inform ation wiE
be subm itted confidentiaUy to the
secretary-treasurer.
T h e re p o rt, p repared at the
b e h e st o f C ongress, said o u t­
dated hatchery practices should
be changed so th a t they focus
on broadening genetic diversity
and reducing the h a rm to wild
runs, rather than pum ping o u t
the m o st young fish possible.
S tu d ie s h a v e s h o w n t h a t
hatchery fish produce up to 50
p ercent fewer eggs than wild fish
w hen they spawn in the wild, and
th a t b e havioral characteristics
th at help fish thrive in hatcher­
ies can m ake th em less success­
ful in the wild.
T h e H atchery Scientific R e­
view G ro u p sp en t tw o years re­
v ie w in g 358 p o p u la tio n s o f
sa lm o n a n d ste e lh e a d in th e
Colum bia Basin a n d hatcheries
producing 178 strains o f fish.
T hey found m o st hatcheries
are still o p e ratin g to o u td ate d
s ta n d a r d s , a n d s o m e a re so
poorly m aintained they violate
env iro n m en tal laws w ith their
discharges.
R e co m m en d a tio n s fo cu sed
on ways to m aintain and expand
g e n etic div ersity a m o n g fish,
such as using wild fish from lo­
cal w aters to spaw n young fish,
a n d ta k in g ste p s to p r e v e n t
hatchery fish and wild fish from
m ixing o n spaw ning grounds.
T h e p a n e l said re fo rm in g
h a tc h e ry p ra c tic e s w o u ld in ­
crease salm on runs m ore quickly
th a n h a b ita t re s to ra tio n , an d
com bined w ith habitat restora­
tion w ould trigger stronger im ­
provem ents th an either one by
itself.
B a s in h a tc h e r ie s d a te to
1877. D o zen s are now operated
by states, tribes, utilities and the
federal governm ent — intended
to m ake up fo r spaw ning and
re a rin g h a b ita t d e s tro y e d by
dam s, logging, agriculture, and
u r b a n d e v e lo p m e n t as th e
N o r th w e s t's p o p u la tio n h as
grown.
M ore than 80 p ercent o f fish
re turning to the m o u th o f the
C olum bia are spaw ned in hatch­
eries, and 13 wild runs are p ro ­
tected by the E ndangered Spe­
cies Act.
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