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N ovem ber 5, 2 0 0 9 Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 2 Funding for energy efficiency Lessons o f the salmon Media center to have solar panels The tribes have received a grant in the amount of $129,300 for energy efficiency projects. Part of the grant will be used for solar panels that will help power the media center. The rest of the money will be used by the Utility Depart ment to assess how tribal build ings can be made more energy efficient. O f the total grant amount, $55,000 will be used for the so- lar panels, and the rest for the energy efficiency study. The grant comes from the U.S. Department o f Energy. The solar panels at the me dia center will generate 6.5 kilo watts o f energy, providing be tween 25 and 50 percent of the energy needs of the media cen ter, said Bill Rhoades, media ad visor, who worked on the grant appEcation. The solar panels will be a great addition to the media cen ter; but the hope is that this will be a starting point for more en ergy efficiency projects on the reservation, said Louie Pitt, di rector o f tribal government af fairs. The media center can be the example to show the benefits of solar power. And other depart ments might want to look into them as well, he said. “Thank you to all the people who helped make this happen,” Said Pitt. Bonnie LangeUers at Finance, and Don Courtney at UtiEties helped with the energy effi ciency grant. American Indian Agriculture topic of conference Pictures courtesy of Lisa Hewlett-Dubisar Third-grader Niyallee Cochran inspects the salmon eggs and alvins. T h e fish incubators are a source of great excitement. The first thing the stu dents want to know in the morning is whether another salmon egg has hatched. “They come in-vety ex cited,” said Sarah Bennett, third-grade teacher at Warm Springs Elementary School. “And they want to know, ‘Do we have another alvin?’” The students will tell you that an alvin is a salmon that has hatched from its egg but is not yet able to swim. Three classrooms at the elem entary school have salmon incubators, each con taining about 20 salmon eggs or newly hatched alvins. The students will release the fish into Shitike Creek in December. ; ;)1q “And they’r e excited be cause they know the fish will return again in a few years,” said Bennett. The Natural Resources B ranch and the W arm Springs National Fish Hatch ery are sponsoring this sci ence project. “The students are able to observe the various develop- dian Land Tenure. Agriculture irrigation and water rights on Indian reser vations. Tribal governance and the federal relationship: Evolu tion and structure of tribal governments. Indian self-determination: Contracting and compacting processes. QuaEty of Efe on reserva tions: Results o f a four-state study. And related topics. dollision. dentar Kevin Blueback, from the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery, shows the salmon eggs to the students. mental stages o f the salmon from eyed to the fry stage,” said fisheries biologist Lisa Hewlett- Dubisar, who set up the incu bators with Kevin Blueback, from the Warm Springs N a tional Fish Hatchery. The incubators, she said, are actually a three-gallon fish tank with a cooling device that keeps the water at 51 degrees Fahren heit. The students m onitor the water quality in the tanks. They Submissions will be accepted through November 30 at the Credit Office, located at 1236 Scouts Drive. Museum on winter schedule The Museum At Warm Springs has started its win ter schedule. T he m useum will be closed to the public Sundays and Mondays until April 1, Fara Brummer to register: 553- 3148. The seminar is a project of the Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Edu cation professional develop ment program. Topics o f dis cussion include: Early American Indian cul ture of the range. Federal Indian poEcy: A brief overview. American Indian land tenure: General AUotment Act and In- MILLER FORD-NISSAN test the ph of the water, its oxygen content and the tem perature. “They’re making sure the conditions are right for the developing salm on,” said Hewlett-Dubisar. This is the first year of the salmon incubation project at the elementary school. The plan is to continue the project" in the coming years. 5b b ib , Ofi 77744 .* Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certified Inter-Industry Conference On Auto Collision Repair (l-CAR) COME SEE US FIRST We repair all makes and models! 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