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December 28, 2011
IHS encourages vaccination
Health Commission outreach
Dr. Rudd and the nurses
at IHS are urging people 19
and older to get their vacci
nation shots for tetanus,
diphtheria (Td), or tetanus,
diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap).
The vaccine is adm inis
tered by injection to the up
per arm.
Public health officials in
Oregon are concerned over
the increase in the number of
patients who have developed
pertussis, more commonly
known as whooping cough.
Since the beginning of the
year, 27 cases have been con
firmed in Jackson County.
Cases have also been re
ported in Clark County.
W hooping cough is an
upper respiratory infection
caused by bacteria. Early
sym ptom s are m uch like
cold symptoms. The cough
becomes violent over the
course of two weeks.
Tetanus, or lockjaw, can
lead to tightening in the jaw
muscle so the victim cannot
open his mouth or swallow.
Diphtheria causes a thick
covering in the back of the
throat and can lead to breath
ing problems among other se
rious health risks.
Two cases o f pertussis
have been reported in East
ern Oregon.
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Hatchery fish quick to hurt reproduction in wild
(AP) - Oregon State Univer
sity scientists have found that it
takes only a single generation for
steelhead trout raised in fish
hatcheries to pass along bad ge
netic traits to populations in the
wild.
The findings are the latest in
a grow ing body o f evidence
showing the downside to hatch
eries as a way to rebuild threat
ened and endangered salmon
and steelhead runs.
Studies of Hood River steel
head had previously pinpointed
declining reproduction success
by hatchery fish in the wild, but
the latest research shows it is a
resu lt o f d o m esticatio n o f
young fish in hatcheries that can
be transmitted in breeding with
wild fish, not from a temporary
environmental effect, said Mark
Christie, a genetic researcher
and the study’s lead author.
“Now we know definitely
that it’s adaptation to captivity
and it happens in a single gen
eration, which is ama 2 ing from
an evolutionary standpoint,”
Christie said.
The findings, published in the
Proceedings o f the N ational
Academy of Sciences, raise con
cern about programs to supple
m ent w ild p o p u latio n s o f
salmon and steelhead by releas
ing young hatchery fish near
spawning grounds, the paper
reported. Unlike conventional
hatcheries, supplementation pro
grams try to integrate the hatch
ery populations into wild popu
lations, many protected under
the Endangered Species Act.
Su ppo rters o f h atch ery
supplementation programs cau
tion against concluding that
supplementation is bad. Tribes
use it to help fulfill government
promises to sustain tribal fish
eries after Columbia Basin dams
were built and in treaties signed
in the mid-1800s.
The productivity declines in
H ood R iver steelh ead are
among the sharpest o f many
salmon and steelhead runs stud-
u It’s important to
remember that hatch
ery supplementation is
a response to declining
or depressed salmon
populations, not the
cause. ”
Peter Galbreath
CRITFC fish scientist
ied. And damage from dams and
habitat destruction likely have
bigger effects on productivity
and returns, hatchery support
ers say.
“It’s important to remember
that hatchery supplementation is
a response to declining or de
pressed salmon populations, not
the cause,” said Peter Galbreath,
a fishery scientist with the Co
lumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission.
Supplementation is necessary
“to rebuild populations at de
sired levels while we await, prob-
ably naively, rectification of the
source problems,” he said.
The tribes say they can man
age hatcheries to reduce domes
tication problems, and have ad
vocated doing so for two de
cades. Recent successes with
Snake River fall chinook indi
cate carefully run programs can
boost numbers of wild fish, they
say.
O regon State P ro fesso r
M ichael Blouin, who partici
pated in the study, said it should
lead scientists to focus on what's
going wrong in hatcheries. If
crowded tanks prove to be a
key problem , for exam ple,
hatcheries could reduce fish
numbers or build more tanks,
he said.
“In my opinion, the question
of whether genetic change oc
curs in hatcheries has been an
swered,” Blouin said. “If we
could quit arguing about that and
find out why, then we’re all on
the same team again.”
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News fro m Indian C o u n try
Tribe's online lending venture booms
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - An
Indian reservation in Montana
may seem an unlikely place to
borrow a quick $600.
But the Chippewa Cree tribe
says its new online lending com
pany has already given out more
than 121,000 loans this year at
interest rates that can reach a
whopping 360 percent.
As more states pass laws to
rein in lenders who deal in high-
interest, short-term loans, In
dian tribes are stepping in to fill
the void. The Internet lets Plain
G reen Loans reach beyond
Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation,
while tribal immunity has al-
lowed the Chippewa Cree to
avoid restrictions set by states.
P lain G reen Loans CEO
Neal Rosette says the loans are
a resource for people who can't
or won't borrow from banks,
and they give the p o verty
stricken tribe a steady revenue
stream.
Former E. Idaho police officer awarded $717,000
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -
A former officer with the Fort
Hall Police D epartm ent who
was injured when his patrol ve
hicle was hit by another vehicle
has been awarded $717,000 by
a Pocatello jury in a lawsuit over
an A m erican Indian trib e's
underinsured motorist insurance
policy.
But Nicolas Garcia says he
w ishes he was still w orking,
rather than receiving the insur
ance payout.
“I would rather have contin
ued to be a police officer than
to have those numbers,” he said.
“I would rather be out there on
those streets with my brothers
in blue than have that money.
Every day I woke up excited
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about going to work. Every day
it was exciting to get ready to go
in as it was that very first day.”
The Idaho State Journal re
ports that the jury last week
awarded Garcia $210,757 in lost
wages, $206,179 for future lost
wages, and $300,000 for non
economic damages.
In September 2007, Garcia
was driving home in his patrol
car when he was hit by another
car that failed to yield at a stop
sign. He suffered a career-end
ing injury to his back, which had
already undergone a previous
fusion surgery.
After the crash, Garcia un
derwent additional fusions with
the goal of returning to work,
but those procedures weren't
enough to get him back on pa
trol. “I am thankful I am walk
ing,” he said. “I was having
trouble walking, sitting, standing,
laying. Carrying a gallon of milk
would hurt.”
G arcia’s case involved the
underinsured motorist who hit
him, a worker's compensation
claim, and Granite State Insur
ance, which is the underinsured
policy provider for Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes.
Garcia’s attorney, Joel Beck,
a partner at Ruchti & Beck in
Pocatello said the jury was asked
to decide if Garcia deserved
compensation for lost wages, fu
ture lost wages and noneco
nomic damages.
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