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Spilygy Tymoo, Vy^rm Springs, Oregon
February 20, 2013
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Meeting for
KNT2013
Salmon Bake
season
K ah-N ee-Ta R esort will
hold a meeting to discuss the
2013 schedule for its Sum
m er Salmon Bakes. The re
sort is asking tribal members
in terested in cooking and
dancing to attend one o f two
meetings.
The meetings will be in the
HeHe room at Kah-Nee-Ta.
Time and dates are as follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 26 10 a.m.
and Saturday, March 2 at 9
a.m.
Along with the discussion,
the m eeting will provide a
chance to fill out all neces
sary paperwork f o r ,t he 2013
Salmon Bake Season
In o rd e r to be o n th e
2013 r o s te r , in d iv id u a ls
m ust atten d one o f these
meetings.
F or m ore in fo rm a tio n ,
please call Cruz Bocanegra
III, B anquet and C onven
tio n S ervices m an ag e r at
541- 553-1112, E x ten sio n
3436.
S alm o n B gkes w ill be
held every Sattirday from
May 25 th ro u g h A ugust.
Private salmon bakes will be
scheduled at the groups’ re
quests.
N e x t deadline to
submit items fo r pu b
lication in the Spilyay
Tymoo ,is F riday;
March 1. Thank you!
Oregon wilderness bills reintroduced
(AP) — L o n g stan d in g
proposals to protect rivers
and forests in Oregon as
wilderness arenas were re
introduced in Congress
last week by Oregon’s two
senators,
Democratic Sens. Ron
Wyden and Jeff Merkley
co-sponsored the propos
als. W yden said th at as
chairm an o f the Senate
Energy and N atural Re
sources C om m ittee, he
h o p es to, b reak the
g rid lo ck th a t has held
therp up-in the past.
“These areas provide
habitats to countless spe
cies o f plants and animals,
econothic benefits to sur
rounding communities and
recreational opportunities
for Oregonians and visi
tors throughout the na
tio n ,” W yden said in a
statement.
Merkley said in a state-,,,
ment the bills were an im por
tant step.tow ard protecting
treasured terrain so surround
ing areas have healthy salmon
runs, recreation and tourism
for their local economies.
The measures face an un
certain future in the Republi
can-controlled House, where
Resources Committee Chair
man Rep. D oc Hastings, R-
Wash., has been working on
legislation to increase logging
in national forests. ,
“Chairman Hastings con
siders wilderness bills on an
individual basis, but is con
cerned about the restrictions
they place on public access to
public lands,” said committee
aide Spencer Pederson.
Steve Pedery,, conserva
tion director for the environ
mental group Oregon Wild,
said he was confident Wyden
w ould be able to broker a
.public lands deal with Re
publicans interested in en
ergy d e v elo p m en t th a t
would result in adding the
areas to the nation’s wilder
ness areas, as he has done
in the past. .
The bills would expand
the Oregon Caves National
M o n u m en t an d W ild
Rogue Wilderness in south
w estern O reg o n , create
new wilderness along the
John Day River in.Central
O reg o n , and create the
D evil’s Staircase W ilder
ness to protect old growth
forest in the Coast Range
on the Siuslaw N ational
Forest. '
They also would elevate
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
protections for the Chetco
River in southwestern O r
egon, and the Molalla River
south o f Portland.
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Kitzhaber signs water deal
(AP) — T h e decades-long
tug-of-war between farmers
and environmentalists in East
ern Oregon’s Umatilla Basin
eased Friday when they, along
with tribal interests and gov
ernm ent regulators, agreed to
a “declaration o f coopera
tion” on a handful o f projects
to increase irrigation water
w ithout hurting endangered
s'almon.
The deal signed by Gov.
John Kitzhaber and members
o f a taskforce comprised o f
competing interest groups in
cludes water storage projects
that could divert m ore Co
lumbia River water in the win
ter, which is less detrimental
to fish than spring and sum
mer withdrawals.
“There is a path forward
that allows us to find Solutions
that balance both in-stream
and o u t-o f-stream uses o f
water,” Kitzhaber said.
The rich farmland o f the
Umatilla Basinproduces peas,
potatoes, wheat, watermelon
and other crops. Potentially
valuable acres are left unused,
however, because pFinsuffi-
Cient water. The nearby C o
lumbia River tempts farmers
with water they can’t use be
cause it's targeted for hydro
electric power and salmon.
The projects that w on a
consensus include:
Completing the Umatilla
B asin a q u ifer rech arg e
project, which would divert
water from the river in the
winter, w hen its flow is high,
and store it underground for
future use. T he governor's
office says it should be up-
a n d -ru n n in g w ith in th re e
years.
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