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February 17, 2016
Cougars co-ed tourneys Feb. 26-28
The Madras High School
varsity girls basketball
team has a home game
this Thursday, Feb. 18.
Then on February 23
they play at Corbett.
The girls had a great
game earlier in the
season against Corbett,
winning 77-54.
The Madras girls are a
leading team in the 4A
Tri-Valley Conference. At
left, Janae Adams and
Leah Suppah during the
win against Corbett.
The 2016 OSAA State
Championships begin
March 4.
The Warm Springs Cou
gars AU Indian Sixth-Grade
an d U n d er, an d E ig h th -
G rade and U n d er C o-E d
basketbaU tournam ents are
coming up this month.
The tourneys are set for
Friday through Sunday, Feb.
26-28 at th e C om m unity
Center gym. The awards for
each tournament include:
Ten Championship Pull
overs. T en ru n n e r-u p
crewnecks. Finalist t-shirts
(for third- and fourth); and
A ll-T o urney team s. T he
E ig h th -G ra d e and U n d er
tourney will include an MVP
award.
For more information con
tact Austin Greene, tourna
ment director, at PO Box 42,
Warm Springs, OR 97761. O r
email:
austin.greene@wstribes.org
You can reach him by
phone at 541-553-1953(h); or
553-3243(work and message
phone.)
The Warm Springs Cou
gars AU Indian Sixth-Grade
and Under and Eighth-Grade
and U nder C o-ed to u rn a
ments are sponsored by the
C ougars Y outh Basketball
Organization; the Recreation
Department; and the Confed
e rated T rib es o f W arm
Springs.
Cougars 16-and-under tourney in March
Jayson Smith photos.
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The Warm Springs Youth
Organization in March will
host the 2016 Warm Springs
Cougars AU Indian Teen Boys
16 Years and Under Basket
baU Tournament.
T h e to u rn ey is set fo r
March 18-20 at the Commu
nity Wellness Center. The en
try deadhne is set for Friday,
March 4. The fee is $200
per team.
Awards: ten C ham pion
ship Jackets; ten runner-up
ho o d ed jackets; ten third-
place crews; and ten fourth-
place. t-sh irts. In d iv id u al
aw ards include MVP, Mr.
Hustle; and 10 AU Tourney
players.
F o r m ore in fo rm atio n ,
contact Austin Greene, tour
ney director; P O Box 42,
W arm Springs, O R 97761.
You can reach him by email
at:
Austin.greene@wstribes.org
O r call 541-553-1953(h);
or the Recreation office at
553-3243.
Spring water polo coming up at aquatic center
The Madras Aquatic Center Recre
ation D istrict is taking registration for
spring w ater polo for youth 18 and
Income opportunities for farmers, landowners
by Scott J. Duggan,
W.S. O SU Extension
I was recently asked by a
chent, “W hat can we do in
regard to climate change?”
This seems to be a global
issue, yet is there something
we can do as an individual?
Regardless o f your opin
ion o f this controversial sub
ject, agro-forestry is a ’B usi
ness enterprise you may want
to consider.
Agroforestry is the inten
tional integration of income
producing trees and shrubs
into crop and animal farm
ing systems.
T hink o f it as a way to
benefit the environment and
poUinators while creating a
secondary source o f income.
Examples include planting
windbreaks with edible fruits
and berries, or planting trees
for biomass energy or coni
fers for lumber production.
Agroforestry is often over
looked by farmers and ranch
ers in search o f additional in
come opportunities from their
land. It offers additional in
com e while im proving the
land and the environment.
In addition to providing in
come, trees planted as a wind
break can reduce wind veloc
ity by up to 70 percent.
T h at reduction in wind
chill can really make a differ
ence for a newborn calf or
lam b d u rin g th è w in ter
months. I f voles, squirrels
or other rodents are- tearing
up your good hay ground, a
row o f trees at the edge o f
the field provides habitat for
owls and other mice eating
raptors.
A barn owl will eat, on av
erage, six voles, mice or go
phers per night. That adds up
to 2,136 rodents per year. -
W hen considering agro
forestry, landowners should
ask themselves if they have
livestock areas that are with
out trees but have access to
water.
Are there fence lines along
irrigated pastures that could
be planted with chokecher-
ries, elderberries or thornless
Triple Crown berries? Per-
haps there is a less produc
tive part o f your land that
could grow fast-growing trees
like hybrid poplar or hybrid
cottonw ood. These can be
harvested and sold for pulp
wood, wood for energy and
other solid wood products.
Tree plantings can earn in
come while reducing soil ero
sio n along stream b anks
which enhances fish habitat.
To d eterm in e th e b e st
place oh your ranch for a
w indbreak, look for fields
that have the strongest wind
pressure on the north or west
end o f your property. Where
can a windbreak be planted
that will do the most good?
D o you have corrals that
have access to water? These
are often good areas to plant
trees along the fence line in
order to produce shade and
it helps reduce dust, too.
Recently, the precipitous
decline in bee populations has
been a m ajor concern for
farmers. A windbreak is an
opportunity to provide habi
tat and food for bees.
By planting a wide variety
o f plants w ith overlapping
blooming times, farmers can
provide a source o f pollen
and n ectar for bees, even
w hen th eir crops are n o t
blooming.
I hope everyone w ould
agree th a t in creasin g bee
populations is worth a bit o f
extra effort, money and time.
As an extra bonus, one
could include berry produc
ing plants like blueberries and
raspberries for additional in
come opportunities. Diver
sification o f income spreads
out market risk and can pro
vide much needed cash flow.
T h e o p p o rtu n itie s fo r
profitable agroforestry are
limited only by your imagina
tion and the growing condi
tions in your area.
I f you w ould like m ore
inform ation on this topic,
please feel free to contact the
OSU Extension office at 541 -
553-3238 or check out the
USDA National Agroforestry
Center website at:
nac.unl.edu/
scott. duggan@oregonstate. edu
Chinook continue to set records on Snake River
For the third year in a row,
fall chinook returning to the
Snake River have set a new
record.
Data released by the Nez
Perce Tribe shows that a new
record o f 9,345 redds, o r
gravel nests, were built by re
turning adults in the Snake
River Basin between Lower
G ranite and Hells Canyon
dams.
The previous record was
set in 2014 when 6,714 redds
w ere c o u n te d . T h is new
record coincides w ith the
th ird highest adult Snake
R iver fall chinook retu rn
(59,300) since the four lower
Snake River dams were com
pleted in 1975.
The Nez Perce work on
the fisheries in coordination
with the Umatilla, the O r
egon, Washington and Idaho
departments o f fish and wild
life, the Fish and Wildlife
Service and NOAA Fisher
ies.
T he co -m an ag ers are
w orking to im plem ent the
Snake River Fall C hinook
Program, an effort to restore
fall chinook salmon above
Lower Granite Dam.
The success o f the Snake
River fall chinook program is
the direct result o f efforts to
supplem ent existing Snake
River fall chinook with bio
logically appropriate hatchery-
reared fish.
The team started the pro
gram in 1994, as a result o f
legal actions by the tribes un
der US v. Oregon.
The Nez Perce Tribe an
nually releases 450,000 year
ling fall chinook, and 2.8 mil
lion sub-yearling fall chinook.
They release the yearlings
from tribal facilities, as part
o f an overall program that
releases 5 million fish back
into the system.
T hese releases in to the
Snake and Clearwater rivers
have increased the number o f
adult fall chinook returning
above Lower Granite Dam.
Many o f these fish spawn
naturally and are key to in
creasing natural-origin returris.
“The continued success o f
the Snake River fall chinook
returns over the p ast five
years strengthens the argu
m ent for carefully managed
hatcheries as a tool in salmon
reco v ery ,” said A n th o n y
Jo h n so n , chairm an o f the
N ez Perce Tribal Executive
Committee.
Adult fall chinook salmon
retu rn s to L ow er G ran ite
D am have increased from
fewer than 1,000 adults an
nually from 1975-1995, to
re c o rd co u n ts o f 56,565
adults in 2013 and 60,868 in
2014.
T h ese re tu rn s in clu d e
record numbers o f natural-
origin fish returning to the
spawning grounds, including
21,142 w ild fish in 2013,
1 4 ,l/2 in 2014, and a pre
liminary estimate 16,212 in
2015. This equals approxi
m ately 28 p e rc e n t o f the
2015 return to the area.
The continued increase in
returns o f Snake River fall
chinook allowed co-m anag
ers to open a fall chinook
fishery in the Snake River
in 2009.
T h is was th e first fall
chinook fishery on the Snake
River in 35 years, and the
fishery has occu rred each
year since.
“The success o f the Snake
River fall chinook is some
thing this region can really be
proud of,” said Paul Lumley,
executive director for the Co
lum bia River In ter-T rib al
Fish Commission.
“O ver the last 20 years,
we’ve moved from the court
room to supporting fisheries
while putting a substantial
number o f retuning adults on
the spawning grounds. This
type o f program should be
replicated th ro u g h o u t the
Columbia River Basin, n o t
limited.”
younger. The registration deadline is Febru
ary 26. Sign up and pay at macaquatic.com,
or at the aquatic center.
Sweetheart Baby Fair
Récréation will hostthe
Sweetheart Baby Fair will
on Wednesday, February
24 from 5:30-7 p.m. at
the Community Center.
There will be a family
photo shoot, and lots o f
door prizes. There will
be a Little Tykes Regalia
F a sh io n Show from
walkers to 5 years old,
and a baby board gallery
where you can showcase
your family’s boards.
Community notes...
Mid Oregon Family Free Saturday is coming up
this weekend at the High Desert Museum in Bend Fam
ily Free Saturday at the museum is on February 20.
Families are invited to enjoy and experience the mu
seum at no cost. The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. See the museum website for details:
highdesertmuseum.org
The Mobile Medical Unit will be at the Community
Center on Tuesday, February 23. You can call IHS to
schedule an appointment, 541-553-1196.
The Warm Springs k-8 Academy winter sports ban
quet will be held Wednesday, February 24 in the school’s
cafeteria at 5 p.m..
The Inaugural Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans
Parade and Expo is scheduled in Warm Springs Warm
Springs on March 30. Please register by March 15th by
calling 541-460-8212.
The Native American program of Legal Aid Ser
vices of Oregon offers free legal help with certain types
o f cases for low income individuals. It also offers com
munity educational presentations about different legal is
sues.
The Legal Aid Services Native program is seeking your
input about what types o f legal assistance the Warm
Springs community needs most. They are having a com
munity meeting to provide information and take sugges
tions on Tuesday, March 1.
There will be food and refreshments beginning at 5:30
at the Family Resource Center.
CRITFC is hiring
B IO M ETR IC IA N - full tim e. The Fishery S ci
entist B iom etrician w orks on projects involving
the m o d eling o f the p o p u la tio n d yn a m ics of
Pacific Salmon. The incum bent will serve on the
P acific Salm on C om m ission C hinook Technical
Com m ittee, and inter-agency technical com m it
tee th a t m odels C hinook salm on stocks and
fish e rie s along the P acific coast. W ill perform
statistical analyses, and present w ritten sum
maries and reports. W ill enhance, evaluate, and
develop quantitative m odels o f population dy
nam ics, fisheries, and m ulti-stage life histories.
Visit
critfc.org/blog/jobs/fishery-scientist-biom etri-
cian/ fo r a full jo b description and instructions
on how to apply. The announcem ent closing
date is M arch 31, 2016.