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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Fall 2020
hunting
season
regulations
October 7, 2020
the fire lines.
The hunting closure en-
compasses some buffer ar-
eas around the main fireline,
and also includes critical big
game habitat.
The closure is effective
by order of the Fish and
Wildlife Committee, who
report directly to our Warm
Springs Tribal Council. If
found hunting in the closure
areas, tribal members will be
cited for violation of the
Tribal Hunting and Trapping
Code: 350.210 subsection
18.
The closure area map can
be accessed on the tribes’
hunting website. Or talk
with the Branch of Natural
Resources, 541-553-2001.
As of earlier this week at
least, the Branch of Natu-
ral Resources offices re-
mained closed to visitors
due to the Covid-19 precau-
tions.
Anyone who needs help
with their account or tag,
reach out to permit issu-
ances personnel via email or
phone. Email:
wildlife.tags@ctwsbnr.org
Scheduling a time for
pick-up of printed tags and
permits at Natural Re-
sources is an option avail-
able to those who don’t have
a mobile device or printer
at home.
Remember, You can is-
The tribes largest hunting
season—any legal weapon,
buck deer—opened Satur-
day. General season hunts
on the reservation for black
bear, bull elk, bighorn sheep
and mountain lion begin this
fall as well.
Last year, 201 tribal hunt-
ers participated in the fall
season hunts.
From Natural Resources:
Tribal hunters, Remember to
issue your reservation deer,
bear and lion tags. If you are
requesting a designated
tag—for elders or dis-
abled—you still go through
the request process: Submit
a request online, or pick up
the form, fill and submit to
the Fish and Wildlife Com-
mittee—Designated hunting
for deer only.
Much of the reservation
lands, as well as parts of
various public lands forests,
are still closed due to
Oregon’s unprecedented
wildfires. This includes parts
of the Willamette, Mt. Hood
and Deschutes national for-
ests.
sue your tag/permits online
and print it directly (or
choose e-tag ging) from
home by going to the Natu-
ral Resources permits page:
h u n t i n g. w a r m s p r i n g s -
nsn.gov/login
If you are using e-tag-
ging, visit the rules and regu-
lations; or simply follow di-
rections on the tag for the
process to tagging carcass
and other game you are har-
vesting.
You are required to re-
port your harvest even if
you did not fill your tag: This
is important data for the fu-
ture of game management.
Off rez hunts
Hunters need to check
with public lands where they
intend to hunt for the latest
on access and fire restric-
tions before hunting. Access
can change quickly, so check
back often. This informa-
tion is online at:
www.fs.usda.gov/ - US
Forest Service
www.blm.gov/oregon-
washington - Bureau of
Land Management
gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/
firerestrictions/PFR.html -
Oregon Department of For-
estry including fire restric-
tions
inciweb.nwcg.g ov/ -
InciWeb major incidents
(may include closure maps).
Lionshead fire closure
A tribal fishery opened Monday, and end at 6 p.m.
this Wednesday, October 7. The open area is all
of zone 6. Allowed gear is set and drift gillnets
with an 8-inch minimum mesh restriction. Allowed
sales are salmon, steelhead, shad, yellow perch,
bass, walleye, catfish and carp.
The fire area, including
portions of unburnt area
(see map upper right), is
closed to the public due to
ongoing fire operations and
hazardous conditions along
Lionshead fire update
The latest estimated full
containment date of the
Lionshead fire is October 30.
Since igniting in September,
the blaze has burned across
more than 200,000 acres, in-
cluding about 96,266 on the
reservation.
Interior burning to the
northeast will continue to gen-
erate smoke for the next few
days, but that burning is far
less intense than the extreme
fire behavior seen in Septem-
ber.
The acreage that burned
on the reservation represents
millions of board feet of tim-
ber.
Tribal employees will be-
gin developing a salvage plan
later this week. On a more
positive note:
“We didn’t lose any struc-
tures at all,” said Robert
Brunoe, general manager of
the tribal Branch of Natu-
ral Resources. “We were
lucky,” Mr. Brunoe said.
Upcoming work of
firefighters will be to leave
the reservation in the best
condition possible, when the
fire is fully extinguished. For
example, an archaeologist
will conduct a cultural sur-
vey of close to 60 miles of
dozer line and 10 miles of
handline.
Fire crews dug the lines
during the suppression ef-
fort, to be followed by the
rehabilitation work. Water
tenders assigned to the fire
will be helping the tribe with
road repair and grading
work.
Last weekend, monitoring
Flu shots available
Warm Springs Community Health staff are avail-
able to give flu shots at the Family Resource Center,
at the Cares Act application drop-off area, through
this Friday, October 9. The staff is on hand from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Everyone 6 months and older is encouraged to get
a flu shot to protect yourself, your family, friends, co-
workers and the community. When you show up for
the shot, please wear a short-sleeved shirt.
Schedule is good through October
crews hiked out to assess fire
activity within islands of
unburned vegetation in the
northeastern corner of the
fire, reporting it is at least
3,000 feet within the
black—a fire term for pre-
viously burned ground. Ar-
eas of active burning are also
being monitored in the north
part of the blaze.
Also recently on the fire:
Helicopters dropped water
on several visible smoke
spots to the southeast of
Mt. Bruno.
Aviation also provided a
Burned Area Emergency
Response reconnaissance
flight, and is coordinating
with various power compa-
nies conducting infrastruc-
ture assessments.