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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Salvage, rehab of
Lionshead burn area
Loggers are in the forest
this week working on the
Lionshead timber salvage op-
eration. This is part of the
work that will happen this
year and beyond in the burn
area of the September 2020
Lionshead fire.
The Lionshead impact
area is large: 96,266 acres
burned on the reservation;
108,203 acres burned off-
reservation immediately to
the west; for a total acreage
of 204,469.
Much of the fire salvage
operation is scheduled to
happen this year, as the value
of the salvagable timber de-
creases over time, said
Vernon Wolf, tribal forest
manager.
The Lionshead and other
large wildfires last year in the
state have created a short-
age of logging trucks, Mr.
Wolf said.
In 2020 wild fires in Or-
egon burned about one mil-
lion acres. Off-reservation,
some logging equipment was
lost to fire; fortunately, this
did not happen on the reser-
vation, Mr. Wolf said.
In addition to the timber
salvage operation, Forestry
and the Branch of Natural
Resources will be working
various mitigation programs
on the Lionshead burn area.
A first phase of rehabili-
tation will be in “suppression
repair,” Wolfe said. This in-
volves repairing damage that
may have happened during
the fire-response effort itself.
This would be damage to
roads and fences, as ex-
amples. The goal is to return
the sites to pre-response con-
dition.
The emergency stabiliza-
tion phase will include moni-
toring for invasive species,
documenting cultural sites in
the area, and preventing sedi-
mentation from runoff.
With the loss of trees and
vegetation there is the risk
of erosion and sedimenta-
tion into streams. The goal is
to address this during 2021.
Longer-term work will be
the actual reforestation. This
can take up to five years or
more. The goal at Forestry
this year is to plant new trees
on 1,000 acres of burned
area. In future years the
Natural Resources will use
seedlings, grown in nurseries,
for replanting on the rest of
the burn area, until refores-
tation is complete.
Another 2021 response
to the Lionshead fire is as-
sessment of the burn area
that is part of the tribes’ car-
bon sequestration acreage.
The carbon program was
established with buffer acre-
age: This acts as a kind of
insurance against a wildfire,
for instance.
Area of reservation that burned in the Lionshead
fire. Graphic courtesy W.S. Forestry/BNR.
Missing Person
The Warm Springs
Police Depart-
ment is offering a
cash reward for
information lead-
ing to the location
of 58-year-old
Ti n a Sp i n o o f
Warm Springs.
She was reported
missing in August
of last year.
If you have any in-
formation regard-
ing her disap-
pearance or her
current location,
contact Police Dis-
patch at 541-553-
1171. Or call the
anonymous tip line
at 541-553-2202.
January 27, 2021
Latest data on coronavirus testing on the reservation
On the reservation: The number of positive Covid-19 tests (the orange line) and negative tests (grey bars) by
week among the Warm Springs tribal community. As the graph demonstrates, the December holidays brought
on a spike even bigger than the one following the Fourth of July. Data reported by Community Health and IHS.
Openings on tribal boards of directors
Tribal Council seeks to fill
a number of positions on
four boards of the Confed-
erated Tribes—the Credit
board, Indian Head Casino,
Warm Springs Ventures,
and the Water Board.
There is one position
open on the Warm Springs
Credit Board of Directors.
This position is for a non-
member. Some of the quali-
fications: Have a reputation
for industry, dependability,
honesty and integrity.
Letter of interest and re-
sume for anyone interested
in serving on the Credit
board must be submitted by
5 p.m. on Thursday, Febru-
ary 18. Letter and resume
may ne dropped off at the
Administration building, ad-
dressed to Michele Stacona,
Secretary-Treasurer/CEO.
Or send by mail: Michele
Stacona, S-T/CEO, PO Box
455, Warm Springs, 97761.
You may also submit by
email to:
michele.stacona@wstribes.org
Applicants: Please sign a
criminal and credit back-
ground check—Forms can
be emailed to you.
If you mail in your let-
ter and resume, the forms
will be mailed to you once
your letter/resume are re-
ceived. Information sub-
mitted is confidential to the
S-T.
Indian Head Casino
There are two positions
open on the Indian Head
Casino Board of Directors.
The openings call for one
tribal member, and one non-
member.
Submission deadline, and
means of submission are the
same as above.
currently two positions Tribal
Council seeks to fill:
One position is for a tribal
member, and one for a non-
member. Duration of each
term will be until December
31, 2023. Submission dead-
line, and means of submis-
sion same as above.
Water Board
Warm Springs Ventures
Warm Springs Ventures
is the economic develop-
ment corporation of the
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs. There are
There are two positions
open on the three-person
Water Board of the Confed-
erated Tribes.
The primary function of
this board is to review all
matters pertaining to the
water resource of the
tribes; to make recommen-
dations to Tribal Council
regarding this resource;
and to propose changes or
improvements to water
policy and the Water Man-
agement Plan.
Letter of interest and re-
sume for anyone interested
in serving on the Credit
board must be submitted by
5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 4. Means of submis-
sion same as above.