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Smoke Signals January 1990 Page 10 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE COMMTINITV OF OREGON 1989 FINAL HUNTING REPORT In January of 1987, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife finalized an agreement that permanently defined the fishing, hunting and gathering rights for members of the Grand Ronde Tribes. In Accordance with the agreement, the Tribe received 350 deer, 45 elkdeer and 5 bear tags from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in July'of 1989. Tribal members, who held a valid tribal license (a tribal identification card and the appropriate annual hunting stickers) were eligible to receive the deer, elk or bear tags that were used in the Trask Management Unit. Youth, 12-18 years old, provided the Tribe with a valid hunter's safety certificate before they were issued a tag. Tribal members used their tags in the following hunts: Bow deer and elk, general bear, general deer, muzzle loader deer, general elk and Trask Unit control and damage elk hunts. Deer tags were issued to Tribal members on a first come first serve basis. In August of 1989 a drawing was held at the Tribal Office by the Fish and Wildlife Com mittee to determine which tribal members would be eligible for the available elk, deer, bear and control damage tags. For the general bear season, five tribal members used the five available bear tags with no kills reported. During the regular deer season, 272 tags were issued to Tribal members and 54 total kills were reported. During the regular elk season 64 tags were issued (duplicate count) and 9 kills were reported. One muzzleloadcr deer tag was issued to Ron Leno who reported a kill. "1990 NORTHWEST PLAN TO REBUILD FISH RUNS INVOLVES 31 RIVERS, FOUR TRIBES, FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES" BY DAN KANE Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission A major effort to rebuild anadromous fish runs in the Columbia River basin is moving toward completion. The plans for some 31 rivers, called sub-basin plans, are part of an initiative adopted in 1987 under the fish and wildlife program of the Northwest Power Planning Council (NPPC). These restoration plans examine entire river systems to determine what fish species historically and currently exist in the system, the potential of the system to support fish, and what actions are needed to increase fish runs. .The plans for each sub-basin will be integrated into a basin-wide or overall system plan in 1990. The NPPC will then decide whether to add the system plan to the existing fish and wildlife program. Among the 21 sub-basins included above Bonneville Dam are the Yakima, Klickitat. Big White Salmon, (Continued on page 11). .. -v....v..........1..,,,., : , lllW ...I,, j' I I r 1 ; ' " ""nl" I l v - f O.-- I19tt( 4 Ray McKnight bagged this 6 pt. elk in his secret location off of Highway 18. Ray, shown here with his hunting partner of the last five years Jeff HofenbredVsaid that the elk weighed approximately 420 lbs. skinned out. The Hunting, Fishing and Newsletter program's office was damaged after heavy rainfall during Thanksgiving weekend. Several items were destroyed as result. Among the items destroyed were files, old photographs, hunting and fishing licence receipts and a number of controldamage hunt tags resulting in some hunts being missed.
