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,
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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.