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Mark Phillips, a lobbyist from Washington D.C., recently visited the Grand Ronde Tribal offices and had lunch
with Chairman Mark Mercier and General Manager Jim Willis. Phillips worked with the Tribe on the Reserv
ation Bill and the Restoration Act, keeps the Tribe informed on important happenings in the Nation's Capitol.
FISHRUNS(cont)
Little White Salmon, Wind, Wenatchee, Entiat, Mcthow
and Columbia Rivers.
The Yakima Nation Fisheries Resource Management
Program as well as the Umatilla, Warm Springs and Nez
Perce Tribes have been working on the project along
with federal and state fishery agencies on sub-basin
planning since 1987.
Public review drafts of each plan are available for
review at the Yakima Nation Fishery Resource Manage
ment Office in Toppenish.
The sub-basin plans describe the physical characteris
tics of each sub-basin, identify federal, state, private and
tribal ownership within the sub-basin, and indicate land
use practices and special land use designations. They
also identify fishery, land and water management
entities for potential cooperation, and any legal situ
ations that must be considered in a given sub-basin.
The overall goal of sub-basin planning is to double the
Columbia basin's anadromous fish. The current total
adult run size is estimated at 2.5 million fish.l The goal
of the program is to reach five million adult returns.
Priority is given to the sub-basins above Bonneville
Dam because most of the hydroelectric dams are
located upstream. These dams have contributed to the
decline of fish runs, especially as more days were
constructed since the 1930's.
A key to the success of sub-basin planning is the
construction and improvement of bypass systems to
Columbia and Snake River dams. Fish losses were
estimated in the millions each year because of passage
problems for adult fish and downstream juvenile
migrant fish.
Adult fish have difficulty passing over the dams to
reach spawning areas. Young fish have problems
reaching the ocean because the dams pose physical
barriers which often result in smolts going through '
turbines which generate electricity.
Water flows are often not adequate to flush the young
fish downstream, making it more difficult for the smolts
to adapt from freshwater to saltwater. But the water
budget, a program that manipulates water flows from
dams in the spring and summer, has been helping the
situation.
Other problems include fish habitat degraded by
logging, farming, irrigation, pollution and other activi
ties. The use of fish hatcheries and "supplementation"
efforts will be an integral part of rebuilding fish runs for
many of the sub-basins. Supplementation is the release
of juvenile fish or smolts in the natural environment to
increase or establish naturally spawning populations.
- Courtesy of the Yakima Nation Review
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT
IS KEY TRIBAL ISSUE FOR
1990'S
BY NANCY BUTTERFIELD
NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS SERVICE
The abuse of power by tribal officials is one of the
greatest problems facing tribal governments today,
according to a panel of Indian leaders who have helped
implement ethics codes b their own tribes.
Recent criminal allegations against suspended Navajo
Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald and Crow Chairman
Richard Real Bird point out the urgent need for tribal
governments to adopt ethics policies, said Wilma
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."ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
D. FRED MATT,
PRESIDENT OF THE
INTERTRIBAL TIMBER
COUNCIL"
On behalf of the Intertribal Timber Council Member
Tribes and Native Alaska Corporations we are providing
an opportunity for Native AmericanAlaskan high
school and college students in the field of Natural
Resources through our Truman D. Picard Memorial
Scholarship Program.
Two categories in the amount of $1,000 each will be
offered to two (2) outstanding students; a 1990 graduat1
ing high school senior and a continuing college student
pursuing studies in the Natural Resources field will be
awarded.
Mr. Truman D. Picard epitomizes the program with
the sound aspirations he had for developing individuals
in education. The Intertribal Timber Council hopes to
apply these same qualities in the scholarship candidates,
who are to provide the following to the Intertribal Tim
ber Council office by January 31, 1990:
We are proud of the students receiving the scholarships
and we encourage high school students and college
students to participate in their categories. We ask that
you apply promptly to ensure a timely and full consid
eration. Any further requests for information should be
directed to the Intertribal Timber Council Education
Committee, P.O. Box C, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761,
Fax, (503) 553-1023.
BROWN NAMES HAYES AS
DEPUTY FOR TRUST AND
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The Department for the Interior's Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, Eddie F. Brown, today announced
Secretary for Trust and Economic Development. The
44-year-old enrolled member of the Sisscton-Wahpcton
Sioux Tribe has been acting in the position for the past
several months. The appointment is effective immedi
ately. "Pat Hayes has the kind of experience in Indian Affairs
and in legal matters that makes him well qualified to
advise and assist me in securing and protecting Indian
rights and resources to the highest degree of fiduciary
standards," Brown said. "He also has the experience
that will help me to determine the role that the Bureau
should be playing in the economic development efforts
of Indian Tribes now and into the year 2000."
For the past three years Hayes has served as realty
officer in BIA's Phoenix area office. From June, 1983,
to October, 1986, he was superintendent of the Colorado
River Agency in Parker, Arizona, and before that served
for four years as chief of the division of tribal govern
ment services in BIA's Washington, D.C., headquarters
offices. Other Bureau assignments included two years
as judicial services officer for the BIA in Washington,
and 18 months as enrollment coordinator in the Juneau,
Alaska, area office. He has also served in varying legal
positions in the private sector.
Hayes holds a B A. in GovernmentHistoryEconom
ics from the University of South Dakota and a Juris
Doctorate from the University of New Mexico. He
served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970.