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V"..;:mina win PI- 8 1 V, lip P-2 S-?rrtLS DEPT. - KNIGHT LieRrtRV IJ3 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE: OR 6?--03-iOS If.l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ii.H.iiiiliii..i.i(r.il.ii(l(.(l.!.i in PRESORTED STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 178 SALEM. OR simvmo. MM)ueat msj,m A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe JUNE 15, 2009 www.grandronde.org TJ3VJ?QXJA. MOLALLA ROGUE RIVER KAIjAIPTJYA. o chasta A Hairdl Day's Blight Beetle invasion fights Scotch broom in Grand Ronde By Ron Karten Smoke Signals staff writer Tribal Biologist Rebecca Mc Coun and Fire Protection Tech Gabe Clift set 200 tiny Bruchidius villosus beetles free from their to-go box in Grand Ronde on Thursday, May 28. The beetles were set free at a GPS reading of N - 45 04.940' and W - 123 36.368', but the location also might be called Scotch broom central for the Eastman property on the north side of Hebo Road. The Natural Resources staffers also released another 200 beetles on the Bode property that day, the second release this year on the Bode property. See BEETLES continued on page 6 mm g'o Tribal Natural Resources staff recently released beetles in the Grand Ronde area to combat the proliferation of the invasive plant Scotch broom. Photo by Ron Karten 4 , ; 51 Sir m r ftH-- Jsvi r I JZL W'i Photo by Michelle Alalmo Right, Spirit Mountain Casino's float, "Bridging the Past With the Future," rolls through downtown Portland during the 2009 KeyBank Grand Floral Parade on Saturday, June 6. The float, designed by Tribal Elder and Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr., received the Golden Rose Award for best float shorter than 35 feet. Above, Tribal member and Spirit Mountain Sponsorship Coordinator Ashley Langley covers the floor of the float with moss while helping build it at Studio Concepts in Portland on Thursday, June 4. . t - i '!fr - yBridging The Past I 1 1 1 Tl i v itn ine Mining i i - Photo by Ashley Langley Natural Resources Youth Crew program wins again Tribal member Justin Butler works on the Tribal Natural Resources Youth Crew last summer. The program won the 200 Frank Roberts Oregon Youth Conservation Corps Project of the Year Award as best in Oregon. Photo by AlyiM Cudmor By Ron Karten Smoke Signal) $tnff writer For the third time in six years, the Tribal Natural Resources Youth Crew Program has won the Frank Roberts Oregon Youth Conservation Corps Project of the Year Award as best in the stale. The latest award covers 2008. "This is a well-deserved award," said Tribal member and Natural Resources Manager Michael Wilson of the program run for the last 12 years by Tribal Fish and Wildlife coordinator Kelly Dirksen. "Kelly and his team put a lot of time and energy into this project." "I started," Dirksen said, "figur ing you're just building trail all summer, and we'd lose half the kids by mid-summer." As the years went by, Dirksen Sec NATURAL continued on page 3
