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i guess i ll be thanking the "white guys" as you put it when im hunting for elk this weekend in the blues
Seems this discussion got really interesting after I went to bed last night. Huntbear, North American (Rocky Moutain) elk are native to this area pre-dating the Treaties. They were decimated beyond recovery by Tribal and Non-Tribal hunters during the late 1800's and reintroduced during the early 1900's. Roosevelt Elk were not a native species and were introduced into the Western Side of the State.
As I stated previously the Yakama Nation has rights to hunt Hanford and it has been acknowledged by the Department of Energy which oversees the Hanford Site. They have done their homework when it comes to Tribes in this area and they have spelled it out in their reports regarding hunting on Hanford. Here is a direct quote from the D.O.E. from June 15, 2009 to the Law Office of Thomas Zeilamn. Page 1-"you requested,...documents regarding any decisions made by the U.S. Deparment of Energy (DOE) to prohibit hunting or trapping of the Rattlesnake Hills Elk Herd within the Fitzner-Eberhart Arid Lands Ecology Reserve at the Hanford Reach National Monument/Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge..."Page 2-"Weapons Policy-Arid Lands Ecology Reserve (ALE) Controlled Hunt"Reference is made to your memorandum dated Nov. 3, 1998. Your memo indicated a possible controlled hunt(s) at the ALE, which would involve weapons (both firearms and bow and arrow) as a means to control the elk herd. In your memo, you requested that the Safeguards and Security Division revise the no weapons policy for ALE. I believe the best approach in this matter would be to not change the current policy addressing weapons but to provide a blanket approval authorizing the possession, transport, and use of weapons on ALE for controlled hunt(s)....and would be contingent on compliance with whatever further parameters that your organization or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service feel are appropriate.Page 3 to the Director of Safeguards and Security Division."It has come to my attention that the landowners adjacent to Hanfords ALE are being visited by the Rattlesnake hills elk herd. these ranchers contend that these elk are U.S. DOE, Richland Operations Office (RL) elk and that we must control them or eliminate them. THEY ARE NOT RL's ELK, but are considered property of the State. We have been watching the number of elk grow over the years and now have about 766 animals. This is about 500 more than what the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has determined to be an optimum number for this area. It has been determined that the best policy for control of this herd, which is outstripping the carrying capacity of the land, would be to have a controlled hunt on ALE and adjacent private lands....Hunting could be considered a significant land use change and a review may have to be conducted to satisfy the requirements. After these actions are complete, WDFW could implement a hunting season for ALE and adjacent landowners."
Indians being the greedy people they are they can't leave anything alone. All the land they can hunt all year long and its not good enough. nope they have to have hanford too. Who cares if your ancestors hunted there. They didn't use guns when they did it so why should the tribe be able to now? They also didn't have motor vehicles and electricity. Nope that all came from the white man. So instead of the tribes thinking they don't have enough and need more places to hunt be happy with what yall got.
That is if you return his PM, because I asked you questions and I am still awaiting some answers.
Why?
