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Show A6 Nevada: Only Ewes Can Prevent Wildfire In effort to curb blazes, city grazes sheep near homes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS natural-resource specialist with CARSON CITY, Nev. — It didn’t take long for CarsonCity’s University of Nevada Cooperative extension. Smith saidusing sheepto create wildfire fuel breaks has proven to be successful in parts of Califor- newsheepherd to begin reducing thefire danger on C Hill Immediately after springing off a ramp from alivestock truck at nia and British Columbia. Hesaid the base of the hill last week, 350 the Carson City experiment is the first of its kind in the Great Basin. energetic sheep brought in from Humboldt County happilystarted munching on grasses and sage. Decreed or Not, It’s Not Easy wines To Catch Wolf 3 - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GARDINER, Mont, — Removing wolvesreleasedin central Idaho’s wilderness and Yellowstone National Park may beimpossible, evenif a federal court order for removal is upheld, the government's wolf-recovery leader says. “We couldn't catch themall,” Ed Bangs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. “It would take a long time — years at least A key is for the four-legged fire-suppression critters to chomp to their hearts’ content on highly flammable cheatgrass. The brush. The plan is already working,” said sheep specialist Hudson Glimp of the University of Neva da, Reno College of Agriculture. — toeventry.” U.S. in 1995 and 1996 were introduced illegally and must be removed morerapidly than nativegrasses. Smith said there's plenty of ad- Glimpconcurred with otherag- ditional forage on C Hill to satisfy riculture experts, resource conservationists and fire-control the 3-year-old sheep, including managers that the innovative fuel-break experiment has a good crested wheat and wildflowers. He said the strategy calls for high-intensity, short-duration chance of being successful Controlled grazing will be con ducted through the end uf Mayin grazing on the fire-prone hill overlooking downtown Carson the “Only Ewes Can Prevent Wildfire” project. Then results will be analyzed to determine if City. “It’s like goingto a large buffet with only a few minutes to eat the idea has long-term value in You're not going to be that selec- tive,” easing the threat of fire where steephillsides areclose to homes. Smith said. To carry out the Carson City project, Smith said a 200-footwidegrazingcorridorhasbeenset “The idea has worked in other places as an important tool in reducing the threat of wildfires near urban are It's certainly wortha try here,” said Ed Smith, up. The corridor extends for 2-3 miles in a snakelike pattern Grazing began on south-facing But Downesstayed his order in the suit brought by the Farm Bu- 2% Lisa J. Tolda/Associated Press Alejandro Cruz herds sheep up a mountain westof Carson City, Nev. Sheep are being used to reduce the danger of wildfires at the bottom of the mountain where CarsonCity is nestled. slopes behind the Greenhouse Garden Center. Now, the herdis effective andpractical in creating the Carson Indian Colony. After May 20, the area above Crain Street on the north-facing slopes will be targeted. it compatible with other natural-resource values? W Is it compatible with adjacent homeowners? In thelatter segment of the $13,000 experiment, Smith said the sheepwill be close to resi dents on Crain Street. Officials emphasized that resi dents should keeptheir distance tackling the east slopes behind Those involved in organizing and coordinatingthe trial project representing a number of state and federal agencies, saidit’s designed to answer the following questions: Mls controlled sheep grazing fuel breaks near residential ar eas from an electric fence usedto cor- reau pending review by the 10th USS.Circuit Court of Appeals. Arguments on the appeal have ral the sheep and to watch that their children don’t comein contact with it. The area will be prominentlyposted CarsonCity Fire Marshal Steve Mihelic, who vividly recalls the fearful lightening-caused fire on C Hill in 1988, said he wasexcited about the potential of the sheep project “Breaking up the fuels can take the speed out of a fire and allow PHE ASSOCIATED PRESS American Indian studies at the University of Arizona. “The country, the stakesare very big.” Means, a member of the Oglala Sioux Nation, was charged in a Navajo Supreme Navajo court in December 1997 Courtruledit has criminal juris- with threatening and beating his diction over all Indians on the reservation regard less of wheth. er they are father-in-law The former American Indian Movement leader, wholed a 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, S had lived on and off the Navajo Navajo. Reservation for 10 years with his. former wife, who is Navajo The case has drawn national atten tion for the le. gal questions it raises about tribal sover But Means challenged a 1991 law passed by Congress authoriz- ing tribal courts to try Indians who are not members of their tribe. Ls = Russell Means eignty and becauseof its petition ‘The law discriminates against ervation in America except my own, so I want to betreated like any other American,” Meanssaid in a phone interview Thursday from his homein Santa Fe, N.M Non-Indian defendants are not subject to tribal courts under the 1991 law “Non-Indians on reservations are already clearly not subject to racial category ‘Thecourtalso pointedoutthat Means married a Navajo woman, lived onthe reservation and con ducted business there — all evi dence, it said, that he should be subject to the Navajojudicial sys- Born Killers” and the Mohicans. careful look at this,” said Robert Williams, professor of law and effort. As manyas 100 pups born this spring will add to the booming population Some, but not all, of the older animals wear radio collars, and even they roammillions of square miles of often rugged terrain, making them nearly impossible to track down let Bangssaid. alone And, he said, remove. “it doesn’t take them long to realize that when they hear a helicopter, they should head into the trees. ter United States government pol- icy, in which we have no voice,” said Means, 59. Bangs and other wolf experts spokeat a meeting this week orga- Means’ case has caught the attention of legal experts and Indian officials throughout the na- nizedby the environmental group tion. Oral arguments in the case Defenders of Wildlife Downes ruled that the trans- planted wolves in Idahoand Yel- tribal courts,’ said Mean’s attor: Navajo Nationall the way to the U.S. SupremeCourt. Trebonsaid they would file an appeal in feder wereheld in February at Harvard Law School before Chief Justice Robert Yazzie and Justices Irene tribal courts have criminal juris. diction [in this case]? Theonlydif. ference being race. al court in the next several weeks. professor, said removing jurisdic- But in its unanimous ruling Thereare someunsophisticat ed people who are chargingthat I amattempting to diminishtribal tanahad. SincetheIdaho and Yellowstone wolves can bekilledif caught attacking livestock, the Tuesday, the Navajo Supreme Court cited a 1977 U.S. Supreme sovereignty. There is no such thing as tribal sovereignty today. ney, John Trebon. “Why would Court case which defined “In. dian” as a political rather than a tem. Means has vowedto fight the All Indian peoplehaveis self-ad- ministration. We get to adminis- lowstonehad alevel of protection below thefull endangeredspecies Toledo and Raymond Austin. Williams, the Arizona law protection the naturally occur- ring wolves in northwestern Mon- tion of tribes over all Indians on their reservations could pose significant problems to a number of tribes. For some reservations, as many as one-third or half of the judgeruledthat thefully protect- ed northwestern Montana wolves would beillegally threatened if residents are not membersof the tribe. they roamed into the other recov- ery areas. ENDS SATURDAY “The Last of [haven't anyrightsonanyres: DOOR BUSTERS Full Mattress KID Featuring POWER Ti Ale ae) CTerty $4 i3 Kid's Club Sumner Canp CN Life) Lecig They say they have lower prices - but nobody $205 beats The Factory! 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