Legal Defense
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs hold treaty rights established by the 1855 Treaty of Dayton to fish, hunt, and gather at usual and accustomed places in the Deschutes Basin. The Natural Resources Branch administers instream-flow monitoring and intervenes in water-right transfer proceedings that threaten Deschutes River baseflow and first-food salmon runs.
- Location
- Warm Springs, OR
- Founded
- 1855
- Website
- https://warmsprings-nsn.gov/
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Natural Resources Branch monitors Crooked River and Deschutes River baseflow in proceedings where data-center cooling-water withdrawals by Meta, Apple, and Bitmain in Crook County reduce instream flow below levels compatible with salmon survival and treaty-guaranteed fishing access.
Cited in
- Prineville and Boardmancrook-morrow