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Warm Springs looks at building 36,000-square-foot cannabis production plant

The Warm Springs Indian Reservation may soon be home to a 36,000-square-foot marijuana greenhouse, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

On Dec. 17, tribal members will vote on whether the Warm Springs Tribal Council should be authorized to “allow, regulate and operate an on-reservation, tribally owned cannabis cultivation and extraction facility, with retail sales allowed only off the reservation.”

At least a 30 percent turnout — approximately 1,110 tribal members — is necessary to make the vote valid, and of those who cast ballots, at least 51 percent must vote in favor of the proposed marijuana project to allow it to go forward.

Research done by Warm Springs Ventures, the business arm of the tribes, estimated the marijuana-growing facility and three proposed tribal-owned retail stores in the Portland and Bend areas would produce $11.7 million of net...

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