Klamath Activists Carry Message to Water Board in Sacramento

PRESS ADVISORY—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Erica Terence, Klamath Riverkeeper
(530)340‐5415, erica [at] klamathriver.org

Georgiana Myers, Klamath Riverkeeper Community Organizer
(707)599‐0877, georgiana [at] klamatheriver.org

Klamath River Activists Carry Message To Water Board—Again,
Call On Officials To Keep Water Clean, Negotiators Honest

The long running fight to remove four dams on the Klamath River begins still another chapter
as the California State Water Resources Control Board considers their role in the evolving
controversy in a meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the CalEPA building.

River residents, represented by local tribal members and by Klamath Riverkeeper, will be at
the session to continue their battle against the dams, the toxic pollution they cause and their
devastating effects on native fish populations.

At the same time, residents will remind officials and negotiators that any final agreement to
take dams out must be consistent with clean water laws and regulations.

The framework for dam removal mapped out by dam‐owner PacifiCorp, the states of Oregon
and California and the federal government late last year proposes to remove the dams in 2020
at the earliest, and prescribes a number of measures aimed at improving water quality until
then.

However, the framework, commonly referred to as the Agreement in Principle or AIP, gives
parties too many rights of withdrawal, including one for PacifiCorp if the company is forced to
pay for clean water permits. The AIP also fails to specify what agency would be empowered to
implement or enforce the interim measures. And the AIP wrongly proposes to seek funds for
Klamath dam removal from California voters via a water bond this November.

The Klamath Justice Coalition is also calling for a number of other changes to the agreement,
which can be found below, or at http://www.klamathriver.org.

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Additional information online at:
http://klamathriver.org/Documents/KRK-letter-021709.pdf
http://klamathriver.org/Documents/Dam-Deal-Changes.pdf

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