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Klamath River Advocates Speak Out for Dam Removal, Water Quality
Klamath Riverkeeper Says No to Any Water Bond with Canal and Dams
by Dan Bacher
Tuesday, February 18, was a busy day in the battle by Klamath River activists to remove PacifiCorp's fish-killing dams. In Sacramento, the California State Water Board heard a progress report from the draft dam removal deal's negotiators.
The Klamath Riverkeeper and 20 local activists and tribal members submitted comments encouraging the Water Board to take a tough stance on PacifiCorp's water pollution until the dams come down. Erika Terence, the Klamath Riverkeeper, said in a letter delivered to the board that "In the event of another extension, the Riverkeeper submits that the Agreement in Principle released in December is flawed."
She said the negotiating parties must provide the board and the public with "a tangible work-product" that includes a series of criteria, including pursuing "a funding path that does not include money to fund Klamath dam removal from a California general obligation water bond that would also be likely to fund the peripheral canal, new dams or other ecologically damaging projects."
I applaud the Klamath Riverkeeper and Klamath Justice Coalition for taking aim at any plan that would include dam removal as a trade off for a peripheral canal and more dams. When the agreement was released in November 2008, Governor Arnold Scharzenegger in a statement tried to pit Klamath River dam removal advocates against Delta advocates by pushing for a peripheral canal and more dams while agreeing to dam removal.
"Now, let me just say that we all know that we have a very serious water problem in California and, of course, we want to make sure that we build more water storage, above-the-ground and below-the-ground water storage, but they have to be strategically located," said Schwarzenegger in November.
"So this is why it is important that we continue building those, even though we want to take four down," Scharzenegger claimed. "I've been worried, of course, about our declining salmon population, and with this agreement here we are setting the stage for the return of the historic salmon runs on the Klamath River."
Terence also criticized the agreement for giving 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.
Meanwhile, in Salem the Oregon Senate approved SB 76, the bill that begins funding Klamath dam removal. "A victory for dam removal advocates, the bill will travel to a House committee next week," said Malena Marvin, Outreach and Science Director for the Klamath Riverkeeper.
"The fight to make the dam removal agreement one we can feel good about is far from over," said Marvin. "We're working hard to tie local grassroots organizing and outreach with a legal and policy strategy to bring down the dams and protect water quality on the Klamath."
Around 20 local Klamath advocates in red "Un-Dam the Klamath" t-shirts accompanied Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence to a State Water Board meeting on dam removal this week. The delegation asked the Water Board to push for key clean water changes in the draft dam removal deal. Photo credit: Stormy Staats
Here is the Klamath Riverkeeper eNews, compiled by Malena Marvin:
by Dan Bacher
Tuesday, February 18, was a busy day in the battle by Klamath River activists to remove PacifiCorp's fish-killing dams. In Sacramento, the California State Water Board heard a progress report from the draft dam removal deal's negotiators.
The Klamath Riverkeeper and 20 local activists and tribal members submitted comments encouraging the Water Board to take a tough stance on PacifiCorp's water pollution until the dams come down. Erika Terence, the Klamath Riverkeeper, said in a letter delivered to the board that "In the event of another extension, the Riverkeeper submits that the Agreement in Principle released in December is flawed."
She said the negotiating parties must provide the board and the public with "a tangible work-product" that includes a series of criteria, including pursuing "a funding path that does not include money to fund Klamath dam removal from a California general obligation water bond that would also be likely to fund the peripheral canal, new dams or other ecologically damaging projects."
I applaud the Klamath Riverkeeper and Klamath Justice Coalition for taking aim at any plan that would include dam removal as a trade off for a peripheral canal and more dams. When the agreement was released in November 2008, Governor Arnold Scharzenegger in a statement tried to pit Klamath River dam removal advocates against Delta advocates by pushing for a peripheral canal and more dams while agreeing to dam removal.
"Now, let me just say that we all know that we have a very serious water problem in California and, of course, we want to make sure that we build more water storage, above-the-ground and below-the-ground water storage, but they have to be strategically located," said Schwarzenegger in November.
"So this is why it is important that we continue building those, even though we want to take four down," Scharzenegger claimed. "I've been worried, of course, about our declining salmon population, and with this agreement here we are setting the stage for the return of the historic salmon runs on the Klamath River."
Terence also criticized the agreement for giving 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.
Meanwhile, in Salem the Oregon Senate approved SB 76, the bill that begins funding Klamath dam removal. "A victory for dam removal advocates, the bill will travel to a House committee next week," said Malena Marvin, Outreach and Science Director for the Klamath Riverkeeper.
"The fight to make the dam removal agreement one we can feel good about is far from over," said Marvin. "We're working hard to tie local grassroots organizing and outreach with a legal and policy strategy to bring down the dams and protect water quality on the Klamath."
Around 20 local Klamath advocates in red "Un-Dam the Klamath" t-shirts accompanied Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence to a State Water Board meeting on dam removal this week. The delegation asked the Water Board to push for key clean water changes in the draft dam removal deal. Photo credit: Stormy Staats
Here is the Klamath Riverkeeper eNews, compiled by Malena Marvin:
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Klamath Riverkeeper eNews February 18th, 2009
Headlines & Action Alerts
Thanks Oregon Senators!
Klamath Calendar
Cal Water Board reviews AIP progress
Oregon Senate votes dam removal
Sen. Wiggins Soapbox
Love me, I'm a lamprey
Upstream Battle
2009 Klamath salmon numbers
New dams report
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Thanks Oregon Senators!
SB 76 passes the Senate and is on to the House...
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Let your legislators know you support their decision to help Klamath dam removal
get off its feet! Send a thank-you to your Senators and encourage a vote from your
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Klamath Calendar
Clean water [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17ADZHCxy325j8uwAjjFLa1cMsBB52S7CM5eJ9Rb4olCMuuYvrzKObXe-McxqfSdvxe8Y3nD9Kki7RxcoDUuxiXvw_VGvgqAGGthkxkCnuD8cD1g-GqNPzhI6W6rA5WXyA=]
2/17-19Public workshops [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17wqvSGEHdBXkzWhNpdZobTvbJGWipuFour54mkYNTXh64dBJokRJMe1ofoc2GbkWo2OW1LBnzTXFYkoD98Y4u75kWFMk10wGWLQoDdPdZKI1-enGXKQhjuvwpftoHSBU_z1EEhIKnJmRacV4x9IyeOwZi_bvZQpELlFUfSWoyt_hDN1tkefjz2]
held by Cal Water Board on draft Report on Klamath Clean Water TMDLs. Come down
and learn more about Clean Water Act listings on the Klamath. Comments on the draft
listings are due 3/20.
2/18 Eureka, CA
6:00 p.m.
Humboldt Bay Room
Red Lion Inn
1929 Fourth Street
2/19 Yreka, CA
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express
707 Montague Road
2/27-3/1Public Interest Environmental Law Conference [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15yljFKOWhb2ZEBMkg3CQl5RkRSlhTQw8p3_uA1T0aYj3V841vzAEV2USkxM9LGE4xUBASjtznv7nZg7MVfqsOr4ZrdBbppLCo=]
in Eugene, OR Check out our booth!
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Klamath advocates speak at Water Board AIP progress report in Sacramento. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17K5PWL2qzdE3oiMRZOdfuTz6ZtW5g1C2he6XEGvBsLcfUWrlCVpBUTAGx6AQCPnYaAY8yr8I_d8ejRKpufuN-3BJrRc9wk-tK4d8dff2-2Aw==]
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Around 20 local Klamath advocates in red "Un-Dam the Klamath" t-shirts accompanied
Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence to a State Water Board meeting on dam removal
this week. The delegation asked the Water Board to push for key clean water changes
in the draft dam removal deal. Photo credit: Stormy Staats
Dear Dan,
Yesterday was a busy day for Klamath dams. In Salem, the Oregon Senate approved
SB 76, the bill that begins funding Klamath dam removal. A victory for dam removal
advocates, the bill will travel to a House committee next week. Take 30 seconds
to thank your Senator and encourage your Rep. to pass the bill. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16w6ROUAEdhw0NkGB-zZULE6675YOaqe54PuvNCXlqXMgkPEZ1UmNDvPUfxTbdAqpq2A_C1CawMhbQC0bOxIZHXhYbqR2luX3iH8713WjOlaiqzoFdcgYMXSh21QU-shB0=]
Meanwhile, in Sacramento, the California State Water Board heard a progress report
from the draft dam removal deal's negotiators. KRK and 20 local activists and tribal
members (see photo above) submitted comments [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17EWXvMxfCDat_UCh8z_h7hgf4phVEyBe1pYl4WIhroj-yblauskC5OaZVEtHdpoIT4NZJLPEkCzjts1DmPeUHQK_pmDOAdKQrLmbp3rZql6adBNxw65Xf1iN1EWRQBBe2jw8sQKrIboVLMagCf7PjZ]
encouraging the Water Board to take a tough stance on PacifiCorp's water pollution
until the dams come down.
The fight to make the dam removal agreement one we can feel good about is far from
over. We're working hard to tie local grassroots organizing and outreach with a
powerful legal and policy strategy to bring down the dams and protect water quality
on the Klamath. Consider joining us [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15BeuQHU7NvMH39f9-Pwts6ZwSRZGj8LXSJTDvEP3v0PqSTu_FJdJxpg775CegOvzgc0eNmNG8U4HcmtZ9FLoGbgloDj4fUeZ0dQcJuDphuPnHrvHwKFlvtPMiP3xx8XL8=]!
Malena Marvin
Outreach and Science Director
Klamath Riverkeeper
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Cal Water Board reviews progress on dam removal deal
Northern California Indian
tribes and conservationists on Tuesday express disparities over whether
the state's lead water quality agency should give more time to
negotiations or forge ahead with regulatory means to clean up problems
generated by the Klamath River's four dams... Klamath RiverKeeper Erica
Terence said that among the issues are a need to make dam removal more
certain and tighten water quality protections, including granting
Pacificorp legal immunity only for dam removal itself, not against
water quality violations and fish kills. Eureka Times-Standard - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14G0QNf2YxgSB5eqNG-cRUS-a-t5Y_lZyt3uKnWd86TeX2NSlT19p5x64I3nQ1NlqgloYQWHU5D_ZdHzpcYihNEqWARh62QOIpNTD-Qjh8ROGa82c6hibR-UN6iRbOPRD4HZZ5Xaa5IrA==]
KRK Press Release - 2/15/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17se4sH0sv2rNdM2sAJeaOvdPrBGoq-4L8aXmVjTV9S34Fp6cCZoq58p1F53y8LUR7D6bai_gxLsIatroTcFhRuAE3HqA-E1touYqVwgVVDtqBNp_sYRUKrWJb5mOQJUEkKEvNDU0ieTwryLVW70MJWd6oHT8vjjpf8xdJEojKa6Q==]
| KRK Letter to Water Board - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17EWXvMxfCDat_UCh8z_h7hgf4phVEyBe1pYl4WIhroj-yblauskC5OaZVEtHdpoIT4NZJLPEkCzjts1DmPeUHQK_pmDOAdKQrLmbp3rZql6adBNxw65Xf1iN1EWRQBBe2jw8sQKrIboVLMagCf7PjZ]
Klamath Riverkeeper Op-Ed: Klamath dam removal deal needs more work
For all the fighting over the merits and
shortcomings of the deal to remove four ecologically destructive dams
on the Klamath River, too little has been done to keep up the pressure
to actually take the dams out.
Eureka Times-Standard - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15PS-ZqXGU9AnXjIGU1Ck2VYwaY8vXnzgtcP138ENjd4FuEMXLjiB48zdn2jF0WH8fgKoXg0g9anySC1UBD9BX3h0BUivWXlOZm3FGQ1LR_bztUnKAs2aiLNVp1bpHeDPLQyaJ_BmFW5YpUZa7WtJBh]
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Oregon Senate advances Klamath dam removal bill
Republican Senator Jason Atkinson, a fourth-generation Klamath River landowner,
said he
agonized over his decision to support the bill and recognized he would
alienate longtime friends and allies with a yes vote, but he decided it
was best for the river. "Very rarely do you have a time in American politics or
politics
when you stand alone," he said. "That is exactly where I find myself on
this bill."
The Oregonian - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16taOQhuItgpmxbjXRCE1zw8Qm3waFLFGysbV7CKGHnngO3e-rjVmbHOTPXq6Jju8lV_OCISn0gyNEKj-dAerPjBEgTmbXjhv1bP6i8FxZ99IClS4qeVdGoST2AIjCeex5dtK5N3K--dcAjKL5TYCUFQRm4AFUXZ7ORPS4Y8nLACfmiSaxH-7O0CeAiTcd5rH3HFvriUp5YbA==]
Oregon Senate should launch Klamath effort
Oregonian Editorial - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16atSYZJ23ANB6voH9jLk3b152j5hnmiUSHdfQaezZmZRKdhUxX-RuXp6fDMSZaXY0ClR8SUzmK3q2uAb1AhXhfyy7Le_AJQjr4NKT4fT5R18XTWOEMII4pPO3dMSqblVvIsyci6CL-ZKzFRDWJUjof37WKLDAa0fRfma0A9s7-0r-4DtduUSTMYfL633J10ZM_6CwNRJAuLw==]
Siskiyou Supervisors oppose SB 76
KDRV Newswatch 12 - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14296sSMfB9tb_OYstsnjxwK6iIJpQQ6-fWvOPnf5g9MM4qJ9zhKeDz3gZE7Rtyx0KALY06GvHew3DqJC_C33CuNwT5pSipJGSudP5iJNLJpQ==]
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Senator Wiggins: It's time to protect the fish
We are, hopefully, at a turning point on the
path of survival for California's salmon. There is an agreement in
principle to remove dams on the Klamath River. There is reconsideration
of Delta pumping and water management. There are broad efforts to bring
back the Coho, with many people gritting their teeth to cooperate with
a broad range of restrictions, starting with fishermen.
It is
time for miners to give up their self-interest, too, to give these fish
a moment to recover. And it's high time for the Department of Fish and
Game to go from protecting miners to protecting fish ... for all
Californians.
Eureka Times-Standard 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16jKYGILN7Tv_a6Hj2rXBVR-7z6-k97shSbZ5tKiIUpoKbLkYkktD16K17y6OBUuyhB7hTsGEnv-dwQXm7fExoLE9bO-IzpSKNL2psYMzschgeZec-zRBH0rmWQiQUS2ZdZGWbgWt-4SYO0-POn7rQU]
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Love me, I'm a lamprey
Jan. 20, 2009. Inauguration Day. Midday at the mouth
of the Klamath River, north spit, the second good week of eel season.
All is sunshine. It is, in fact, stupefyingly warm. You just want to
lie down on the pebbly beach and nap. Watch the sea lions surf the
waves. Keep an eye on the line of eelers standing at attention at
water's edge, tending the curls of surf that crash into the broad,
racing tumble of river.
North Coast Journal - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15OZlOzPyU5FbZZQS5Su_bp2mR2D-ssWfGxw7g-I3v0TOaubmSGXUrTdNtHW8OlSG1JqllnmGku3_vQv-rVXCV_RjpkTa87gTsyxsVbmoy2p_u6USn_VXwaLo7nbJbCDZ2bS7wEvtMDTirgdD9Ry_oP46hIf5R6OeH3HF8o7pSr6AP5QWo1C_sw]
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Klamath film "Upstream Battle" gets rave reviews
Kempas has an eye for detail-the thousands of shimmering shells that
make up a skirt-and a willingness to ask tough questions, whether he's
interrogating an oblivious power company spokesman or a Hoopa merrily
chopping off a defenseless woodpecker's head ("Are you aware that
you're making a lot of people uncomfortable right now?").
Willamette Week - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15TFsOqdICxAzorfQ4a3oVgxPdFHBxhXgBZ4xVWIE-OX2Xq3v6emm2VhFQGRPnTzg1CXRO--_QHWGgFSwXmPaRdoznskF_g-qLFVioChnnb01hnSUFYxa0CJ2IRBgbVyIk=]
Upstream Battle Trailer - You Tube [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15TFY4jlOVVW9OVZ0RxldsFwMHxemHRqzcckkiZvFYt6kiZZmBUZ_bG1t7JvwDzHsttZztu9AJy9Q-BBHi7b9dK6d294UW_FkVefQVaQa5L59e3OOMWFl4D6CvOQ5VY8R8=]
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Preliminary 2009 Klamath salmon numbers announced
Jerry Barnes a member of the Klamath Tech Team, presented a report
on the status of the Klamath River Fishery that found the overall total
river run to be 95,910 returning chinook. "We use the in-river
numbers to predict the numbers in the ocean for next year," Barnes
said. "This year is the third- or fourth-highest return in a while." When
it came to the formation of marine reserves in California and Oregon,
the coalition was strongly opposed, but also resigned to the fat that
the legislation requiring marine reserves is already place.
Crescent City Daily Triplicate - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14lXUth-OcbRDxCcEskF-IdtIwpo2Guy-IyoaO1j56Mbk232lh9xteKH67deiZo0pb4U3_ALLkhgg94eeCocVYqpbn1NbEwT2a3hUknAtTSRz3Jt_eajfpAYA4yAnH3px6ELk74xBkoYR42BnFSsedorXHT7i6r_Xe5fnBL9UEbHJRuL1JaqHEUmx-7B9dLu3uJ78bx3jEHwdL_T8H8LIyH]
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Interior Dept. report summarizes dam removal liabilities
The United States Department of the Interior recently released to the
public a report detailing various possible additional costs associated
with the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. The report,
prepared by Camp, Dresser and McKee Inc. (CDM), was submitted to the
Interior in July of last year and is meant as "an assessment of the
status of the known and available scientific, regulatory and economic
information known as of that [2008] time."
Siskiyou Daily News - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16CYUobQ2zlhdSwxFItsWsS0KcXjJRP5R_pX56YZ2Sq3Ld2hGIaUk3fAsa42qamK4SDCsTUccaNwG61MpvnOYaxcRG5soiu23Oe_YWQ28qDI59OO1oF_mtpvQJ2tkJY2J5b802hAACj9LawwlJdp34RClcDP-rz-UrdGiax-k7MX4aL5DikyxTeAZ77gLnzBeVE702b2OqNMtM7pNVnSCRN]
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water quality in the Klamath watershed, bringing vitality and abundance back to
the river
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Klamath Riverkeeper eNews February 18th, 2009
Headlines & Action Alerts
Thanks Oregon Senators!
Klamath Calendar
Cal Water Board reviews AIP progress
Oregon Senate votes dam removal
Sen. Wiggins Soapbox
Love me, I'm a lamprey
Upstream Battle
2009 Klamath salmon numbers
New dams report
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Thanks Oregon Senators!
SB 76 passes the Senate and is on to the House...
Oregon House of Representatives Chambers [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16w6ROUAEdhw0NkGB-zZULE6675YOaqe54PuvNCXlqXMgkPEZ1UmNDvPUfxTbdAqpq2A_C1CawMhbQC0bOxIZHXhYbqR2luX3iH8713WjOlaiqzoFdcgYMXSh21QU-shB0=]
Let your legislators know you support their decision to help Klamath dam removal
get off its feet! Send a thank-you to your Senators and encourage a vote from your
Representatives [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16w6ROUAEdhw0NkGB-zZULE6675YOaqe54PuvNCXlqXMgkPEZ1UmNDvPUfxTbdAqpq2A_C1CawMhbQC0bOxIZHXhYbqR2luX3iH8713WjOlaiqzoFdcgYMXSh21QU-shB0=].
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Klamath Calendar
Clean water [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17ADZHCxy325j8uwAjjFLa1cMsBB52S7CM5eJ9Rb4olCMuuYvrzKObXe-McxqfSdvxe8Y3nD9Kki7RxcoDUuxiXvw_VGvgqAGGthkxkCnuD8cD1g-GqNPzhI6W6rA5WXyA=]
2/17-19Public workshops [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17wqvSGEHdBXkzWhNpdZobTvbJGWipuFour54mkYNTXh64dBJokRJMe1ofoc2GbkWo2OW1LBnzTXFYkoD98Y4u75kWFMk10wGWLQoDdPdZKI1-enGXKQhjuvwpftoHSBU_z1EEhIKnJmRacV4x9IyeOwZi_bvZQpELlFUfSWoyt_hDN1tkefjz2]
held by Cal Water Board on draft Report on Klamath Clean Water TMDLs. Come down
and learn more about Clean Water Act listings on the Klamath. Comments on the draft
listings are due 3/20.
2/18 Eureka, CA
6:00 p.m.
Humboldt Bay Room
Red Lion Inn
1929 Fourth Street
2/19 Yreka, CA
6:00 p.m.
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Klamath advocates speak at Water Board AIP progress report in Sacramento. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17K5PWL2qzdE3oiMRZOdfuTz6ZtW5g1C2he6XEGvBsLcfUWrlCVpBUTAGx6AQCPnYaAY8yr8I_d8ejRKpufuN-3BJrRc9wk-tK4d8dff2-2Aw==]
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Around 20 local Klamath advocates in red "Un-Dam the Klamath" t-shirts accompanied
Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence to a State Water Board meeting on dam removal
this week. The delegation asked the Water Board to push for key clean water changes
in the draft dam removal deal. Photo credit: Stormy Staats
Dear Dan,
Yesterday was a busy day for Klamath dams. In Salem, the Oregon Senate approved
SB 76, the bill that begins funding Klamath dam removal. A victory for dam removal
advocates, the bill will travel to a House committee next week. Take 30 seconds
to thank your Senator and encourage your Rep. to pass the bill. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16w6ROUAEdhw0NkGB-zZULE6675YOaqe54PuvNCXlqXMgkPEZ1UmNDvPUfxTbdAqpq2A_C1CawMhbQC0bOxIZHXhYbqR2luX3iH8713WjOlaiqzoFdcgYMXSh21QU-shB0=]
Meanwhile, in Sacramento, the California State Water Board heard a progress report
from the draft dam removal deal's negotiators. KRK and 20 local activists and tribal
members (see photo above) submitted comments [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17EWXvMxfCDat_UCh8z_h7hgf4phVEyBe1pYl4WIhroj-yblauskC5OaZVEtHdpoIT4NZJLPEkCzjts1DmPeUHQK_pmDOAdKQrLmbp3rZql6adBNxw65Xf1iN1EWRQBBe2jw8sQKrIboVLMagCf7PjZ]
encouraging the Water Board to take a tough stance on PacifiCorp's water pollution
until the dams come down.
The fight to make the dam removal agreement one we can feel good about is far from
over. We're working hard to tie local grassroots organizing and outreach with a
powerful legal and policy strategy to bring down the dams and protect water quality
on the Klamath. Consider joining us [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15BeuQHU7NvMH39f9-Pwts6ZwSRZGj8LXSJTDvEP3v0PqSTu_FJdJxpg775CegOvzgc0eNmNG8U4HcmtZ9FLoGbgloDj4fUeZ0dQcJuDphuPnHrvHwKFlvtPMiP3xx8XL8=]!
Malena Marvin
Outreach and Science Director
Klamath Riverkeeper
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Cal Water Board reviews progress on dam removal deal
Northern California Indian
tribes and conservationists on Tuesday express disparities over whether
the state's lead water quality agency should give more time to
negotiations or forge ahead with regulatory means to clean up problems
generated by the Klamath River's four dams... Klamath RiverKeeper Erica
Terence said that among the issues are a need to make dam removal more
certain and tighten water quality protections, including granting
Pacificorp legal immunity only for dam removal itself, not against
water quality violations and fish kills. Eureka Times-Standard - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14G0QNf2YxgSB5eqNG-cRUS-a-t5Y_lZyt3uKnWd86TeX2NSlT19p5x64I3nQ1NlqgloYQWHU5D_ZdHzpcYihNEqWARh62QOIpNTD-Qjh8ROGa82c6hibR-UN6iRbOPRD4HZZ5Xaa5IrA==]
KRK Press Release - 2/15/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17se4sH0sv2rNdM2sAJeaOvdPrBGoq-4L8aXmVjTV9S34Fp6cCZoq58p1F53y8LUR7D6bai_gxLsIatroTcFhRuAE3HqA-E1touYqVwgVVDtqBNp_sYRUKrWJb5mOQJUEkKEvNDU0ieTwryLVW70MJWd6oHT8vjjpf8xdJEojKa6Q==]
| KRK Letter to Water Board - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17EWXvMxfCDat_UCh8z_h7hgf4phVEyBe1pYl4WIhroj-yblauskC5OaZVEtHdpoIT4NZJLPEkCzjts1DmPeUHQK_pmDOAdKQrLmbp3rZql6adBNxw65Xf1iN1EWRQBBe2jw8sQKrIboVLMagCf7PjZ]
Klamath Riverkeeper Op-Ed: Klamath dam removal deal needs more work
For all the fighting over the merits and
shortcomings of the deal to remove four ecologically destructive dams
on the Klamath River, too little has been done to keep up the pressure
to actually take the dams out.
Eureka Times-Standard - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15PS-ZqXGU9AnXjIGU1Ck2VYwaY8vXnzgtcP138ENjd4FuEMXLjiB48zdn2jF0WH8fgKoXg0g9anySC1UBD9BX3h0BUivWXlOZm3FGQ1LR_bztUnKAs2aiLNVp1bpHeDPLQyaJ_BmFW5YpUZa7WtJBh]
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Oregon Senate advances Klamath dam removal bill
Republican Senator Jason Atkinson, a fourth-generation Klamath River landowner,
said he
agonized over his decision to support the bill and recognized he would
alienate longtime friends and allies with a yes vote, but he decided it
was best for the river. "Very rarely do you have a time in American politics or
politics
when you stand alone," he said. "That is exactly where I find myself on
this bill."
The Oregonian - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16taOQhuItgpmxbjXRCE1zw8Qm3waFLFGysbV7CKGHnngO3e-rjVmbHOTPXq6Jju8lV_OCISn0gyNEKj-dAerPjBEgTmbXjhv1bP6i8FxZ99IClS4qeVdGoST2AIjCeex5dtK5N3K--dcAjKL5TYCUFQRm4AFUXZ7ORPS4Y8nLACfmiSaxH-7O0CeAiTcd5rH3HFvriUp5YbA==]
Oregon Senate should launch Klamath effort
Oregonian Editorial - 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16atSYZJ23ANB6voH9jLk3b152j5hnmiUSHdfQaezZmZRKdhUxX-RuXp6fDMSZaXY0ClR8SUzmK3q2uAb1AhXhfyy7Le_AJQjr4NKT4fT5R18XTWOEMII4pPO3dMSqblVvIsyci6CL-ZKzFRDWJUjof37WKLDAa0fRfma0A9s7-0r-4DtduUSTMYfL633J10ZM_6CwNRJAuLw==]
Siskiyou Supervisors oppose SB 76
KDRV Newswatch 12 - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14296sSMfB9tb_OYstsnjxwK6iIJpQQ6-fWvOPnf5g9MM4qJ9zhKeDz3gZE7Rtyx0KALY06GvHew3DqJC_C33CuNwT5pSipJGSudP5iJNLJpQ==]
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Senator Wiggins: It's time to protect the fish
We are, hopefully, at a turning point on the
path of survival for California's salmon. There is an agreement in
principle to remove dams on the Klamath River. There is reconsideration
of Delta pumping and water management. There are broad efforts to bring
back the Coho, with many people gritting their teeth to cooperate with
a broad range of restrictions, starting with fishermen.
It is
time for miners to give up their self-interest, too, to give these fish
a moment to recover. And it's high time for the Department of Fish and
Game to go from protecting miners to protecting fish ... for all
Californians.
Eureka Times-Standard 2/17/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16jKYGILN7Tv_a6Hj2rXBVR-7z6-k97shSbZ5tKiIUpoKbLkYkktD16K17y6OBUuyhB7hTsGEnv-dwQXm7fExoLE9bO-IzpSKNL2psYMzschgeZec-zRBH0rmWQiQUS2ZdZGWbgWt-4SYO0-POn7rQU]
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Love me, I'm a lamprey
Jan. 20, 2009. Inauguration Day. Midday at the mouth
of the Klamath River, north spit, the second good week of eel season.
All is sunshine. It is, in fact, stupefyingly warm. You just want to
lie down on the pebbly beach and nap. Watch the sea lions surf the
waves. Keep an eye on the line of eelers standing at attention at
water's edge, tending the curls of surf that crash into the broad,
racing tumble of river.
North Coast Journal - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15OZlOzPyU5FbZZQS5Su_bp2mR2D-ssWfGxw7g-I3v0TOaubmSGXUrTdNtHW8OlSG1JqllnmGku3_vQv-rVXCV_RjpkTa87gTsyxsVbmoy2p_u6USn_VXwaLo7nbJbCDZ2bS7wEvtMDTirgdD9Ry_oP46hIf5R6OeH3HF8o7pSr6AP5QWo1C_sw]
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Klamath film "Upstream Battle" gets rave reviews
Kempas has an eye for detail-the thousands of shimmering shells that
make up a skirt-and a willingness to ask tough questions, whether he's
interrogating an oblivious power company spokesman or a Hoopa merrily
chopping off a defenseless woodpecker's head ("Are you aware that
you're making a lot of people uncomfortable right now?").
Willamette Week - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15TFsOqdICxAzorfQ4a3oVgxPdFHBxhXgBZ4xVWIE-OX2Xq3v6emm2VhFQGRPnTzg1CXRO--_QHWGgFSwXmPaRdoznskF_g-qLFVioChnnb01hnSUFYxa0CJ2IRBgbVyIk=]
Upstream Battle Trailer - You Tube [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR15TFY4jlOVVW9OVZ0RxldsFwMHxemHRqzcckkiZvFYt6kiZZmBUZ_bG1t7JvwDzHsttZztu9AJy9Q-BBHi7b9dK6d294UW_FkVefQVaQa5L59e3OOMWFl4D6CvOQ5VY8R8=]
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Preliminary 2009 Klamath salmon numbers announced
Jerry Barnes a member of the Klamath Tech Team, presented a report
on the status of the Klamath River Fishery that found the overall total
river run to be 95,910 returning chinook. "We use the in-river
numbers to predict the numbers in the ocean for next year," Barnes
said. "This year is the third- or fourth-highest return in a while." When
it came to the formation of marine reserves in California and Oregon,
the coalition was strongly opposed, but also resigned to the fat that
the legislation requiring marine reserves is already place.
Crescent City Daily Triplicate - 2/10/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR14lXUth-OcbRDxCcEskF-IdtIwpo2Guy-IyoaO1j56Mbk232lh9xteKH67deiZo0pb4U3_ALLkhgg94eeCocVYqpbn1NbEwT2a3hUknAtTSRz3Jt_eajfpAYA4yAnH3px6ELk74xBkoYR42BnFSsedorXHT7i6r_Xe5fnBL9UEbHJRuL1JaqHEUmx-7B9dLu3uJ78bx3jEHwdL_T8H8LIyH]
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Interior Dept. report summarizes dam removal liabilities
The United States Department of the Interior recently released to the
public a report detailing various possible additional costs associated
with the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. The report,
prepared by Camp, Dresser and McKee Inc. (CDM), was submitted to the
Interior in July of last year and is meant as "an assessment of the
status of the known and available scientific, regulatory and economic
information known as of that [2008] time."
Siskiyou Daily News - 2/14/09 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR16CYUobQ2zlhdSwxFItsWsS0KcXjJRP5R_pX56YZ2Sq3Ld2hGIaUk3fAsa42qamK4SDCsTUccaNwG61MpvnOYaxcRG5soiu23Oe_YWQ28qDI59OO1oF_mtpvQJ2tkJY2J5b802hAACj9LawwlJdp34RClcDP-rz-UrdGiax-k7MX4aL5DikyxTeAZ77gLnzBeVE702b2OqNMtM7pNVnSCRN]
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Klamath Riverkeeper [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102462438719&e=001zR4PofVvR17IqUJuJNzxikyxp0QjQ6_WXAEp5daCG4HeMmP2nhue4yp9_AP1yicsWqGRllTRZQ8m-AeEQmZWoar2o8-UOTGNamkWXUGx-IsqagUIycTHYA==]restores
water quality in the Klamath watershed, bringing vitality and abundance back to
the river
and its people.
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