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Humboldt County, Hoopa Valley Tribe Warn Tunnels Could Take Trinity Water  - by Dan Bacher“Ours is not a speculative concern,” said Leonard Masten of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. “Last year federal, state, and tribal fishery agencies forecasted a potentially devastating fish kill in the Klamath River because of low Klamath basin water supplies and a record-high population of returning fall Chinook. Reclamation took action and set aside 92,000 acre-feet of Trinity River Division water and released nearly 39,000 acre-feet of additional water to avoid a disaster.” Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:11PM
Warbler’s Hunger Strike Continues! – Day 7  - by via Save Little Lake ValleyA California Highway Patrol SWAT team armed with three guns, presumably containing bean bag rounds, forcibly extracted Warbler from her perch yesterday, April 2, with a phalanx of roughly 35 officers assisting the operation from the ground. Warbler has become a icon in the fast-growing campaign in opposition to the Caltrans Bypass project, slated to destroy significant wetlands and an oak woodlands in Little Lake Valley, also known as Willits, Ca. Now that she is back on the ground, The Warbl... Posted: Wed Apr 3, 2013 4:21PM
Blackwater to enforce California's marine protected areas  - by Dan Bacher"It's time to get tough with anglers who cross the line into our pristine marine reserves, now that the glorious network of marine protected areas, created under the most open and transparent process in world history, is in place from the California/Oregon stateline to the U.S./Mexico border," said Chuck Bonham, Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "Blackwater is renowned for its no-holds barred enforcement style and we want every angler to know that they will treat vio... Posted: Mon Apr 1, 2013 8:45AM
Action Camp to Defend Little Lake Valley! Support needed (Willits, CA)  - by Little Lake DefendersDefenders of Little Lake Valley are excited to announce the establishment of an action camp. This mobilization will begin on Saturday, March 30th and remain ongoing until we have stopped the CalTrans superhighway. We are calling on everyone interested in standing up against massive waste, destruction, and greed to travel to our fair valley and help us protect what we hold sacred. Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:03AM 
Truth and Justice: SWN's New Video to Stop the Delta Tunnels - by Bruce TokarsWe are pleased to introduce a new video from Salmon Water Now.
Truth and Justice: Stop the Delta Tunnels! (4:20) simplifies the reasons why building massive tunnels to move the Sacramento river away from the Delta is a bad idea.
The video points out a few key facts, left out of the BDCP documents recently released, that tunnel proponents would prefer not be mentioned. And finally, the video encourages viewers to learn more about the tunnels and become a super hero in support of a h... Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:32AM
Klamath Flows Dropped Without Endangered Species Agency Approval  - by Hoopa Valley TribeFish supporters say science is being compromised, salmon run will suffer
Klamath Falls, Oregon –Just days before the Pacific Fisheries Management Council announced the Klamath River will have another healthy run of salmon this year, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Klamath Basin Area Office announced a new water plan for the Klamath before receiving approval from the regulatory agency (NOAA fisheries) that regulates flows for endangered fisheries. The BOR expects approval for a controve... Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:32PM
Gold Prospectors Spot Loophole in State’s Dredge Mining Moratorium  - by Malcolm TerrenceIn an interview with the Two Rivers Tribune, Stopher said the definition of a suction dredge with the three elements—pump, hose and sluice, originated in 1961 legislation and has been carried forward in all legislation since then. He said no one would have tried this before the moratorium and that he personally preferred his agencies dredging regulations and permit system which stated when, how and where dredging could be done.
Miners along the Klamath River think they have found a looph... Posted: Thu Mar 7, 2013 10:43AM
Peripheral tunnel plan will hurt Trinity River also  - by Dan Bacher"There is absolutely no protection for Trinity River interests from this project," the peripheral tunnels, said Tom Stokely of the California Water Impact Network.
Photo of Trinity River courtesy of Wikipedia. Posted: Wed Mar 6, 2013 11:13AM
Over 300,000 salmon returned to Klamath River in 2012  - by Dan BacherThe escapement to natural spawning areas on the Klamath River was 122,018 adults, 1.4 times the preseason prediction of 86,300. The estimated hatchery return was 55,939 adults. Jack (two-year-old) returns to the Klamath Basin totaled 21,473, including 15,705 that escaped to natural spawning areas.
Photo of the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam by Dan Bacher. Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:15PM
“Disgusting Draft” Of California Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations - by Tomas DiFioreDOGGR has falsely presented the nature of the activities covered by - and thereby the actual need for “new Regulations” and thusly the applicability of said regulations, to the Public and the State of California. From definitions that neither match what is effectively legal in terms of law nor the industry standards of related new technology processes, linguistics and terminology, Californians will be left considering the wrong regulations. Posted: Sun Feb 3, 2013 8:39AM
Napa Wine Country water for fish showdown at Kimball Creek - by Patrick Porgans Formal complaints have been filed against the city for failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a State Water Board issued permit associated with the right and use of water stored behind Kimball Dam. Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:34PM
Join Friends Of Trinidad Forests In Acting To Stop The Logging Practices Of Green Diamond! - by Friends Of Trinidad ForestsPlease spread this following vital information widely
With this message we are launching these last minute efforts
to stop Green Diamond from clear-cutting forests
around the sacred site of Strawberry Rock, Trinidad.
We urge all of you to join us in this endeavor!
Immediate Threat:
The Strawberry Rock Timber Harvest Plan (Tracking Code: THP #1-10-137 HUM) is an "eye opener" to all of us: 80 acres of clear-cutting is about to begin, literally in our own backyards! A year ago, tree-sits spran... Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:06PM
In the Klamath Politics Defeat Science and Common Sense  - by Leonard Masten, Hoopa Valley Tribe Last year Klamath flows were too low for the salmon runs and extra water was needed from the Trinity River, a tributary to the Klamath, to avoid a fish kill. Next year the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to lower flows to levels not supported by science, and without the benefit of dam removal.
Photo of Trinity River courtesy of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:11PM
New 'Marine Reserve' Network Doesn’t Protect The Ocean  - by Dan Bacher“We have completed the nation’s first statewide coastal system of marine protected areas,” claimed Cat Kuhlman, deputy secretary for oceans and coastal matters at the California Natural Resources Agency, in a release from the agency. “What this means for the future of California’s oceans and the coming generations that will enjoy them, is thrilling." Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:11PM
Klamath scientists claim political interference and censorship  - by Dan Bacher“Our fear is that professionalism has become hazardous to our careers inside Reclamation,” said Keith Schultz, one of the seven scientists. “We hope this complaint will make a difference in allowing other scientists to come forward and be truthful about science.”
Photo of coho salmon courtesy of Siskiyou Land Conservancy. Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 3:29PM
NOAA seeks public comment on expanding marine sanctuaries  - by Dan Bacher"The waters off the northern California coast are incredibly nutrient-rich and drive the entire natural system and, for almost a decade, local communities have been petitioning their elected officials to expand sanctuary protection to these areas," said Daniel J. Basta, director of the NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
Photo of Stewarts Point (Danaka) in Sonoma County, located within the proposed boundaries of the expanded Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, by D... Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:16PM
MLPA Initiative based on incomplete and terminally flawed science  - by Dan BacherMissing from the DFG release was any mention of the questionable science the "marine protected areas" are based on. The Northern California Tribal Chairman’s Association, including the Chairs of the Elk Valley Rancheria, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Karuk Tribe, Smith River Rancheria, Trinidad Rancheria, and Yurok Tribe, believes the science behind the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative developed by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Science Advisory Team is “incomplete and terminally flawed.” Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:37AM
A Trifecta of Ocean Triumphs at the end of 2012  - by Penelope WhitneyCalifornians celebrated the grand opening of 19 north coast Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the completion of its statewide network, making the state a national leader in ocean protection. Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:46PM
LA Times Greenwashes Marine Life Protection Act Initiative  - by Dan BacherThe LA Times falsely portrays the new closed zones as "undersea parks" when they are anything but. These so-called "marine protected areas" do not protect the ocean from oil spills and drilling, military testing, corporate aquaculture, wind and wave energy projects and all other impacts on the ocean other than fishing and gathering.
Graphic: Marine protected areas on the North Coast created under the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative went into effect today, December 19, weeks e... Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:23PM
Protesters rally against fracking as oil industry claims it is 'safe'  - by Dan Bacher“Opening up thousands of acres of public land to oil and gas exploration would directly undercut our state's commitment to clean and renewable energy and endanger our already threatened water supply,” said Andrew Grinberg, program organizer at Clean Water Action. “We need to slow down and assess the long-term impacts of increased drilling, fracking and other enhanced oil and gas recovery processes on California's communities, environment and health, and the BLM should do its part by wit... Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:13AM |