FoxNews: Klammath Falls farmers defy feds; open dam with chain saw

by Associated Press

Sat, Jul 7, 2001 9:26AM

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — On Wednesday, a crowd of 100 to 150 people armed with a diamond-bladed chain saw and a cutting torch opened a gate that had been welded shut and reopened a headgate to send water from Upper Klamath Lake back into the "A" Canal of the Klamath Project.

.KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Federal officials were considering whether to call in U.S. marshals on Thursday to enforce the Endangered Species Act after angry farmers and residents sent water reserved for threatened and endangered fish into an irrigation canal.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation also was meeting with officials of the Klamath Irrigation District in an effort to restore calm.

"It is a discussion of mutual concerns," said bureau spokesman Jeff McCracken. "We have a responsibility to follow the law."

The Bureau of Reclamation controls the Klamath Project irrigation system, serving 240,000 acres of farms and ranches in the Klamath Basin along the Oregon-California border.

On Wednesday, a crowd of 100 to 150 people armed with a diamond-bladed chain saw and a cutting torch opened a gate that had been welded shut and reopened a headgate to send water from Upper Klamath Lake back into the "A" Canal of the Klamath Project.

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§please reconsider

by anon reader

Mon, Jul 9, 2001 3:06PM

while this is a very important story ...
we can go to the foxnews website if we want to find out what rupert murdoch's corporate misinformation machine has to say about stuff. please dont re-post it here, which is a forum for non-commercial news. thanks

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§More pics

by nssie

Wed, Jul 18, 2001 5:56PM

Click here:

For more information: http://www.gaelwolf.com/klamath_photos.html

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