Giant projected images shed light on PacifiCorp's Klamath Dams Injustice

Using PacifiCorp's own slogan, "Making it Happen," a series of
slides informed Portland residents what PacifiCorp is really
making happen: rural poverty, cultural destruction, higher power
bills for ratepayers if fish ladders are chosen over dam removal,
toxic algae and Klamath salmon extinction. This big-scale medium of communication has long been used by the advertising industry for marketing campaigns to visually impress an issue on audiences.

While these images were projected, 120 Native and non-Native river residents were making there way to Portland via charter bus, vans, and cars for Friday's Un-Dam the Klamath rally (10am Holladay Park) in remembrance of the 2002 fish kill and continuing juvenile die offs. The rally is being held in solidarity with friends and family who have traveled to Omaha, Ne for a week of events.

Earlier Thursday, delegates in Omaha from the Tribes held a traditional salmon bake and are preparing for Friday's Brush Dance (a healing ceremony being held for the ailing Klamath River). They are positioned to attend Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting on Saturday.

Adding to PacifiCorp's bad week, Wednesday May 2nd, a group of Klamath River tribal leaders, commercial fishermen and recreational business owners filed a suit against PacifiCorp, contending that two of its dams in Northern California are the cause of massive blooms of toxic algae that are decimating the salmon fishery and causing an extreme potential health hazard to humans.

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