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Klamath River eNews - Dec. 11 - Pacificorp faces $1 billion lawsuit
The Klamath RivereNews, compiled by the Klamath Riverkeeper, covers the latest developments on the battle to restore the river, including the toxic algae lawsuit, NRC report and settlement negotiations.
Klamath River News - December 11, 2007
* LEGAL PROBLEMS MULTIPLY FOR PACIFICORP AT KLAMATH DAMS
* NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORTS KLAMATH SALMON NEED MORE WATER; RIVER NEEDS BROADER STUDY
* NEGOTIATING THE KLAMATH: UPDATES ON SETTLEMENT TALKS
Action Alerts
* TELL THE REGIONAL WATER BOARD TO CONTROL SEDIMENT AND RESTORE RIVERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Announcements
* GIVE THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY KLAMATH RIVER - SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFT MEMBERSHIPS TO KLAMATH RIVERKEEPER
* NEW UN-DAM THE KLAMATH T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE
LEGAL PROBLEMS MULTIPLY FOR PACIFICORP AT KLAMATH DAMS
Oregonian - 12/6/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-22/119698674645300.xml&storylist=orlocalcalifornia&ctrack=2&cset=true
A $1 billion lawsuit filed Thursday claims that PacifiCorp hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River produce hazardous waste in the form of toxic algae that harms salmon as well as people. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco by Klamath Riverkeeper, elders of the Yurok and Karuk tribes, and the owner of rental cabins along the river. "PacifiCorp is both creating and releasing this algae, and they are refusing to take responsibility for the pollution their dams are creating," said Regina Chichizola of Klamath Riverkeeper, a nonprofit river conservation group.
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Release - 12/5/07
http://www.klamathriver.org/Press-Release-120507.html
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORTS KLAMATH SALMON NEED MORE WATER; KLAMATH RIVER NEEDS BROADER STUDY
Los Angeles Times - 11/30/07
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-klamath30nov30,1,3346988.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Wading anew into one of the West's fiercest water wars, a scientific panel from the National Research Council said this week that a more comprehensive study needs to be done on the problem-plagued Klamath River Basin. Past studies have focused only on the main river -- which has seen dams and water diversion hurt threatened salmon and suckerfish populations -- ignoring its many tributaries, the panel said in a report.
Science Daily - 12/4/07
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128151756.htm
NEGOTIATING THE KLAMATH
Farmers, fishermen, Native Americans and environmentalists could be near a breakthrough on talks about removing four Klamath River dams to restore salmon runs and water health.
The Oregonian - 12/10/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119709150477660.xml&coll=7
Water cleaves the West.
If you doubt its razor edge, think of the Klamath River Basin where the water divides the people -- fishermen from farmers, Native Americans from the dam owners, conservationists from one another.
At one time, Western rivers delineated the landscape, by their nature choosing which valley would grow, which would wither. In the Klamath Basin, people make that choice.
LET SCIENCE GUIDE DAM REMOVAL, PROFESSORS SAY
The Oregonian - 12/10/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197078935304710.xml&coll=7
FISH BENEFIT OF A KLAMATH PACT QUESTIONED
Sacramento Bee - 12/9/07
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/553847.html
Environmentalists, Indian tribes, fishermen and farmers have been meeting in private for months trying to come up with a deal to turn the battle over Klamath River water into a showcase for cooperation and restoration. Now, just as the 26 organizations involved in the secret talks are about to vote on whether to endorse the nearly completed pact, new studies raise doubts about whether it will send enough water down the ailing 263-mile-long river to lift its salmon runs from the brink of extinction. No one disputes that the river is killing fish.
ACTION ALERTS:
* TELL THE REGIONAL WATER BOARD TO CONTROL SEDIMENT AND RESTORE RIVERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Written comments due this Friday, the 14th. Meeting on January 17th.
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) will be taking up a resolution to restore sediment impaired creeks and rivers in Northern California at their next meeting on January 17th in Santa Rosa. Parts of the Klamath River, along with the Trinity and Scott Rivers, are listed as impaired for sediment, and salmon are being affected by this sediment.
Please write a letter to, or email, the Regional Water Board telling them you support the sediment resolution, and that it is their responsibility to restore sediment-impaired watersheds. Ask them to prioritize decommissioning roads, enforcing water quality standards, and to control timber and agriculture related sediment. Please also ask them to prioritize identifying other waterways in Northern California - such as the upper mid-Klamath - that have sediment problems but are not yet listed as impaired.
More information on this sediment plan and amendment are available at:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb1/programs/basinplan/sediment_workplan.html
Email comments can be sent to commentletters [at] waterboards.ca.gov. Written comments should be addressed to:
Regional Water Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Blvd
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* GIVE THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY KLAMATH RIVER - SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFT MEMBERSHIPS TO KLAMATH RIVERKEEPER
Avoid the consumer extravaganza, and send a meaningful gift this holiday season. During the month of December, we're offering gift memberships with free Un-Dam the Klamath t-shirts for only $40. Email malena [at] klamathriver.org and we'll make sure your special someone gets a t-shirt, sticker, and information about Klamath Riverkeeper.
* NEW UN-DAM THE KLAMATH T-SHIRTS - Available now!
Printed on organic cotton in men's and women's styles, these shirts make great holiday gifts. They are available for $15, or come free with Holiday Gift Memberships, or regular memberships at the Half-Pounder level and above. Email malena [at] klamathriver.org and we'll send you one this week.
The most effective way to show your support for the work of Klamath
Riverkeeper is to join us as a member. For more information on how to become
part of Klamath Riverkeeper, go to http://klamathriver.org/.
Contact us with submissions, questions or comments for the Klamath River News at
541.821.7260 or email malena [at] klamathriver.org.
To be removed from list or subscribe go to https://lists.riseup.net/www and type in klamath list then hit subscribe or unsubscribe.
* LEGAL PROBLEMS MULTIPLY FOR PACIFICORP AT KLAMATH DAMS
* NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORTS KLAMATH SALMON NEED MORE WATER; RIVER NEEDS BROADER STUDY
* NEGOTIATING THE KLAMATH: UPDATES ON SETTLEMENT TALKS
Action Alerts
* TELL THE REGIONAL WATER BOARD TO CONTROL SEDIMENT AND RESTORE RIVERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Announcements
* GIVE THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY KLAMATH RIVER - SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFT MEMBERSHIPS TO KLAMATH RIVERKEEPER
* NEW UN-DAM THE KLAMATH T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE
LEGAL PROBLEMS MULTIPLY FOR PACIFICORP AT KLAMATH DAMS
Oregonian - 12/6/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-22/119698674645300.xml&storylist=orlocalcalifornia&ctrack=2&cset=true
A $1 billion lawsuit filed Thursday claims that PacifiCorp hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River produce hazardous waste in the form of toxic algae that harms salmon as well as people. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco by Klamath Riverkeeper, elders of the Yurok and Karuk tribes, and the owner of rental cabins along the river. "PacifiCorp is both creating and releasing this algae, and they are refusing to take responsibility for the pollution their dams are creating," said Regina Chichizola of Klamath Riverkeeper, a nonprofit river conservation group.
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Release - 12/5/07
http://www.klamathriver.org/Press-Release-120507.html
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORTS KLAMATH SALMON NEED MORE WATER; KLAMATH RIVER NEEDS BROADER STUDY
Los Angeles Times - 11/30/07
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-klamath30nov30,1,3346988.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Wading anew into one of the West's fiercest water wars, a scientific panel from the National Research Council said this week that a more comprehensive study needs to be done on the problem-plagued Klamath River Basin. Past studies have focused only on the main river -- which has seen dams and water diversion hurt threatened salmon and suckerfish populations -- ignoring its many tributaries, the panel said in a report.
Science Daily - 12/4/07
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128151756.htm
NEGOTIATING THE KLAMATH
Farmers, fishermen, Native Americans and environmentalists could be near a breakthrough on talks about removing four Klamath River dams to restore salmon runs and water health.
The Oregonian - 12/10/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119709150477660.xml&coll=7
Water cleaves the West.
If you doubt its razor edge, think of the Klamath River Basin where the water divides the people -- fishermen from farmers, Native Americans from the dam owners, conservationists from one another.
At one time, Western rivers delineated the landscape, by their nature choosing which valley would grow, which would wither. In the Klamath Basin, people make that choice.
LET SCIENCE GUIDE DAM REMOVAL, PROFESSORS SAY
The Oregonian - 12/10/07
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197078935304710.xml&coll=7
FISH BENEFIT OF A KLAMATH PACT QUESTIONED
Sacramento Bee - 12/9/07
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/553847.html
Environmentalists, Indian tribes, fishermen and farmers have been meeting in private for months trying to come up with a deal to turn the battle over Klamath River water into a showcase for cooperation and restoration. Now, just as the 26 organizations involved in the secret talks are about to vote on whether to endorse the nearly completed pact, new studies raise doubts about whether it will send enough water down the ailing 263-mile-long river to lift its salmon runs from the brink of extinction. No one disputes that the river is killing fish.
ACTION ALERTS:
* TELL THE REGIONAL WATER BOARD TO CONTROL SEDIMENT AND RESTORE RIVERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Written comments due this Friday, the 14th. Meeting on January 17th.
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) will be taking up a resolution to restore sediment impaired creeks and rivers in Northern California at their next meeting on January 17th in Santa Rosa. Parts of the Klamath River, along with the Trinity and Scott Rivers, are listed as impaired for sediment, and salmon are being affected by this sediment.
Please write a letter to, or email, the Regional Water Board telling them you support the sediment resolution, and that it is their responsibility to restore sediment-impaired watersheds. Ask them to prioritize decommissioning roads, enforcing water quality standards, and to control timber and agriculture related sediment. Please also ask them to prioritize identifying other waterways in Northern California - such as the upper mid-Klamath - that have sediment problems but are not yet listed as impaired.
More information on this sediment plan and amendment are available at:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb1/programs/basinplan/sediment_workplan.html
Email comments can be sent to commentletters [at] waterboards.ca.gov. Written comments should be addressed to:
Regional Water Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Blvd
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* GIVE THE GIFT OF A HEALTHY KLAMATH RIVER - SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFT MEMBERSHIPS TO KLAMATH RIVERKEEPER
Avoid the consumer extravaganza, and send a meaningful gift this holiday season. During the month of December, we're offering gift memberships with free Un-Dam the Klamath t-shirts for only $40. Email malena [at] klamathriver.org and we'll make sure your special someone gets a t-shirt, sticker, and information about Klamath Riverkeeper.
* NEW UN-DAM THE KLAMATH T-SHIRTS - Available now!
Printed on organic cotton in men's and women's styles, these shirts make great holiday gifts. They are available for $15, or come free with Holiday Gift Memberships, or regular memberships at the Half-Pounder level and above. Email malena [at] klamathriver.org and we'll send you one this week.
The most effective way to show your support for the work of Klamath
Riverkeeper is to join us as a member. For more information on how to become
part of Klamath Riverkeeper, go to http://klamathriver.org/.
Contact us with submissions, questions or comments for the Klamath River News at
541.821.7260 or email malena [at] klamathriver.org.
To be removed from list or subscribe go to https://lists.riseup.net/www and type in klamath list then hit subscribe or unsubscribe.
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