Klamath Riverkeeper eNews 9/17/2008

Klamath Riverkeeper eNews September 17, 2008

PacifiCorp Day of Action

PacifiCorp Day of Action
5 Ways to Un-Dam the Klamath
Farewell Regina & KRK Job Openings
Opponents Adopt Direct Action for Dam Removal
Klamath Restoration Agreement 8 Months Later
Dam Concerns Voiced in Dorris
Removal of Chiloquin Dam says Agreements are Possible
Supervisors Briefed on Salmon Plague
Fishing for Solutions
Feds Pitch Protections for Southern Green Sturgeon
Feds Release Disaster Relief for Fishermen

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PacifiCorp Day of Action September 18, 2008

Last year's rally at PacifiCorp's Portland headquarters.
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Join the Klamath Justice Coalition at 12:00 pm at Holladay Park for a
march to PacifiCorp's
headquarters.
Carpools, vans, and busses leaving from Ashland, McKinleyville, and
Orleans.
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Five Easy Ways to
Un-Dam the Klamath...

Fishermen rally for the Klamath on San Francisco Bay.
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1. Social Neworking
If you must do Facebook, do it for the Klamath! Join group "Un-Dam the
Klamath"
and spread the word to your friends.
2. Pacific Power customers
Contact the company by writing a note on your bill, or calling
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Oregon ratepayers can send comments to the Oregon Public Utilities
Commission -
sample letter and contact info.
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3. Support Klamath Riverkeeper
Volunteer, spread the word about our events, forward this eNews on to a
friend...
the possibilities are endless!
Become a member
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Buy a t-shirt or hoody
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4. Contact your elected reps.
Talking points and contact info.
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5. Write a letter to the editor
Do you have time to write 250 words supporting dam removal on the Klamath?
It doesn't
have to be complicated or lengthy, but it should be accurate and clear.
Talking
points and contacts.
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Farewell Regina &
Riverkeeper Job Openings

A letter from the KRK board
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thanking Regina Chichizola for her service to the Klamath River.

KRK will be hiring a new Executive Director (part-time) and Riverkeeper
(full-time)
- Applications due 9/19. Job descriptions
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Spring Chinook navigating the Klamath Salmon River. Photo by Scott Harding
Photo.
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Greetings!
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Klamath Riverkeeper
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Opponents Adopt Direct Action for Dam Removal

The Klamath Justice Coalition, a group of community activists working to
restore
the river through removal of four dams that provide electricity to
PacifiCorp,
has turned to the Indigenous Peoples' Power Project, known as ''IP3,'' of
the Ruckus
Society, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization, for assistance in
achieving an
agreement to save the salmon whose existence is jeopardized by the dams.
Indian
Country - 9/3/08
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Klamath Restoration Agreement 8 Months Later

The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement needs three things: congressional
funding,
dam removal and community consensus. But eight months after the 256-page
document
was unveiled to the public, the proposed water settlement has secured none
of the
three. And it likely won't any time soon. Klamath Falls Herald & News -
9/4/08
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Art Sasse, spokesman for PacifiCorp, was concerned that paraphrasing of
his statement about the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement in
Thursday's Herald and News left out "certain nuances that are important
to the company's current position and actions." Read PacifiCorp's
statement
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Dam Concerns Voiced in Dorris

We're getting screwed," Siskiyou County supervisor Marcia Armstrong said
of the
people in her district during a special joint meeting of the Siskiyou
County Board
of Supervisors and the Klamath County (Ore.) Commissioners on Aug. 19.
"This is
a win-lose agreement. And we're the losers!" said Armstrong, who was one
of the
speakers expressing strong feelings about the dangers of removing four
hydroelectric
dams on the Klamath River. Mt. Shasta News - 9/3/08
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Removal of Chiloquin Dam says Agreements are Possible


The decision to take out Chiloquin Dam came well in advance of the
proposed Klamath
Basin Restoration Agreement, but in a small way might be considered a
precursor
to the much more farreaching Basin proposal. Klamath Falls Herald & News
Editorial
9/3/08
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Supervisors Briefed on Salmon Plague


Pathologist Scott Foott with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
California-Nevada
Fish Health Center briefed county supervisors on Tuesday about the
abnormal rate
of infection in fish by two parasites that are rife in a particular
stretch of
the river. The infected fish die at extraordinarily high rates when
exposed to the
parasites in a 60-mile stretch of river downstream of Iron Gate Dam, Foott
said.
Eureka Times-Standard - 9/10/08
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Fishing For Solutions

Team members from Alaska Resource and Economic Development are in Siskiyou
County
this week to consult with local water shed and fisheries experts, along
with landowners
and other stakeholders, to determine if their system of salmon enhancement
is applicable
to the Klamath Basin. Siskiyou Daily-News - 9/10/08
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Feds Pitch Protections for Southern Green Sturgeon

The federal government is proposing to protect hundreds of miles of river
and thousands
of square miles of ocean to safeguard green sturgeon on the West Coast.
Sturgeon
to the north of the Eel River and anchoring populations in the Klamath
and Trinity
were not protected. Eureka Times-Standard - 9/6/08
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Center for Biological Diversity Press Release
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Link to full NMFS proposal
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Feds Release Millions in Aid for West Coast Fishermen

Federal fisheries officials on Wednesday released $100 million in
disaster aid for fishermen and related businesses affected by the
first-ever shutdown of West Coast ocean salmon fishing, and said an
additional $70 million would follow if needed. The Oregonian - 9/17/08
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Klamath Riverkeeper
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projects and campaigns restore water quality on
the Klamath River, bringing vitality and abundance back to the river
and its people. We are committed to making the Klamath fishable and
swimmable again, and to working with all people who need clean water
and healthy fisheries in the Klamath Watershed.