Klamath Riverkeeper eNews: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., As Next EPA Head?

Klamath Riverkeeper eNews November 5th, 2008

Headlines & Action Alerts

Tell the Water Board to Un-Dam the Klamath!
New KRK Staff and Board
Shasta Coho Permit Meeting in Yreka
Hundreds Speak Against PacifiCorp's Clean Water Permit
Waterkeeper Robert Kennedy as Next EPA Head?
Siskiyou Supervisors Fail to Pass Anti-Dam Ordinance
Governor Terminates Salmon Surveys
Most People Oppose LNG Pipeline

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Time to get your comments to the Water Board!
Send an email right now

Water Samples from Iron Gate Reservoir [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ov-EBtMcgH6pRqrrWOb2yyIiX2ac0XVHWIjCzQAxDT9FBOKT8VcdeQRRd0_DQgIyN5rWHOczmwOdI-Lbtz8_u-oZt1KScFZ5gclpNz71O87erQD7eOLqMIPPxNFgD0f8ivMMw5ZmC8UOh89GJjEXmkc]

You came to the meetings, and you told the Water Board and the press what PacifiCorp's
dams do to the Klamath. Now it's time to fill their mailbox, inbox, and fax machine
with more of the same. Email our sample letter [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ot1hSXcLgOmzmkYTy2tlXwxx-EL5CMT8luFD2343xaemDubdrRa4hTS3A9VGuwPGsitS9tS_0wqCp5oief8wf_C-UcTToyfQZNxeShHQimtEV7Iros0hbmY]
or write your own, and tell your friends! Let's get 5,000 comments to the Water
Board by Nov. 17th! >> more info [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ot1hSXcLgOmzmkYTy2tlXwxx-EL5CMT8luFD2343xaemDubdrRa4hTS3A9VGuwPGsitS9tS_0wqCp5oief8wf_C-UcTToyfQZNxeShHQimtEV7Iros0hbmY]
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New Riverkeeper, Executive Director and Board Members
Welcome Erica, Scott, Dania, Leaf, and Terry!
Klamath Riverkeeper Erica Terence [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otEBb9beFJgriTtARgoODb5ugHuC-_wgploHM7LaqVqeDs3JnkQ9nU7azNp2Sdy4miYIvBRsHkp9vBjB2BOvf7jIN4NYUNzMpstbT_Rl5L-MtOX2z-GCnQCAzQr15BJ1E0=]

We are thrilled to welcome Erica Terence as our new Riverkeeper, Scott Harding
as our Executive Director, and new Board Members Leaf Hillman of the Karuk Tribe,
Dania Rose Colegrove with the Klamath Justice Coalition, and Terry O'Day with the
Environment Now Foundation. >> more info [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otxyLtbLrSj_jUn_0kFJb-O9WFhE5nGwbPx8ul-igTpyDU9UWQjnGiWY-UuWnnBGj4uQQ_ztT1elWJHLM4TGDmjSLPQ-GvJb1YlLBfGwlobjoWPKXaZ8TuqZvkbcvPPLDPpoprTlEBZcw==]
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Fish & Game taking Comments on Shasta Coho Permits
Public Meeting November 19th in Yreka, Ca

Adult Coho Salmon [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otmc4pDR54LbKg0JU6-XLtudorcTVdT9ycPjyavfG9x2eiosXfODSIrHj1hu3YyQnuro2oJseSqlejfvBTNI91Xe8OcRs_TqlCxyJN1Mik9aam0I2gRHucbU6vtadBFsOQ=]

The public can comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the permitting
program that will govern how the killing, or "take" of endangered coho is regulated
on the Shasta River. >> more info [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ovVzPRnobgalJ26wJ7zK6b9s7VIPuJa3WU9o9Acqo_9iZuddaud0AytGqmf80ZXf3qVQGReX_7MGZ_XCSpLFIAx8W0NPUJDd7MVvnV5tk6LnJ0pNdDl_1fIBzlS28HnBTAJcFaC9mePKuY8k36OPWrZ]
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Dear Dan,
Can we restore the Klamath? Yes we can! Tribal people and others are sending
the message loud and clear: PacifiCorp's environmental injustice
cannot continue on our river. Now it's time to send your message. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ot1hSXcLgOmzmkYTy2tlXwxx-EL5CMT8luFD2343xaemDubdrRa4hTS3A9VGuwPGsitS9tS_0wqCp5oief8wf_C-UcTToyfQZNxeShHQimtEV7Iros0hbmY]
Written comments on PacifiCorp's 401 Clean Water permit are due by Nov. 17th. Take
30 seconds to send an email from our website [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ot1hSXcLgOmzmkYTy2tlXwxx-EL5CMT8luFD2343xaemDubdrRa4hTS3A9VGuwPGsitS9tS_0wqCp5oief8wf_C-UcTToyfQZNxeShHQimtEV7Iros0hbmY],
then tell your friends to do the same. Help us reach our goal of 5,000
public comments on this issue - endless pressure, endlessly applied
will bring these dams down.
Thanks to everyone who came to the hearings this month, and especially to new Klamath
Riverkeeper Board member Dania Rose Colegrove (pictured above) from Hoopa, CA.
Dania put some serious miles on her rig to dip toxic algae out of Iron Gate Reservoir
and deliver it to the Water Board at the dams' clean water hearings in Sacramento
and Eureka. Klamath Riverkeeper is working hard to support the work of community
organizers like Dania, we hope you'll continue to join us [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otCvasigrwErjHBcVqtJVzunsKMcB0Pi_MShDLfTRQlKD4zU0PdQUl6eE6EibxsXfWLm5toFcDsVt1fknbwoinUsXxIwTvyfMZnzhuJhxOFmuB4jyt3ys2t4J50s8-ktZ8=]
in this historic effort!
Malena Marvin
Outreach and Science Director
Klamath Riverkeeper
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Hundreds Speak Out Against Clean Water Permit for Klamath Dams

Klamath River advocates packed a room Monday to urge state water quality regulators
to turn down a permit for several hydropower dams and save the salmon and the salmon
culture of the basin. The State Water Resources Control Board is charged with examining
the effects the dams have on water quality, and how dismal water quality on the
river effects fish, wildlife and the people who depend on the Klamath. The permit
under consideration is a requirement for dam owner Pacificorp to get a new license
and continue operating its project. Dania Colegrove, a Yurok tribal member, presented
a stark reminder of the river's health: A 5-gallon jug full of fluorescent green,
algae-thick water taken from behind Iron Gate Dam.
Eureka Times-Standard - 10/21/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otP7waas-98qBtMW-yx1ikoNcY9u7Jo8lHcGf3RjXuDIPQZDS7idtknCFdRE_XPzdkX9vwbdh4gba12CC11HAPsHuvlCaL5rkJs-t_Yr-ffyPlUB3B6ww9oN4EtAr3k8FZEY5EOcFRGDQ==]
| Independent Media -10/30/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ot8Q3HNTt2KmpnhB0Bv-pO0SdLFv3VZqR2djr9YKCU0Lcn7hDoEi2reW8_ulLZ4ywJ1RViwDkjz_QXOveSMhurwmMnQKJKerB5to30TbqoJRYeZBqy5tWLchhBPqg9M7yDPK0zRw3iLB-S4BAG4UXFXsEnaXsJx_h0=]
| HSU Lumberjack - 10/29/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3oud2d2UpzD-KOj1m-cDgpFcwaBxLLYumj30Te9Wd0x2_OfTn1Omgpof-9ZYz4mpUESfb3iRDhkt4N22DZYgEBb2jo9T_QZAXKfXt8jfAO1IIipAN2nMM0mEkcl9X5d9_X9s8i8wZWo8otrI9J5MJaouSCZg-pUvMnoJe4svoyDInAhQN1tq0ROnOvaMLIQxZKqgSTkYTct8bKnjD6COjz09gXXNZadqn8WcYxFfjFhYMEWMlqtC1M1jdb1PVkOAxBGH3EPSFwSVVA==]
| Daily Triplicate - 10/22/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3otqrN3sN3H_em-GAkO-T_4MUtbXRpXgW9h_zbuT5GrheGh9mugCBncp66wzvwa1mCL5umAMp2gXTm12BIdYINYaLnNFboM-jZ4-mBphke2Ip1pAqU7okNbyuPjqB6qh0VYRuyClRagOrGQEWGxLEwBb]
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Waterkeepers Alliance's Robert F. Kennedy: Next EPA Head?

In an interview with the Huffington Post,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- reportedly under consideration by Barack Obama
to head the Environmental Protection Agency -- said that if asked, he
would serve... Kennedy, an
environmental lawyer and son of the late senator and attorney general
Robert F. Kennedy, has long championed a cleaner water supply for New
York City. As an officer and attorney for the environmental watch group
Riverkeeper, Kennedy has taken on governments and companies for
polluting the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. Huffington Post - 11/5/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ov7DNxsZK79Timb_1N5wlfloMeRmLJpWFjzA8QWIZe3XCzr1C-TX0N0K2TLMPxcGncVOLPFYSe0jCNdrue1FLcr0JH_OWM2cpEYBPzqf2vbMszNUEZBBvcZO8fh4LQXe-osihx-3V74RMY6bm-2Jpz9giJe7guVa7rdJIvl5RhwwnNnHKLyaumw]
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Siskiyou Supervisors Fail to Pass Anti-Dam Ordinance

Siskiyou County supervisors did not vote an another ordinance opposing
the removal of Klamath River dams last week because of concerns of
county officials.
A decision on the first reading of a draft ordinance adding a section
to the Siskiyou County Code regarding demolition and reclamation
projects was put off with several members of the board of supervisors
and at least two department heads fearing that the ordinance could
cause "unintended consequences."
Siskiyou Daily News - 10/21/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ouM5y2qjvnAJkxkyarSmi-wHwWTVzGdtv7tKlbtmSInpsQVCOH995tY8OtVR9ySGvt8CMLM8Lze3dgPVE-FCm0l8ml-7TnZ8knQcLMlMSxYq32pCbMF4nW4RB2rrczF2qtjwM1GKvOJfsitk4YsDLuH__yIrXy_GChxnG1sAxQAQyvPLGR5vDX8m1OeMqMKMpQ=]
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Is the Governor Terminating Salmon Surveys?

A coalition of fishing and environmental groups is alarmed that an
executive order by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued earlier this
year could further threaten imperiled populations of Central Valley and
Klamath River salmon. The order, made during the budget impasse between
the Governor and Legislature, terminated temporary help positions from
the state's payroll.
Jeff Shellito of California Trout, Kim Delfino of Defenders of
Wildlife, Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's
Associations and Paul Mason of Sierra Club California say they believe
this freeze may have adversely affected the ability of the Department
of Fish and Game (DFG) to conduct salmon surveys. These surveys are
needed to forecast appropriate levels of commercial, sport and tribal
harvest of these fish in 2009.
Independent Media - 11/3/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ou0PE54sowJASgJBIKj2Tj-cA3oNbX-p90JGX2RLB6-jorOdrMU89HETOfrrS6ET-w8QIeeUZPXYG2G2sRmLpkFu4xmNp4-euOJPa28LKbrnKIpoJ_tQTXREiBKzCQ-Qz2ngudBCkTv98wCqJTOsnfx1Rp1s7ycB18=]
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FERC Rep. Notes Most People Opposed to the LNG Project

A public meeting took place in Medford Wednesday
night to allow for public comment over a 230-mile liquefied natural gas
pipeline and terminal that would run from Coos Bay to southern Klamath
County. The Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline proposal
would transport natural gas from a terminal on the Oregon coast to
California and other West Coast states. Watch Video on KDRV - 10/31/08 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ASegXHSp3ouSwBQ7iftt6s_r6e9cOM8F0pEJX3kTjln6HL0BXyep2WE6AI_rRU6Hr4GTOCrON0yTglJrj9XvyHlFBkpbemI2_zpJJSHWLxXcq_RNyin-2KWTToL5URWO]
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water quality in the Klamath watershed, bringing vitality and abundance back to
the river
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