Archive 150 - November 2014
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* Klamath County Commissioners'
Special Work Session
VIDEO
from November 21:
http://www.viddler.com/v/27e3aca2
This meeting included public comment
regarding the commissioners sending the
following joint letter to the U.S. Senate
regarding the Klamath Agreements, and the
commissioners' responses. Controversy means new water pact is necessary, Herald and News letter to the editor by Wilma Heiney, Tulelake, posted to KBC 11/30/14. Commissioners make good on election vows. H&N letter to the editor by Loren and Laura Little, Chiloquin, posted to KBC 11/30/14 Cal-OR Bi-State Alliance ALTERNATIVES to the KBRA and KHSA (Klamath dam-removal agreements), May 2014. (Both agreements mandate Klamath River Hydro-electric Dam removals) Saving the Klamath River Dams, the best alternative for Siskiyou and Klamath Counties, May 2014, Cal-Or Bi-State Alliance RERUN - Why Willamette Valley farmers should watch Klamath Falls' water rights fight, Statesman Journal, reposted to KBC 11/29/14. “This is, in my opinion, a blueprint to shut down wells whenever and wherever they want ... This is not just a Klamath Basin issue. This is a state issue. This is a national issue.” Isaiah 44:6-8 "Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts; I am the First and I am the Last, besides Me there is no other God. And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, since I appointed the ancient people, and the things that are coming and shall come, let them show these to them. Do not fear, nor be afraid; have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one." Sent from Frank Tallerico 11/23/14.
*
Tell
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden how you feel on the
issue of the controversial
KBRA/Klamath
Basin Restoration Agreement, because
presently Democrat
"Senator
Ron
Wyden is trying to move a long-stalled
bill through the lame duck session of
Congress that would implement agreements to
remove four hydroelectric dams on the
Klamath River..." * Comment period for fee hike at Crater Lake now open until December 22, H&N 11/22/14. "Under the proposal, single vehicle entrance fees would increase from $10 to $25..."
Japanese quest for
Tulelake 1000-acre monument - KBC News
Page
Water pact receives backlash, Stakeholders decry county letter on dam removal, H&N, posted to KBC 11/23/14. KBC NOTE: Liskey wants the elected Klamath County Commissioners to not oppose the KBRA. In May 2013, Gail Whitsett, KBRA opponent, won the election as Oregon State Representative District 56. Tracy Liskey, proponent of the KBRA, lost the election. On November 4th, 2014, Whitsett ran unopposed and won the endorsement of Democrats, Republicans and Independents with 97.36% of the votes cast. Liskey is an editorial advisor to the Herald and News. See extended KBC NOTE in the above article link. Chamber backs water agreement. Members ask Walden to support bill as well, H&N, posted to KBC 11/23/14. KBC NOTE: KBRA supporter Chamber Executive Director Chip Massie is an advisor to the editorial board of the Herald and News. Can Congress help the Klamath Basin restore itself? It must, according to the Oregonian editors, posted to KBC 11/23/14 KBC Note: perhaps we should continue growing food in the Klamath Basin for a hungry world and our urban editorial boards can restore their own cities to prehuman existence. Feinstein shuts off California water talks until 2015, Fresno Bee, posted to KBC 11/23/14
November
19, 2014 -
Board
of County Commissioners, Press
Release/Public Meeting Notice
What’s wrong in Siskiyou County? by Capt. William E. Simpson, USMM, My Outdoor Buddy 11/20/14. Groundwater study group meets Nov. 18 KWAPA Agenda-Special Board Meeting 11/17/14 Hebrews 13:20-21 "Now may the God of peace, who brought up or Lord Jesus from the Dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen." Fish die-off averted; Salmon run going strong. About 2,300 chinook have entered the Trinity River Hatchery, H&N, posted to KBC 11/16/14. "The Shasta River chinook salmon run is already the second largest since 2001...current estimate for the entire run exceeds all but three years since 1978." (Klamath County) Commission opposes Klamath water pact; House must approve bill before it reaches Obama, H&N 11/16/14. "commissioner Dennis Linthicum: “...our counties don’t support Senate Bill 2379..."
Klamath bills pass Senate. Water pact,
forestry act take a step forward, H&N 11/14/14.
"Sen.
Ron Wyden is trying to move a long-stalled
bill through the lame duck session of
Congress that would implement agreements to
remove four hydroelectric dams on the
Klamath River to help salmon."
Oregon
Wyden's forestry bill would "create 87,000
acres of new wilderness and 252 miles of new
wild and scenic rivers." It is
"...expected to..." more than double
current timber harvests (KBC NOTE:
which are a fraction of historic harvests.)
Klamath pact supporters press bill’s passage, Capital Press 11/14/14.
Modoc
Rancher of the Year
Ray Ackley
owns, manages Dry Lake Ranch near Tulelake,
H&N, posted to KBC 11/16/14. Rep. Gail Whitsett has several bills planned. Whitsett also plans to submit an updated version of the groundwater bill HB 4044, H&N, posted to KBC 11/16/14 Groundwater study group meets Nov. 18. Residents can find out more about groundwater rules, H&N, posted to KBC 11/16/14. KBC Note: The KBRA / Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement mandates Klamath Basin irrigators to have a groundwater management plan which will control how much groundwater an irrigator may use on their own property, mandating 'no adverse impacts'. What constitute an "adverse impact" will be decided by tribes, environmental groups, government agencies and a few farmers. Tulelake Irrigation District has already installed this mandate of the KBRA. However, they did tell their constituents that their plan "is not a requirement of...the KBRA..." and "will not regulate groundwater within the Plan area." Questions about Basin water issues continue, H&N letter by Karen Walther, posted to KBC 11/16/14. "I suggest you Google Agenda 21. See how far it has progressed in our Basin. Do you really want this to happen? If you do, then continue fighting for the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the like." Public Comment Period Open for Waters of the U.S. Proposed Rule - Comments due 11/14/14 Comments due 11/14/14 on salvage logging of the Westside Fires Klamath Water and Power Agency / KWAPA Agenda-Special Board Meeting Nov. 17, 2014 Provisions in the controversial KBRA / Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement for giving land to the Klamath Tribes could hamper completion of improvements on the dangerous Highway 97; ODOT (and the public) was not included in the negotiations, Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett's Newsletter 11/12/14 Power deliveries yet to be finalized. Group will explore innovative avenues for cheaper power, H&N 11/6/14
More water security for Basin irrigators,
new
corporation aims to solidify terms of the
settlement pact,
H&N 11/8/14 |
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