Federal judge rules against WOTUS, Capital Press, posted to KBC 6/10/19

Inslee OKs funding to study removal of Snake River dams, KATU 2 5/21/19

LaMalfa & Panetta’s Legislation to Honor Families of Veterans Passes House 5/21/19

Oregon wildlife head backs delisting of wolves as endangered, Register Guard 5/18/19.

Former commissioner Mallams urges board to fight dam removal, H&N Online 5/16/19. "Former Klamath County commissioner Tom Mallams urged current commissioners to take a strong, public stance against the Klamath River Renewal Corporation’s dam removal project at a Wednesday morning meeting...Mallams, accompanied by Siskiyou County Water Users Association president Rich Marshall, asked commissioners to sign a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission condemning removal of the J.C. Boyle dam in Klamath and three others in Jackson and Siskiyou counties.
Draft Letter to FERC

A tale of two wildfire bills, Medford Mail Tribune 5/15/19. Walden: more forest timber harvest and thinning to keep fires from spreading. Merkley: more money for counties, mitigation, fire fighting, collaboration,

After Klamath River flushes, C. shasta spores spike, surprising scientists, H&N online 5/14/19. "the number of spores actually spiked three or four weeks after the river flushing was completed earlier this spring." "The JC Boyle Dam in Klamath County, Ore., is one of four slated to be removed from the Klamath River under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Klamath County Commission and the Klamath River Renewal Corp."

Regulation headed for Upper Klamath Lake tributaries, Wood River, H&N 5/13/19. "Oregon Water Resources Department is in the process of validating a call on Upper Klamath Lake tributaries, including the Wood River, filed by senior water right holders, the Klamath Tribes, on April 18." (KBC NOTE: 2019 is an extremely high water year)

Only FERC will decide dam removal, not Klamath River Compact Commission, Guest Opinion by RICHARD ROOS-COLLINS General Counsel, KRRC, Herald and News Online 5/10/19. ""The JC Boyle Dam in Klamath County, Ore., is one of four slated to be removed from the Klamath River under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Klamath County Commission and the Klamath River Renewal Corp."
KRRC's Attorney Richard Roos-Collin extensive biography on KBC's Whose Who page.
A response to the general counsel of KRRC: Why Klamath Compact decision-making matters, by SCWUA attorney JAMES BUCHAL, guest opinion for H&N 5/13/19. "FERC’s own regulations (18 C.F.R. § 9.2) require FERC to determine the “qualifications of the transferee [here, KRRC] to hold such license.” KRRC is not qualified, because it was created in violation of federal law."

PacifiCorp and Tribes applaud selection of Kiewit, H&N 5/10/19. "The Karuk and Yurok tribes, both parties to the amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, applauded both developments as key steps in facilitating enactment of the KHSA..."

Salmon-eating sea lions targeted at Columbia River dam, H&N 5/5/19.

< This March 2019 photo was taken a few miles from the mouth of the Klamath River by KBC News. From Google: "Another estimate, based on California sea lions' metabolic needs, suggests that 100 animals feeding in that area consume at least 13,000 salmon each spring."

Groups sue to block grazing permits for pardoned Oregon ranchers, Capital Press 5/14/19.
1/5/16 - Congressman Walden emotionally describes the injustice by our federal government in the West, and the actual small acreage of grass burned by Hammond's backfire.

SCWUA/Siskyou County Water Users Association Fund Raiser Dinner: JOIN THE BATTLE TO SAVE THE DAMS; IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL, May 4th, 2019, Yreka, speakers Attorney James Buchal, CA U.S. Congressman Doug LaMalfa, Siskiyou County Supervisor Brandon Criss, Former Klamath County Commissioner Tom Mallams, Jackson County Commissioner Colleen Roberts.
VIDEO: James Buchal, Save the Klamath Dams, Siskiyou County May 4th fundraiser in Yreka to preserve the four hydropower dams on the Klamath River. YouTube: https://youtu.be/HxAtlBiLWE8 Other speakers were Congressman LaMalfa, former Klamath County Commissioner Tom Mallams, Siskiyou County Supervisor Brandon Criss, and Klamath resident Joe Watkins.

* KBC's Basin Volunteer Ambulance Service table of contents page
* History of Basin Volunteer Ambulance Service (BVAS) and the Volunteers, servicing Merrill, Malin, Tulelake, Newell, and surrounding areas, by Curtis Newkirk, EMT Intermediate with volunteer ambulance service of 49 years, May 4, 2019. ACTION NEEDED by those in the Merrill and Malin Fire Districts in the upcoming election.
* Tribute to Basin Volunteer Ambulance Service volunteers May 4, 2019