'First in Time, First in Right,' Legal complexities surround water in Upper Klamath Lake, H&N 6/5/21 KBC NOTE: When the Klamath Project was built, water was stored in Clear Lake, formerly a meadow, for evaporation and storage, and in Klamath Lake specifically for irrigation. Since the Tribes have insisted on taking our stored water for suckers and salmon, raising Klamath Lake levels and river flows extremely higher than historic levels and flows for more than 20 years contrary to the National Research Council's 'best available science,' suckers and salmon have declined, and more than 100,000 acres have been taken out of ag production to satisfy lake level and river flow management. The tribes have used the ESA/Endangered Species Act and tribal "science" to use stored irrigation water as a bargaining tool to obtain land that they sold. The environmentalists and government agencies have used tribal "science" and the ESA to rewild the West, including the goal of ripping out the Klamath River hydroelectric dams. HERE for the failed closed-door "agreements" they have conducted for 20 years.
< Link River  Around 1900 Link River, between Upper Klamath Lake and Lake Ewauna, occasionally went dry before the Klamath Project was built.	1905 - Tule Lake, before the Klamath Project was built, was up to 30' feet deep. It was a navigable lake. That's why on our deeds, signed by US President, we were deeded 2+ acre feet of water for our crops, appurtenant to our land, reuse it 7 times, then all the runoff we pump uphill, at our expense, divert it out of our closed basin, through the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Refuges supporting more than 400 species of wildlife, and into the Klamath River.
There are so many misleading and false statements in the article below. One specifically is by Yurok Tribe vice chairman Frankie Meyers, stating that "...Myers said he thinks those on all sides who have been involved in civil negotiations over water in the Klamath Basin know where each other is coming from, and that they’re not interested in disregarding anyone’s rights or histories..." Watch Meyers video:   https://www.facebook.com/frankie.myers.14/videos/4455720501123904   "...You are always in the right if you're telling your government officials to give land back to indigenous communities..." A ten minute video well worth your time.

How Klamath dam removal benefits the region by Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen for H&N 6/28/21, with extensive KBC NOTE: "..."The best available science" / National Research Counsel, Dr William Lewis Jr, said our water was historically bad because of minerals, and lake level and river flow management would not help water quality or the fish.  Flushing flows only add more mineral-laden water to the river, and taking more land out of production will not help fish..."

KLAMATH BASIN ECOTERRORISTS

IN 2 MONTHS OUR ECOTERRORIST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AND TRIBES  DESTROYED OUR KLAMATH BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES AND OUR FARMLAND BY WITHHOLDING OUR STORED WATER! !!! Never in known history has the Klamath Project been completely deprived of water!!!

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ecoterrorism "Ecoterrorism, also called ecological terrorism or environmental terrorism, destruction, or the threat of destruction, of the environment by states, groups, or individuals in order to intimidate or to coerce governments or civilians. The term also has been applied to a variety of crimes committed against companies or government agencies and intended to prevent or to interfere with activities allegedly harmful to the environment."

Klamath River June 16, 2021 for downriver salmon   Klamath Lake June 16, 2021 for suckers   Klamath Basin wildlife refuges June 6, for 433 species of wildlife   Klamath Basin farmland June 2021, 433 species of wildlife decimated, $400Million lost revenue, bankruptcies, more than 120 domestic wells effected means no water for drinking, food, livestock and farms,

Before the Klamath Project was built, there were up to 30 feet of water where our farms are now. It was a navigable lake. That's why on our deeds, signed by US President, we were deeded 2+ acre feet of water for our crops, as all the runoff we pump uphill, at our expense, out of our closed basin and into the Klamath River. We reuse it up to 7 times. The Project provides hundreds of miles of habitat in canals, 50% of wildlife feed comes from our farms. Klamath River often went dry in the fall before the Project was built.

President of California Waterfowl Association Ph. D. Robert McLandress, UC Davis ecology, 2001:  "There are (433) species of wildlife here; the (biological) opinion deals with three."        Here in the Pacific Flyway, Klamath Basin is "...the most important waterfowl area in North America..." Waterfowl eat "...70 million pounds of food here...," and more than half comes from the farms.  HERE FOR AUDIO.

Short Videos of 7 Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges by Anders Tomlinson, refuges DESTROYED by Ecoterrorists in 2 months! See WILDLIFE VIDEOS - https://anderstomlinson.com/tule-lake/wildlife/refuge-complex/

Ecoterrorists plan to destroy our 4 Klamath River Hydroelectric Dams providing flood control, power for 70,000 households, reservoirs filled with abundant ecosystems, habitat for endangered species, communities, water which recently saved many communities by suppressing wildfires, cold deep water for river flows for fish. Copco Lake which ecoterrorist agencies and NGO's will destroy with dam destruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjNVe5vtuZg < Condit Dam destruction leaves river of dust for residents - https://youtu.be/yp-tvviGJWo White House stands by BLM nominee despite eco-terrorism links, views on population control, Fox News, posted to KBC 6/28/21. "The letter told the Forest Service that 500 pounds of "spikes measuring 8 to 10 inches in length" had been jammed into the trees of an Idaho forest. Tree-spiking is a dangerous ecoterrorist tactic that has severely injured people, such as a mill worker whose jaw was split in two from an exploding saw..."

White House stands by BLM nominee despite eco-terrorism links, views on population control, Fox News 6/28/21. "The letter told the Forest Service that 500 pounds of "spikes measuring 8 to 10 inches in length" had been jammed into the trees of an Idaho forest. Tree-spiking is a dangerous ecoterrorist tactic that has severely injured people, such as a mill worker whose jaw was split in two from an exploding saw..."

FERC News Release: FERC Approves License Transfer for Lower Klamath Hydro Project 6/17/21.

Removing Klamath dams is loss of huge investment, H&N by Charles Ehlers 6/16/21. "...The average annual power production for these developments is around 75 megawatts hourly. At their production level, the annual value of their power is production level, at 10 cents per kilowatt the annual value of the power is $65.7 million....A megawatt will power approximately 1,000 homes. 75 megawatts can provide electricity for approximately 225,000 people...What else? No one knows for sure what the effects of removal will be. The silt behind the dams could poison the river for years or, in the event of a major flood, create a dead zone in the ocean at the mouth of the Klamath River. Who will pay for the cleanup?..."

Biologists, irrigators empty Tule Lake to improve habitat, fight disease H&N 6/12/2021. “In the last thousand years it has never looked like that,” said Tulelake farmer John Crawford...Crawford, who’s farmed in the Walking Wetlands program and on refuge leaselands, said he’s all for treating the Tule Lake ecosystem more holistically. Beyond contributing to some of the most productive bird habitats on the Pacific Flyway, farming in tandem with wetland habitats means he would get to use less pesticides and fertilizer and grow crops on some of the world’s most productive soil."

Klamath County's Horsefly Irrigation District - Long Term Returns, by Erika Bentsen, Ag Life 6/9/21

Biden administration to roll back ESA reforms, Capital Press 6/07/21. "Rescind a regulatory definition of “habitat” that limits critical habitat designations to a location that “currently or periodically contains the resources and conditions necessary to support one or more life processes of a species...Prohibit the agencies from considering the economic impacts and certain other consequences of their ESA listing decisions..." etc.

< Water Cutoff Betrays Veterans, guest writer Paul Christy, June 11, 2001. "America -- Why have you abandoned your World War 11 veteran homesteaders?..."