* Amended Summons; You Have Been Sued, by Tulelake Irrigation District, regarding validity of Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and Klamath Dam agreement. You may respond by July 30, 2010.
 

KBC NOTE: A May 2009 poll conducted by Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett and State Reps Garrard and Gilman showed that only 5% of those polled in Klamath County favor the closed and confidential negotiations involved in developing the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement/KBRA  and Klamath dam removal agreement. KBRA supporters ridiculed the poll, so those reps conducted a public input meeting Nov. 2009 on the KBRA. Klamath County Commissioners, Klamath Tribes, Klamath Water Users Association, Family Farm Alliance, and PacifiCorp boycotted the meeting. Of more than 300 attending, no one spoke or wrote testimony supporting the KBRA or dam removal. Klamath County Commissioners and most Klamath Project irrigation districts denied their constituents their request to vote on the KBRA.

Tuesday June 1, KWAPA/Klamath Water and Power public meeting.  Board members Ed Bair, Bill Heiney, John Crawford, Dave Cacka, Rocky Lisky. About KWAPA

Newspaper tried to steal the election, but failed, H&N guest writer Frank Goodson, Klamath Falls, posted to KBC 5/31/10
"...the Whitsett /Garrard Poll (65 percent against dam removal) accurately represented the voters views...Bill Garrard and Dennis Linthicum both won the primary election by about 65 percent to 35 percent...will the Klamath County commissioners now provide an opportunity for us voters to vote on the dam removal and the KBRA?"

Senate Bill Adds $10 Million In Drought Relief For Klamath Basin, OPB, posted to KBC 5/31/10

Langell Valley irrigators cry foul, H&N 5/28/10. "Farmers and ranchers in the Langell Valley forced to idle land or use well water for irrigation will get $40 an acre from federal relief funding...The Malin Irrigation District, which would have been excluded from water deliveries because it has a secondary contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, is being paid $220 an acre through the Klamath Water and Power Agency program to idle the land....Langell Valley irrigators were paid nothing last year, and were the only irrigators affected by low water supplies in 2009."

No more wilderness or National Monuments. "Happy Camp is already surrounded by wilderness areas and prime wildfire dangers.  Don't make it worse!," by Karuk Tribal member James Waddell, 5/28/10

Tide turns for victims of regulatory drought: government errors continue to mount; PLF appeals delta smelt regulations to 9th Circuit 5/27/10

Double Standard on Salmon Losses? California Ag Network 5/27/10 

*Input sought on (Klamath) water quality plan, public comment until 5/27/10

Backers of Klamath dam-removal plan fail at polls, Capital Press, posted to KBC 5/23/10. "Opposition to dam removal helped the political newcomer win nearly 63 percent of the vote in the May 18 Klamath County Republican primary to unseat long-time commissioner John Elliott. ...Rep. Bill Garrard, R-Klamath Falls, who also opposes the agreement and dam removal, scored a convincing win May 18, securing 64 percent of the vote in the Republican primary for House District 56...'The people have spoken,' said Tom Mallams, a Klamath County rancher and vocal opponent of dam removal."

Meg Whitman in Redding Th June 3rd, 4:30-6 PM Air Shasta  hanger

Director Jennifer Simon: Farm Bill doesn’t fit Klamath Basin agriculture needs, H&N 5/23/10

Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett District 28 Newsletter posted to KBC 6/23/10

Klamath Irrigation director (Dave Solem) hopes for best, prepares for the worst, H&N 5/23/10

Brothers must grow potatoes to fulfill chipping contracts, H&N 5/23/10

Floyd A. Boyd Co. owner works weekends to keep up with refinancing requests, H&N 5/23/10

California Farm Bureau Federation Friday Review of bills and laws, posted to KBC 5/23/10

People have forgotten why we need to have dams, H&N, posted to KBC 5/22/10

Farmers want to do nothing more than farm, H&N letter by Jana Dunlea, posted to KBC 5/22/10

Riding herd on water; (Klamath)Irrigation district ditchriders must make sure users get their share, H&N, posted to KBC 5/22/10

Latest Forecast Predicts Spring Chinook Return At 340,000 Fish; Second Best On Record, Columbia Basin Bulletin 5/21/10