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California Fish and Game
Director Chuck Bonham met with Siskiyou County Ranchers,
Farmers and Government Officials
1/30/13 News Director Corkey Small,
Buffalo Broadcasting News Service
Chuck Bonham, Director
of the California Department of Fish and Game, met
individually with members of the Siskiyou County Board of
Supervisors yesterday. Buffalo Broadcasting will bring you
details of those meetings at a later date. Later in the
Day, Mr. Bonham met with 25 Siskiyou County ranchers,
farmers and water right owners in an open forum setting.
The meeting was arranged by Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon
Lopey in order that landowners could express opinions
regarding resource issues which face our county.
There was nothing of substance forthcoming
due to the one hour time restriction placed on the meeting
by CDFG, however none of the participants missed the
opportunity to express their displeasure with the agency.
Coho salmon and water issues were in the
forefront, with mining and wolves also being discussed.
Leaving the meeting, one
could say that perhaps none of our problems were solved, but
there is no doubt that Mr. Bonham knows where the citizens
of Siskiyou stand on these contentious issues. Congressman
LaMalfa and Senator Nielsen’s offices sent representatives.
Sheriff Lopey was also in attendance.
Among the points made:
Voters, taxpayers,
property and water right owners object strongly to being
given equal standing to the so-called “stakeholders” such as
the Klamath River Keepers.
Mr. Bonham agreed that property owners should
be held in much higher esteem than KS wild or other groups
who have nothing to lose in resource decisions.
The property owners of
Siskiyou County will not tolerate the illegal taking of
property or water by CDFG or any other agency of the
government.
No Comment from Mr. Bonham.
Mr. Bonham made the
categorical statement that CDFG has no current plan to
introduce wolves into California.
Mr. Bonham agreed to look at
the destruction caused by the huge elk herds to Butte Valley
ranchers.
It is fairly certain the CDFG
will pursue the Coho salmon permit which it has been trying
for years to get. Under Mr. Bonham’s leadership, they will
be smarter in the attempt to gain control over water rights
and instream flows.
The Fish and Game Commission
is meeting in Mt, Shasta on March 7. It would be in the
interest of every property owner in Siskiyou County to
attend this meeting.
Siskiyou mining interests
were well represented by Mike Adams. Mr. Adams insisted
that CDFG comply with the law and finish the EIR, regulatory
process and fee structure, so that miners could get back to
work.
Mr. Bonham agreed to look
revisit this issue from Sacramento.
One member of the Karuk Tribe
also representing miners spoke of the greed and corruption
which has been present in the Karuk Department of Natural
Resources. This gentleman also wishes to get back to making
a living for his family. Buster Attebury, Council Chairman,
is trying to get a handle on these suspect activities in
order to improve the situation for all of the Karuk people
and not just a select few.
No Comment from Mr. Bonham on
this issue.
The common theme from the
people of Siskiyou County to CDFG is this:
Where is the Common Sense?
We would all like to know the answer.
This is your News Director
Corkey Small reporting for Buffalo Broadcasting.
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