"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Christian Pastor executed by Nazi Germany 1945

Klamath Basin Settlement Page including current Klamath Dam removal settlement efforts and failed KBRA/Klamath Basin Restoration "Agreement" and related Klamath Dam Removal settlement agreements, articles, letters, videos, press releases, documents, and Who's Who

KBC's KRRC / Klamath River Renewal Corporation (Dam Destruction Group) Page  

Perspectives on Klamath River dam removal by Rex Cozzalio, 4th generation rancher by Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River, posted to KBC 11/8/19. This is a response to former legislator Jason Atkinson's support of destroying Klamath River Dams. Subject - dams and: irrigators, toxic algae, deadly C Shasta, habitat, power and PacifiCorp.

* Klamath River Compact Commission boosts visibility, H&N, posted to KBC 11/5/19.
* Susan Miller, Environmental Advisor for Siskiyou County Water Users Assoc, responds to Klamath Compact Commission meeting: "...information being presented should reflect all sides or viewpoints on a particular issue, rather than strictly being from the environmental agencies’ perspective only...We asked for equal time to present alternative scientific evidence and viewpoints and were refused...both environmental agencies represented by the two state commissioners are signatories of the Amended KHSA. Additionally, (Commission's Federal representative)Chrysten Lambert of Trout Unlimited...has glaring conflicts of interest..."
KBC NOTE: scroll to the bottom of our KRRC (Klamath dam removal group) leadership page regarding some of Lambert's conflicts of interest.

 

Greg Walden, Oregon's Only Congressional Republican, Won't Run For Reelection, OPB, posted to KBC 11/5/19   

Opinion: Klamath dam removal is not a partisan issue, H&N, posted to KBC 11/5/19, by guest Jason Atkinson, "a former Oregon state legislator for 14 years, wrote and produced the film “A River Between Us” documenting the restoration of the Klamath River. He is a Rodel Fellow with the Aspen Institute, which receives financial support from George Soros’s Open Society Institute: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/george-soros/
Soros financially supports many of the environmental groups and tribes that have litigated against the farmers’ and ranchers’ water rights, power rates, and those trying to save our Klamath hydro dams: http://klamathbasincrisis.org/funding
thedemise/Soros/georgesorostoc.htm
Soros’s history is very enlightening, a must read: http://klamathbasincrisis.org/fundingthedemise/Soros/history.htm : gun control, marijuana legalization, Clintons and Obama....

State Rep E. Werner Reschke files for re-election, H&N, posted to KBC 11/5/19.

Native workers unsure of future after coal plant closes, H&N, posted to KBC 11/5/19. "...mining operations in the region employed 700 mostly Native American workers. The power plant had more than 500 employees, 90% of whom were Navajo. Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the tribe will lose between $40 million and $50 million annually from coal revenue and lease payments...U.S. utilities announced the retirement of nearly 550 coal-fired power generators since 2010, the agency said. More are planned."

Senator Dennis Linthicum files for re-election, H&N, posted to KBC 11/5/19.

Matthew 36-39: “ 'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'  Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

Response by Siskiyou County Water Users to KRRC article in Siskiyou Daily News regarding Denial by California Water Resources for Clean Water Permit for Klamath Dam Removal, posted to KBC 10/20/19. "...Water Quality Board which is the lead agency for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is stating that KRRC has not met the stringent requirements imposed to protect the environment.  The Water Board therefore cannot certify the project without proper protection...Besides this issue the KRRC which was gifted more than Twenty-five Million Dollars by the California Natural Resources Agency as part of an eventual total of taxpayer dollars exceeding $250,000,000 (Bond Funds) much of which appears to have been spent in a creative and complex public relations effort, is a long ways from getting Federal Energy Resources Commission (FERC) approval.  An additional $200,000,000 will come from PacifiCorp ratepayers.  This shouldn’t be surprising as until 2016 the KRRC didn’t exist except as an idea hatched in a law firm in New York City..."

***North Cascades Grizzly Bear Introduction Draft EIS Comments due October 24, Ag Daily, posted to KBC 10/20/19. "The plan seeks to import up to 200 grizzly bears to the region, despite obvious local stakeholder concerns...The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed Ursus arctos, more commonly known as the “Grizzly” bear, as a ‘Species of Least Concern’, due in no small part to its population numbers of over 55,000 across North America."

Pacific Northwest tribes: Remove Columbia River dams, H&N, posted to KBC 10/20/19.
Former international clay-core dam designer Stephen Koshy extensively studied the imminent catastrophic collapse of the Klamath River clay-core dams if they were to be removed, and also the Columbia River dams:  Stephen Koshy Page: Clay-Core Dam Engineer Stephen Koshy's scientific reports, letters, and government correspondence regarding his prediction of the imminent catastrophic collapse if the Klamath Hydroelectric Dams are destroyed.

More than $350,000 awarded to benefit endangered Klamath sucker, H&N, posted to KBC 10/20/19.
Phosphorus causing decline in Klamath sucker fish by David Hill, Merrill, posted to KBC 10/20/19. "The major element causing the problem is phosphorus, which comes from the leaching of phosphorus from the volcanic ash, "pumice" in Annie Creek and numerous other streams feeding into Klamath Lake, as was found from research done in the 1970s. Klamath Lake is a euphoric lake, meaning it is a self dying lake which was noted by the Fremont Expedition as "stinking water" in the 1800s, no cattle were present then."

Owl killings spur moral questions about human intervention, H&N, posted to KBC 10/20/19. ("The owl experiment is unusual because it involves killing one species of owl to save another owl species...After the owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990...federal officials halted logging on millions of acres of old-growth forests on federal lands to protect the bird's habitat. But the birds' population continued to decline...the barred owl is the spotted owl's worst enemy")

Motion to FERC by Del Norte County to intervene in Klamath dam removal proceedings, posted to KBC 10/1/19.

California State Water Resources Control Board denies water quality certification to KRRC, Klamath dam removal group, posted to KBC 10/1/19.

SCWUA letter to Office of Management and Budget regarding Klamath Compact Commission Chairperson Chrysten Lambert's conflicts of interest, posted to KBC 10/1/19.

Fund Raiser dinner for Doug LaMalfa in Etna September 28th.

< Klamath's Vowell brothers to join Buckaroo Hall of Fame, H&N, posted to KBC 9/21/19.

The Good, Bad, Ugly - 2019 Oregon Legislative Session Summary by Oregon State Representative E. Werner Reschke,  posted to KBC 8/21/19. "The Democrat super majority legislature raised taxes on Oregonian’s nearly $5 billion...the Senate Republican walked out not once, but twice, halting the Senate process in order to prevent anti-constitutional gun, medical and environmentally extreme Cap & Trade bills from passing...Most policy was Portland-centric and top-down and will be devastating to rural Oregonians."

Plans target irrigation power cost reduction: KWUA hearing details water study progress. Energy symposium set for October by *Sustainable NW, H&N, posted to KBC 9/21/19. "...some irrigators have seen power costs increase as much as 2,000%, according to the Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA)."

Rules will change implementation of federal ESA, California Farm Bureau Federation Ag Alert, posted to KBC 9/21/19

EPA chief finalizes repeal of WOTUS, Capital Press, posted to KBC 9/21/19.

Lower Klamath refuge to start getting water, KWUA, posted to KBC 9/21/19. “Even in a year with 130 percent of average precipitation, we still did not have a full allocation to the Project,” said Klamath Irrigation District Manager Gene Souza. "The ESA requirements for fish are overwhelmingly the biggest risk to the water needs of the Refuge as well as the Project.”

Idaho wolf livestock depredations hit another record, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, posted to KBC 9/21/19.

Letter to FERC from Siskiyou County Water Users responding to Filing by KRRC (Klamath dam removal group), posted to KBC 8/22/19.

Inconvenient Truths: A little common sense on Klamath dam removal would go a long way, Range Magazine Fall 2019 Issue, by Theodora Johnson, posted to KBC 8/21/19. "There's a heap of evidence that flies in the face of the dam-removal activists' claims--evidence that shows dam removal could be epically catastrophic for all wildlife and people on the Klamath."

Groups sue over Klamath River water: KRRC's dam removal efforts continue, OPB, posted to KBC 8/14/19.
KBC NOTE: The attorneys for the Yurok Tribe and PCFFA (which created IFFR) is Earth Justice, funded by George Soros

***Klamath dams critical to fighting wildfires, KRRC's fire management plan inadequate, by The SISKIYOU COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, H&N guest opinion, posted to KBC Aug 14, 2019. "When homes and lives are at stake in a wildfire, nothing is more important than having firebreaks and a readily available water source. That’s exactly what’s provided by the reservoirs created by dams on the Klamath River... Last year, the infamous Klamathon fire, which burned over 38,000 acres over 16 days, was finally stopped by firefighters — thanks to the use of Iron Gate reservoir....Firefighting aircraft drafted 225,000 gallons of water per day. Most of it came from Iron Gate reservoir. At the peak of the fight, seventeen helicopters were engaged nonstop, sometimes dropping water as quickly as every six minutes....with the reservoirs gone, risk to firefighters’ lives will skyrocket. Not only will fires take longer to put out — which means fires will burn hotter and longer — but aircraft pilots will be forced to attempt to draw water from the river itself.... 2006, two firefighters lost their lives attempting to extract water from the river."

Facilitator Mikkelsen to aid Interior on Klamath water talks, H&N, posted to KBC 8/14/19. "Alan Mikkelsen, senior advisor to the Secretary of the Interior on water and western resource issues, said Friday he is continuing to take part in the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” meetings in addition to the facilitator...The coalition meetings are closed to the public and the media and are being held in Medford or Redding..." KBC NOTE: after the community's outrage over secret Klamath water settlement negotiations excluding public input or knowledge, our farm leaders and Interior assured us that there would be transparency in any future talks. Only allowed at the negotiation table were groups agreeing with destroying the Klamath hydroelectric dams.

WILLIAM PERRY PENDLEY appointed Deputy Director, Policy And Programs for BLM, July 2019. See his BIO

KRRC adds RES to dam removal contractor list, H&N 7/25/19

Klamath Basin water takings case argued in Washington, D.C., Compensation sought for federal 'taking' of water in 2001, H&N, posted to KBC 7/15/19.

Call on water appears unnecessary, by Bill Boyd, Chiloquin rancher, H&N, posted to KBC 7/15/19. "For the second year in a row, the Tribes in the Modoc Irrigation District have called for our irrigation and stock water to be shut off even through we had 140 percent normal moisture level this last winter..."

California Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Review, posted to KBC 7/15/19..diesel vehicle mandates, environmental, labor, rural crime, water, wildfire, wildlife...

California Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Review, posted to KBC 7/7/19. H-2A housing, harassment liability, excessive union organizer privilege, employer mandates, Klamath relief bills, pesticides, taxation, broadband representation, cattle guards, $130M drinking water fund taken from Greenhouse Gas Fund, wildfire bill, accidental take of protected species.

Fatal Conceit - System rigged against the public, Oregon State Senator Dennis Linthicum - District 28, June Newsletter. "The Democrat super-majority is advocating for the round-up and capture of elected representatives by the Oregon State Police. Additionally, they are proposing to fine each of us $500 per day. Then, to drive the knife deeper into the wound, the Senate President scheduled floor sessions for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which allowed the super-majority to levy an extra three days of fines. The sheer level of avarice is stupefying..."

Senator Kim Thatcher on the Oregon Senators' walkout: Cap And Trade, posted to KBC 7/2/19. "...Not only was HB 2020 coming to the Senate floor yesterday, a bill that grants driver licenses to illegals was also scheduled. Both of them contain an emergency clause which precludes a referendum by voters who want to put them on the ballot...just a few years ago, the Oregon legislature passed a driver license bill that was successfully put on the ballot where it was handily rejected by voters 2:1. Every county, except Multnomah where Portland resides, rejected driver licenses for illegals..."

National Popular Vote versus local rights, by Oregon State Senator Dennis Linthicum, H&N Guest Opinion, posted to KBC 7/2/19. "...There are 3,141 counties in the United States. Trump won 3,084 of them. Clinton won 57...In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; Trump won Richmond) Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote of the entire country...These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles. The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles...Large, densely-populated, cities such as, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, etc. shouldn’t be allowed to usurp the opinions of the rest of the country..."

Cap and Trade an excess of regulation, H&N letter to editor by Steve Rapalyea, posted to KBC 7/2/19. "...Manmade CO2 is estimated at 3% of the atmospheric CO2 and it has been found that natural variations exceed that percentage. CO2 is approximately 1,560,000th of the total atmospheric gas and is essential for all life on Earth....Think about our transportation system. It is mostly dependent on fossil fuels, as is much of our residential heating. Are you ready to give up your cars and trucks? How about farmers and ranchers with their diesel powered tractors?..."

Farm Bureau testifies in favor of new water rule, California Farm Bureau Federation Ag Alert, posted to KBC 7/2/19.

Justice Thomas: “Nothing in the Constitution Prohibits Passing Laws Prohibiting Dismemberment of a Living Child,” Life News June 28, 2019

* Letter to Tom Byler, Director Oregon Water Resources from Siskiyou County Water Users Association regarding Klamath Compact Commission meeting, posted to KBC 7/2/19. " SCWUA asks OWR nine questions regarding Klamath Compact Commission meeting of June 18.

Oregon Cap & Trade Advances. Air horn protest can’t shutdown climate bill, Oregon Capital Bureau (in Herald and News) June 13, 2019. "Johnson, the most conservative of the Senate Democrats, has been a vocal opponent of the bill, saying it would destroy the state’s economy...Republicans have been staunchly against the idea, saying it will decimate the rural way of life, where people work in mills and factories that would be hurt by cap and trade. They drive longer distances, making the estimated 16 cent-per-gallon increase in gas costs more significant... It will kill jobs, it will hurt families, businesses and employees, and it will incur extreme costs without providing benefit to the environment..."

California Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Review posted to KBC 6/15/19. Cap and Trade: $65M Ag Diesel Engine Replacement, $28M healthy soils, $34M Dairy Methane Reduction. $30M annually land acquisition, timber bill, fur trapping, endangered bumble bees, Delta Fisheries Management.

Attorney James Buchal's letter to The New 49'srs regarding ban on small scale mining, posted to KBC 6/10/19.

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

California Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Review 6/7/19
California Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Review 6/3/19: Smog check program for heavy duty vehicles which impacts agricultural vehicles, measure for new advisory position to make recommendations on impacts to agricultural including Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, give state authority to override federal changes to some state regulations including water management and endangered species, sick leave, family leave, school lunches, regulations for CalFire, $30 Million for continued annual land acquisition for animal habitat while having a $20 Billion backlog for maintenance."

LaMalfa & Panetta’s Legislation to Honor Families of Veterans Passes House, posted to KBC 5/23/19

* Interior retracts support for Klamath dam removal, Siskiyou County Natural Resources, H&N 5/23/19. "Flooding was a significant problem prior to the dams. The 100-year flood plain after decommissioning will undoubtedly encroach on homes, and property values will plummet...The community of Copco, nestled along the shores of Copco Lake, will become a ghost town once the lake disappears...No longer will water from the lake be there to save the community from wildfires—which has happened twice in the past few years...Twenty- to 30-million cubic feet of sediment will be released into the river upon decommissioning...releasing millions of tons of contaminated sediment into the river will likely kill significant aquatic life..."

* PRESS RELEASE: LaMalfa Thanks Interior for Withdrawing Obama-era Policy on Klamath Dams, posted to KBC 5/23/19.

* Letter from Secretary of Interior Bernhardt to FERC / Federal Energy Regulatory Commission withdrawing Obama Interior's letter of support for Klamath Dam Removal. May 17, 2019

*10/17/16 Letter to FERC from Obama's Interior Secretary Jewell supporting Klamath dam removal

Inslee OKs funding to study removal of Snake River dams, KATU 2, posted to KBC 5/23/19

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.

Former commissioner Mallams urges board to fight dam removal, H&N Online, posted to KBC 5/20/19. "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 response to the general counsel of KRRC: Why Klamath Compact decision-making matters, by SCWUA attorney JAMES BUCHAL, guest opinion for H&N, posted to KBC 5/20/19. "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."
   
• Only FERC will decide dam removal, not Klamath River Compact Commission, Guest Opinion by RICHARD ROOS-COLLINS General Counsel, KRRC, Herald and News Online, posted to KBC 5/20/19. ""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.
  
  After Klamath River flushes, C. shasta spores spike, surprising scientists, H&N online, posted to KBC 5/20/19. "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."

A tale of two wildfire bills, Medford Mail Tribune, posted to KBC 5/20/19. Walden: more forest timber harvest and thinning to keep fires from spreading. Merkley: more money for counties, mitigation, fire fighting, collaboration,

Regulation headed for Upper Klamath Lake tributaries, Wood River, H&N, posted to KBC 5/20/19. "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)

Groups sue to block grazing permits for pardoned Oregon ranchers, Capital Press, posted to KBC 5/20/19.
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.

Salmon-eating sea lions targeted at Columbia River dam, H&N, posted to KBC 5/20/19.

< 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."

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

PacifiCorp and Tribes applaud selection of Kiewit, H&N, posted to KBC 5/20/19. "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..."

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.

KBC STATS for April 2019: 14,118 visits, 5415 unique visitors, 210,739 pages, 221,211 hits

* 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

Matthew 5:9

WARNING: Stephen Koshy Page: Clay-Core Dam Engineer Stephen Koshy's scientific reports, letters, and government correspondence regarding his prediction of the imminent catastrophic collapse if the Klamath Hydroelectric Dams are destroyed.

Kiewit wins dam removal contract from KRRC, H&N, posted to KBC 4/26/19
   * Kiewit positions for Klamath dam pillage, by Rex Cozzalio, member of SCWUA / Siskiyou County Water Users Association, 1/18/19
  
Oregon Disarmament Bill: SB 978 by Dennis Linthicum, Oregon State Senator District 28, posted to KBC 4/28/19.

VFW concerns: Proposed gun law fails to exclude antique weapons, H&N guest writer Lawrence Cottingham, posted to KBC 4/28/19. Cottingham is a SFC U.S. Army retired veteran, VFW and American Legion member.

Utility offers updates on dams, forest fires, H&N, posted to KBC 4/28/19.

Klamath Tribes at water coalition talks, H&N, posted to KBC 4/28/19.

Rules slash regulatory reach over Upper Klamath wells, Capital Press, posted to KBC 4/24/19. “Pumping shutdowns by the Oregon Water Resources Department have been a source of controversy in the Upper Klamath Basin in recent years, with the agency facing multiple lawsuits arguing that regulated wells aren’t actually interfering with surface water rights... 'Overall, the rules are still bad for us, bad for the entire state of Oregon,' said Tom Mallams, an area farmer who sat on a “rules advisory committee” about the interim regulations. 'It’s unlikely OWRD will actually abide by a provision stating that the interim rules won’t set a precedent,' he said. 'Water Resources say they won’t or say they will, and they don’t stick to it. The final rules may again increase the number of wells subject to regulation while retaining provisions about the adverse impacts from groundwater pumping, hindering irrigators from challenging shutdowns in court,' said Mallams.'The OWRD likely reduced the distance in the interim rules to avoid court challenges in the meantime,' he said. 'That’s a very appealing carrot to the irrigators, but we know that’s just to put a stop to the litigation against them.' ”

CFBF Legislative Review, posted to KBC 4/24/19...ag employee housing, pot, marketing, hemp, pesticides, ESA-protected Tricolored Blackbirds.

Number of small farms is growing in Oregon, Argus Observer, posted to KBC 4/24/19. "...The amount of farmland in Oregon had dropped by about 340,000 acres over the five-year period... labor is the top cost on farm, having increased 21 percent since 2012..."

Lawsuit renews attack on grazing in Oregon national forest, Capital Press, posted to KBC 4/24/19.

What Breaks God’s Heart, LUKE 19:41-42

KWUA files lawsuit against Reclamation, H&N 4/12/19. "Klamath Water Users Association, which had announced its intent to file suit last week, did so against Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday due to limitations to water supply for the Klamath Project outlined in the 2019 biological opinions."

Water for irrigators: KWUA announces Project delivery, H&N, posted to KBC 4/13/19. "Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Basin Area Office will deliver at least 322,000 acre feet of water — or a 92% allocation — rather than a full 350,000 from Upper Klamath Lake to the Klamath Project this summer and fall...Longtime legal counsel for KWUA Paul Simmons...was selected as executive director of the association..." KBC NOTE: an irrigator contacted and told us: "It is really less than honest to say the Project is getting 92% of their deliveries this year. If you go back to their original allotment, this year they are only actually getting around 69. All of our water, both upper and lower basin, continues to be "re-allocated."

California Farm Bureau Federation Friday Legislative Review, posted to KBC 4/13/19.

Klamath Tribes expand crime victim support with $400,000 grant, posted to KBC H&N 4/13/19. "Klamath Tribes Social Services Director Marvin Garcia said they currently employ one victim advocate who handles up to 100 cases per month...More than 80 percent of Native American women across the country have experienced violence, according to the Indian Law Resource Center, and more than 50 percent have experienced sexual violence..."

California fire risk shows urgent need for prevention work, Chico Enterprise-Record, posted to KBC 4/13/19. "Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on wildfires, designed to expedite forest-thinning projects and other programs..Cal Fire and the state Board of Forestry estimate 23 million acres in the state’s responsibility area could benefit from fuel reduction. And those treatments aren’t one-time efforts: they must be repeated every few years to be effective...Among the biggest complications in forest management are California’s strict environmental regulations...The reviews can take years."

Sprague River rising to 8.4 feet, on flood watch, H&N, posted to KBC 4/13/19.

For April 2019 chronological news, see Archive 203
For Main Archive Page go HERE.

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