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Oregon Will Pay to Remove Klamath DamsAP, 07/15/09 State Won't Hold Up Regulatory Process Times-Standard, 02/24/09 Klamath Dam Removal Bill Clears Senate Oregonian, 02/10/09 Obama and the Klamath River BasinFelice Pace, 01/21/09
2008 Spending on Klamath QuestionedRatepayers Press Release, 09/09/08 Irrigators Disappointed by Dismissal K-Falls Herald & News, 07/27/08 More... 2007 Negotiating the KlamathOregonian, 12/09/07 Fish Benefit of a Klamath Pact QuestionedSacramento Bee, 12/09/07 More... 2006 Summit Delayed to Allow Parties to NegotiateOregonian, 11/22/06 Farmers Appeal Increase in Water for SalmonAP, 11/13/06 More... 2005 Salmon Above the DamsEureka Times-Standard, 11/12/05 Court Tosses Bush Plan for Klamath WaterThe Oregonian, 10/19/05 More... 2004 Enviros Sue Over Bull Trout Habitat Associated Press, 12/16/04 Lawsuit Aims to Alter Endangered Species ActMt Shasta Herald, 12/01/04 More...
Oregon Will Pay to Remove Klamath DamsAP, 07/15/09 State Won't Hold Up Regulatory Process Times-Standard, 02/24/09 Klamath Dam Removal Bill Clears Senate Oregonian, 02/10/09 Obama and the Klamath River BasinFelice Pace, 01/21/09
2008 Spending on Klamath QuestionedRatepayers Press Release, 09/09/08 Irrigators Disappointed by Dismissal K-Falls Herald & News, 07/27/08 More... 2007 Negotiating the KlamathOregonian, 12/09/07 Fish Benefit of a Klamath Pact QuestionedSacramento Bee, 12/09/07 More... 2006 Summit Delayed to Allow Parties to NegotiateOregonian, 11/22/06 Farmers Appeal Increase in Water for SalmonAP, 11/13/06 More... 2005 Salmon Above the DamsEureka Times-Standard, 11/12/05 Court Tosses Bush Plan for Klamath WaterThe Oregonian, 10/19/05 More... 2004 Enviros Sue Over Bull Trout Habitat Associated Press, 12/16/04 Lawsuit Aims to Alter Endangered Species ActMt Shasta Herald, 12/01/04 More...
Klamath Fisheries
The Lifeblood of Forests & People; in Peril
The Klamath River basin is home to native peoples, including the Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk and Klamath tribes, who depend on fisheries. The Salmon River is the most productive stream in the Klamath basin for chinook salmon, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Salmon is also a refuge for endangered coho salmon, as well as green sturgeon, lamprey and steelhead - all proposed for protection.
The Salmon River provides as much water for the lower Klamath River as does the entire upper Basin. The Forest Service admits that the cool water of mid-Klamath tributaries, including the Salmon, keeps the mainstem river’s remnant fisheries alive.
Responding to the death of 68,000 chinook at the mouth of the Klamath, the National Research Council called for caution in further management of the Salmon watershed. “Logging and its associated road-building have greatly increased erosion on the steep and fragile slopes of the watershed and have reduced shading of small tributaries, thus increasing water temperatures,” the NRC wrote.
Nonetheless, the Forest Service is still planning huge old growth logging sales and destructive mining projects for the wild salmon river.
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The Lifeblood of Forests & People; in Peril
The Klamath River basin is home to native peoples, including the Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk and Klamath tribes, who depend on fisheries. The Salmon River is the most productive stream in the Klamath basin for chinook salmon, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Salmon is also a refuge for endangered coho salmon, as well as green sturgeon, lamprey and steelhead - all proposed for protection.
The Salmon River provides as much water for the lower Klamath River as does the entire upper Basin. The Forest Service admits that the cool water of mid-Klamath tributaries, including the Salmon, keeps the mainstem river’s remnant fisheries alive.
Responding to the death of 68,000 chinook at the mouth of the Klamath, the National Research Council called for caution in further management of the Salmon watershed. “Logging and its associated road-building have greatly increased erosion on the steep and fragile slopes of the watershed and have reduced shading of small tributaries, thus increasing water temperatures,” the NRC wrote.
Nonetheless, the Forest Service is still planning huge old growth logging sales and destructive mining projects for the wild salmon river.
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