[env-trinity] Speak For the Klamath FRIDAY APR 1 at Bayside Grange????
summerhillfarmpv at aol.com
summerhillfarmpv at aol.com
Mon Mar 28 10:12:43 PDT 2011
Tom, Bill, et all, I think we are getting distracted from the real issues
here. We have differing opinions on what the KHSA and KBRA will do for the
river and fishery. Some say it means less water for the river and some the
opposite. The fact is that in most years there will be much more water
going to the river than in the past, especially during dry years. Take a
look at the graphs on historical diversions vs. what will happen under the
KBRA. Glen Spain and I worked for nearly 2 months to prevent waiver of the
ESA requirements in the critically dry years, so meeting the BiOp
requirements is still required, and thus the ag allotment can be lowered based on that
if needed. It's true, more water is going to Ag than we in the
negotiations wanted, but that was the compromise we made based on additional
restoration, ground water management and over-sight, along with a volunteer water
right reduction program for upper basin Ag.
Tom Hardy was very clear in our science meeting in Mt. Shasta that he felt
the reduced flows in the river under drought conditions would work for fish
as long as the dams were out. My memory was that flows as low as 700 cfs
would support the fishery. I realize Hoopa biologist disagreed, as did
Bill Trush, but all others agreed with Tom (24 biologists).
The KBRA and KHSA are not perfect agreements only because they don't
provide everything the environmental community and Tribes would like. That
said, if they were perfect to all of us, it never would have reached the
agreement state we now have. Frankly, all sides have to feel they can "live with
the final agreement" and that is what happened. No side felt "they won",
yet neither did they feel they lost.
Let's not forget that nearly $600 million was already committed to the
Klamath basin recovery, so to say we're adding a $1 Billion dollar deal here is
not totally accurate. Pacific Corp has done their work to determine what
is in their best interest and that is the KHSA, and I don't think any of
the rest of us want the dams to stay. This is the best path forward in the
shortest amount of time. Why can't we work together to get it done instead
of fighting over who is right? The deals are only as good as the effort
put in to get them completed. If the two deals get completed the basin will
be better off than today, and we have the chance to have salmon and
steelhead in the upper basin for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Implementation of the other pieces are critical to flows, and that needs to get
completed. Undermining the agreements only means that none of it gets completed,
which I see as a huge loss for the basin, its communities and the fishery.
Mark Rockwell
In a message dated 3/28/2011 9:48:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
kierassociates at suddenlink.net writes:
Tom
With the greatest respect and regard for your counsel, believe me, Ive
just got to stick my oar in here :
At the time of the administrative proceedings in Sacramento - when was
that, 2007 ? - most of the fish agency folks thoroughly believed your
proposition, below, that 'The only license FERC can issue to PacifiCorp will
require construction of full volitional fish passage, work so expensive that
PacifiCorp will remove the dams instead.'
The prob with the way that we regulate utilities, however, is that the
utility can recover the full cost of mandated improvements to its assets -
plus its established rate of profit - X% on top of its (the ratepayers') out
of pocket costs
So the world of utility regulation is this sort of upside-down business
model where greater expenses actually add profit (and dividends for the
utilities' shareholders) - goofy, I know, and hard to keep one's brain wrapped
around - but that's the way it is.
The volitional fish passage work, had it been the path taken, would have
been idiotic - but profitable to the utility/ its shareholders
That said, I, too, wish for satisfaction of PacifiCorps' Clean Water Act
responsibilities.
'Best to all,
Bill
At 08:58 AM 3/28/2011, Tom Schlosser wrote:
Please note that this event raises funds for the legislative effort that's
very questionable and quite controversial in the Basin.B The legislation
demanded by PacifiCorp and the other KHSA parties must also ratify the KBRA,
complete with its unfair allocation of water away from the Klamath River,
and its required billion in federal appropriations. Rather than lobbying
Congress for this poorly designed legislation, parties should be lobbying the
SWRCB and ODEQ to complete their CWA Sec. 401 application processes and
let the FERC process resume.B The only license FERC can issue to PacifiCorp
will require construction of full volitional fish passage, work so expensive
that PacifiCorp will remove the dams instead. FERC has a decommissioning
policy that works. See Tacoma v. FERC _http://www.msaj.com/cases/051054a.pdf_
(http://www.msaj.com/cases/051054a.pdf)
Legislation isn't necessary for dam removal. PacifiCorp made a deal (with
some groups and pols) which has no fixed removal date. They like that.
They're cheerfully watching the process go sideways, ...which they have every
right to do under the KHSA. Folks need to read the documents carefully and
examine the exit options.
Tom
On 3/27/2011 3:09 PM, Byron Leydecker wrote:
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From: Dan Bacher [_ mailto:danielbacher at fishsniffer.com_
(mailto:danielbacher at fishsniffer.com) ]
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 1:49 PM
Subject: Speak For the Klamath FRIDAY APR 1 at Bayside Grange!
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Below is information about a great event hosted by the Klamath Justice
Coalition and Klamath Riverkeeper in Arcata this Friday, April 1, at 6 p.m.
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Thanks
Dan
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Dear friends,
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This Friday, April 1 is the Speak for the Klamath fundraiser hosted by the
Klamath Justice Coalition and Klamath Riverkeeper at the Bayside Grange in
Arcata (flyer attached). It would be great to see you there.
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The event features frybread tacos, local beer and wine, an auction of
local art, film shorts, spoken word, live music and t-shirt sales. Doors open
at 6 p.m., and there's a suggested $10 donation. Proceeds from the event
will help send a delegation of Klamath River activists to Washington D.C. to
advocate dam removal on the Klamath.
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We'd really appreciate your support, whether it's by attending the event,
volunteering (if you or someone you know can volunteer, please e-mail me)
or spreading the word! Become a shareholder in one of the world's largest
restoration projects and join the movement to restore an almost 16,000 square
mile ecosystem.
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Erica Terence
Conservation Director/Executive Director
Klamath Riverkeeper
PO Box 751
Somes Bar, CA 95568
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530.627.3311 (office)
530.340.5415 (cell)
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_http://www.klamathriver.org_ (http://www.klamathriver.org/)
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Byron Leydecker
Chair, Friends of Trinity River
PO Box 2327
Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327
415 383 4810 land
415 519 4810 mobile
_bwl3 at comcast.net_ (mailto:bwl3 at comcast.net)
_bleydecker at stanfordalumni.org_ (mailto:bleydecker at stanfordalumni.org)
_http://www.fotr.org_ (http://www.fotr.org/)
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