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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Tribes, fishermen rally for Klamath salmon </span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Eureka</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:City><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Times-Standard - 6/23/04</span></font></b></strong><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>By <st1:PersonName w:st="on">John Driscoll</st1:PersonName>,
staff writer</span></font></b></strong><font size=4><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>About 100
American Indians, fishermen and environmentalists lined U.S. Highway 101 here
with a message to federal regulators: Tear down the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is weighing Portland, Ore.,-based
PacifiCorp's request for a 50-year license for six dams. The commission
scheduled the public hearing at the Red Lion Inn after hundreds wrote in to
complain that its other four meetings were all held inland -- far from the
North Coast, which is most affected by the hydropower project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Protesters
said the Scottish Power subsidiary's dams block salmon from reaching historic spawning
grounds, and its reservoirs heat and foul water that is sent to the remaining
fish runs on the lower river. That has in large part devastated a legendary
fishery for Indians and commercial and sport fishermen, they said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Robley
Schwenk, a Yurok Indian born on the lower Klamath in 1936, said he's watched as
runs of salmon, lamprey, candlefish and sturgeon have plummeted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"There
used to be a multitude of tourists and fish," Schwenk said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>But
PacifiCorp has ignored the idea of removing the dams, or even building fish
ladders to pass salmon above the dams, he said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
National Research Council and the California Energy Commission have also called
for an analysis of decommissioning at least one of the dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Drivers
in rush-hour traffic honked their horns in support of the protesters, who
carried signs that said, "Save our Salmon" and, "Corporations
swim in money, fish in water."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Yurok
tribal member Glenn Scott said he hopes to raise public awareness to the Klamath's
problems. Massive fish kills, like the one in 2002, and the hundreds of
thousands of young fish dying of diseases in recent years point to a troubled
system, Scott said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"Fish
can't afford to wait for better water," Scott said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Some said
they've seen their livelihoods evaporate with increasing fishing restrictions
meant to protect Klamath salmon. The Klamath's struggling salmon influence
quotas and seasons from <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>, driving
hundreds from the industry in the past 20 years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Former
commercial salmon fisherman and lower river fishing guide Craig Bell said
there's no time to wait for action on FERC's part.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>Bell</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> called for immediate interim measures to
improve river conditions followed by a quick, complete analysis of the dams'
effects. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"We
want some action fairly rapidly," <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City>
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Consultant, California Trout, Inc.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810 ce</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 9562 fx</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.fotr.org">http://www.fotr.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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