<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="country-region"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="Street"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PostalCode"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceType"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceName"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="City"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="address"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PersonName"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p.MsoEnvelopeAddress, li.MsoEnvelopeAddress, div.MsoEnvelopeAddress
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:2.0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-element:frame;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in .8in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>SAN
JOAQUIN</span></font></b></strong></st1:PlaceName><strong><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">RIVER</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><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'>Editorial: Reviving a river</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>San Joaquin</span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'> seems
destined to flow again</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'>Sacramento</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:City><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Bee -
9/1/04</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'>The <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">San Joaquin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType>
is the second-longest in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
- when it is a river, that is. For many months in a typical year, this river no
longer flows for much of its course from the southern <st1:place w:st="on">Sierra
Nevada</st1:place> to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Instead, it is a dry,
dusty channel. The federal Central Valley Project, which captures the
headwaters at Friant Dam and then conveys much of the flow away from the river
channel and to Valley agriculture, is the reason for the <st1:place w:st="on">San
Joaquin</st1:place>'s demise. The long-time existence of this plumbing and
federal water contracts are not reason enough to kill a river, U.S. District
Judge Lawrence K. Karlton has ruled, and justly so. Given the sorry state of
this river, it's impossible to defend the status quo.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Environmental
groups that filed the lawsuit hailed the ruling, while farmers along the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Joaquin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> who use most of the water for
irrigation predicted economic catastrophe. But no final outcome is likely for
some time, given the time it takes to hear appeals and the bureaucratic
wrangling that is sure to continue. What does seem clear is that restoration of
the river is no longer a matter of if, but rather of when. But what kind of
restoration? How much? At what cost, and to whom?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Karlton
answered none of those questions in this initial ruling. He could throw the
problem into the laps of state officials or divide the waters himself. Given
the glacial pace of progress before the state Water Quality Control Board, a
careful ruling by Karlton might lead to a more objective solution and would
certainly take less time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>A couple
of things are clear, however. More study is needed - of how to maximize
groundwater in a sustainable fashion, to alter water deliveries and to estimate
the health of the river based on additional increments of water. Restoring a
flow is one thing. Restoring a fishery, particularly a salmon fishery, would be
another.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>While
some environmentalists dream fondly of taking down Friant Dam, that won't ever
happen. This is the one and only dam on this river, making it vital for flood
control and water reliability. By the same token, farmers must reconcile
themselves to the fact that some considerable amount of restoration will take
place. A lasting solution is somewhere in this uncharted middle ground. Here is
hoping that Karlton can find it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/10587302p-11506162c.html"
title="http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/10587302p-11506162c.html"><font
size=4
title="http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/10587302p-11506162c.html"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/10587302p-11506162c.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>KLAMATH</span></font></b></strong></st1:PlaceName><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">RIVER BASIN</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><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'>Settling on the Klamath's dams </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 - 9/1/04</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'>The owner
of six dams on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> is hoping to
have settlement talks under way as early as the fall, and has repeated its
stance that no options -- including dam removal -- are off the table.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Portland,
Ore.,-based PacifiCorp's application for the relicensing of the dams has been
accepted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Now the power company
wants to open settlement negotiations with tribes, environmentalists and
others, whose final terms would be adopted by federal regulators.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Such a
process has been used throughout the West to allow for more flexibility than is
provided for in the onerous relicensing process. But how many groups -- and who
will represent them -- will be allowed at the table is up in the air.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"I
think we've been clear that we haven't drawn a line in the sand," said
PacifiCorp spokesman Jon Coney. "We haven't prejudged the outcome."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Klamath
Indian tribes, fishermen and environmentalists are just coming off a trip to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
where they met with PacifiCorp parent company Scottish Power executives and
attended its shareholders meeting. Scottish Power pledged that its subsidiary
would talk with the groups. Last month, PacifiCorp CEO Judi Johanson met with
several Klamath tribes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Yurok
Tribe Executive Director Troy Fletcher said the Yuroks have told PacifiCorp
they want to negotiate with the understanding that their goal is to see the
dams removed. But the tribe also wants to see the full effects of such an
effort studied, something the company has left out of its federal license
application. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"We
believe PacifiCorp is poised to do the right thing and the Yurok Tribe is going
to do everything we can to help restore fish to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Upper</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>," Fletcher
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Salmon
once ran far up the Klamath, maybe well into the Sprague and Williamson rivers
that feed <st1:place w:st="on">Upper Klamath Lake</st1:place>. As the dams went
up, salmon were cut off from their historic spawning grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>A lawsuit
from tribes on the upper Klamath asks for $1 billion in compensation for treaty
rights to fish for salmon in the upper watershed. Coney said that lawsuit could
complicate settlement talks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
hydroelectric project today produces about 151 megawatts, enough to serve
77,500 homes. Coney said it's a source of cheap power that doesn't pollute --
an assertion questioned by many who hold that its reservoirs degrade water
quality. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Coney
could not say what removal of the project might mean to its ratepayers. The
California Energy Commission has stated that new, larger power projects coming
on line regionally would more than supplant the power PacifiCorp generates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>And Scottish
Power bills itself as an environmentally minded company, and could face a
public relations backlash if PacifiCorp isn't willing to consider eliminating some
of its impacts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>In fact,
the tribes and groups that traveled to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>
were the source of a minor media frenzy in a country whose residents were
largely unfamiliar with Scottish Power’s interests in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>One of
the key elements likely to come up during settlement talks is the cost of dam
removal. Some preliminary estimates have been thrown around, but the price is
likely to be in the tens of millions of dollars, and PacifiCorp would probably
expect federal assistance in bearing the burden. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"I
think it's inevitable that federal funding of dam removal is going to come
up," Coney said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>How many
dams might come out would obviously affect the cost, and different groups might
advocate different approaches. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Craig Tucker</st1:PersonName>
of the Sacramento-based Friends of the River said Keno Dam could be left, and
the other dams are fair game, but Iron Gate Dam, in his opinion, has to go.<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 advocated
that removal of at least Iron Gate Dam be considered. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
differing opinions mean as many groups that are committed to the process should
be allowed at the table, Tucker said. But instead of following other successful
models, PacifiCorp seems intent on dictating the shape of the negotiations, he
said, something that might only lead to lawsuits once the settlement terms are
clear.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"The
last thing the Klamath needs is another lawsuit," Tucker said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><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'>415 383 4810 ph</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'>415 519 4810 ce</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'>415 383 9562 fx</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'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</font></i></em></a><em><i><font
face="Times New Roman"> (secondary)</font></i></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>