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<P>Klamath program to be aired before public
<P>Monday, September 06, 2004 -
<P>The Times-Standard
<P>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will tap five communities in the Klamath River
basin in the coming <BR>months, trying to find some consensus in an effort to
put in place an ambitious federal plan.
<P>The Conservation Implementation Program is fashioned after one on the
Colorado River, and aims to <BR>restore the Klamath's ecosystem and recovery of
endangered suckers and threatened coho salmon. <BR>The bureau said the plan will
also help meet tribal trust obligations -- including improvement of <BR>chinook
salmon stocks -- and allow continued irrigation.
<P>Finding consensus on the Klamath River is not unlike finding water on the
moon, however. Long a <BR>watershed used by diverse and sometimes conflicting
interests, the river system became a lightning <BR>rod in 2001, when Reclamation
shut off water to upstream farms to protect salmon and suckers. The <BR>next
year, Reclamation delivered full irrigation supplies to farms, and up to 68,000
salmon died in <BR>the river.
<P>Both events created an uproar and generated major political interest in the
river, which was once the <BR>third largest salmon producer on the West Coast.
Dams, logging, fishing and other activities also <BR>affect the Klamath.
<P>Taking a page from the contentious Colorado River struggle, the bureau
earlier this year released a <BR>draft plan for the Klamath's recovery. If there
is any consensus, it's that most agree the Klamath's <BR>complicated problems
will never be solved unless the basin is considered in its entirety.
<P>Five meetings will be held to garner ideas from various parts of the basin.
<P>* Sept. 16 at the Miner's Inn, 122 East Miner St. in Yreka.
<P>* Sept. 29 at the Arcata Community Center in Arcata.
<P>* Sept. 30 at the Klamath Community Center in Klamath.
<P>* Oct. 21 at Chiloquin Auditorium, 501 Chiloquin Blvd. in Chiloquin, Ore.
<P>* Oct. 22 at the Klamath County Fairgrounds, 3531 South Sixth St., Klamath
Falls, Ore.
<P>All meetings are from 6 to 9 p.m.
<P>The draft conservation plan can be found online at <BR><A
href="http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/docs/CIP-ProgramDoc.pdf">www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/docs/CIP-ProgramDoc.pdf</A>
or by calling 541-883-6935.
<P>Written comments should be sent to Christine Karas, Deputy Area Manager,
Bureau of Reclamation, <BR>Klamath Basin Area Office, 6600 Washburn Way, Klamath
Falls, Ore., 97603.
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<P>2) Humboldt Supes discuss Klamath Tuesday
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<P>Eureka Times-Standard
<P>Supervisors to hear a proposed 'solution' to Klamath water woes <BR>By James
Tressler The Times-Standard
<P>Monday, September 06, 2004 -
<P>EUREKA -- Humboldt County supervisors Tuesday will revisit the ongoing
struggle over water use on <BR>the Klamath River.
<P>John Elliot, chairman of the Klamath County Board of Commissioners, is
expected to brief the <BR>supervisors on an idea to develop a water storage
project at Long Lake Valley, located near the Upper <BR>Klamath Basin.
<P>According to the Klamath board's report, the project could store 350,000
acre-feet of water annually <BR>without the construction of a dam. The Long Lake
project, if it ever happens, could also provide <BR>capability to deliver colder
water to the river on demand with little adverse environmental effects, <BR>thus
stabilizing flows on the Klamath lake and river.
<P>"This project may have the potential to be a significant part of the overall
solution for water issues in <BR>the Klamath Basin," the report concludes.
"However, for that to be determined, the project needs to <BR>be studied at a
sufficient level of detail."
<P>According to the report, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation studied such a
proposal in the 1980s, but <BR>their findings on whether such a project would
stabilize the basin were inconclusive and called for <BR>more study.
<P>Klamath tribes, the Oregon Farm Bureau and the Del Norte County Board of
Supervisors are among <BR>some 25 agencies and groups that have supported
embarking on further studies.
<P>The board meets at 9 a.m. in the supervisors' chambers at the county
courthouse. Elliot's <BR>presentation is scheduled for 10 a.m.
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