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river with too many troubles</span></font></b></span><br>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Overfishing,
logging, water diversions, dams, fish kills. Now, toxic algae has been
causing concerns on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blooming
in <st1:place w:st="on">Iron Gate</st1:place> and Copco reservoirs is a
species of algae that can be extremely harmful to humans and dogs if
ingested. The problem may also exist in the slow-moving stretches of the
lower river. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Amazingly,
Pacificorp, the dam owner trying to renew its license to operate the dams
that create the reservoirs in which the conditions persist, hasn’t
performed a comprehensive study on the blue-green algae problem. Without a
doubt, that inquiry should be made as part of the federal relicensing project.
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must have the information it needs to
weigh the benefits of the project in light of its apparent exacerbation of a
public health nuisance. It needs to add that to the costs to salmon -- which
have been taxed for decades, unable to reach once far more extensive spawning
grounds because of the dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If
Pacificorp won’t voluntarily look into the blue-green algae problem,
FERC must make the utility analyze it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
river has too many problems already. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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