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<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>Thi is an incorrect
statement</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>"</SPAN>These are the same infections that caused the
fish die-off of adult salmon near the mouth of the Klamath in 2002.<SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>"</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006></SPAN><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>The immediate cause of the Klamath Adult fish kill
of 2002 was white spot disease (Ich) and Columnaris. This was widely
discussed and documented in several agency reports (USFWS, CDFG etc). I am
suprised that four years later that thee popular press is getting basic
infomration like this mixed
up. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>Respectfully,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=437225316-10042006>GG </SPAN> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>George Guillen</FONT></I> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Associate Professor </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Executive Director
- Environmental Institute of Houston</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>University of Houston Clear Lake City</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>2700 Bay Area Blvd, Box 540</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Houston, TX 77058-1098</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>281-283-3950</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax 281-283-3953</FONT>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
[mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Josh Allen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 10, 2006 11:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
env-trinity@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] Klamath
dams' removal would have severe impacts<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Klamath dams' removal
would have severe impacts</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><B><FONT size=4><SPAN
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<P><SPAN class=smalltext><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">By Marcia H.
Armstrong</SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=smalltext><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">April 9, 2006</SPAN></B></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><SPAN class=bodytext><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It has been 20 years since Congress passed the Klamath
Act for the purpose of recovering anadromous fish (salmon) in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> system. Much of that time, parties have
engaged in a tug of war over flows. Fingers have been pointed upstream at the
negative of natural resource use on fish habitat, resulting in a cessation of
timber harvest on local national forests and a suit that has halted
suction-dredge mining. Although some support has been provided to the heroic
voluntary habitat restoration efforts of farmers and ranchers in the Scott and
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shasta</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> valleys of the
mid-Klamath (where the fish spawn and rear), the bulk of funding has been
expended elsewhere. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">With 700
miles of coastal fisheries about to be restricted because of a second year of
low chinook returns to the Klamath, obviously what we have been doing is not
working. Yet all we hear is the same old cry for flows, finger pointing and
the demand to shut down more activities upon which the inland economy depends.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Research
being done in the Klamath by Scott Foott of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California-Nevada</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fish</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Health</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> indicated that in 2005, half of
chinook juveniles sampled were infected with the parasite Ceratomyxa Shasta
and 91 percent infected with the parasite Parvacapsula. Thirty-eight percent
of the fish sampled were dually infected. The infection is generally lethal.
The infection rate has been increasing over the sampling period since 1995.
These are the same infections that caused the fish die-off of adult salmon
near the mouth of the Klamath in 2002. The parasites have not been found in
the mid-Klamath tributaries. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Foott has
observed that increased <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> flows
in May did not appear to affect the rate of infection in juvenile fish. It was
actually the increase of water temperature to 18 degrees centigrade,
accompanied by a reduction in flows, that finally seemed to cause a decrease
in infection in juveniles during the month of June. In regard to the adult
die-off in 2002, the National Research Council in its final 2003 report
stated, "... no obvious explanation of the fish kill based on unique flow or
temperature conditions is possible" and "It is unclear what the effect of
specific amounts of additional flow drawn from controllable upstream sources
(Trinity and Iron Gate Reservoir) would have been." High temperatures may have
stressed them, making them more susceptible to disease, but they did not die
of low flows. The adult fish died of disease. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The hue
and cry has been raised to tear down the dams on the Klamath. <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> thinks that it would be rash to rush into
removal of the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> dams. There are
more than 1,600 property owners around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Copco</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> behind the lower complex of dams.
In addition to providing low-cost renewable energy from hydropower, these
facilities provide roughly $750,000 a year in tax revenue. The impact of dam
removal to the county and local residents would be substantial.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">There are
no compelling data or studies to demonstrate that dam removal is the best
answer to assist in the recovery of fish. Information from PacifiCorp
indicates that water quality would actually be decreased by dam removal. The
county is particularly concerned about the effect that sediment migration
might have on salmon runs. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Alternatives to dam removal have not received the
attention they deserve, such as fish ladders, trucking and other means of
bypassing the dams. The county feels alternatives to dam removal should be
tested on a pilot basis. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The
definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting
different results. <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>'s economy now stands at 11
percent unemployment -- 18.8 percent on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> corridor. Our median household income at the 2000 census was
only $29,530. Let's take some new approaches to solving this problem before
all of our economies collapse. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Marcia H.
Armstrong is a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> supervisor. <BR>She lives in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Jones</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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