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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess there was some question re whether I was
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>being ironic with this statement.....alas email
is</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sometimes not the best way to communicate.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This was a sincere statement. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks - Jeff Morris </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jeff@weavervilleinfo.com href="mailto:jeff@weavervilleinfo.com">Jeff
Morris</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tstokely@trinityalps.net
href="mailto:tstokely@trinityalps.net">Tom Stokely</A> ; <A
title=env-trinity@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us
href="mailto:env-trinity@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:41 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stop finger-pointing on the
Klamath Basin</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is how real local and regional power is
gained.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bravo. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tstokely@trinityalps.net href="mailto:tstokely@trinityalps.net">Tom
Stokely</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=env-trinity@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us
href="mailto:env-trinity@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] Fw: Stop
finger-pointing on the Klamath Basin</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=kep@cvcwireless.net href="mailto:kep@cvcwireless.net">Dan Keppen</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kep@cvcwireless.net
href="mailto:kep@cvcwireless.net">'Dan Keppen'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Stop finger-pointing on the Klamath Basin </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial color=#d20000
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #d20000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">IN MY OPINION
- THE COASTAL FISHERY CRISIS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stop
finger-pointing on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tuesday, May 16, 2006
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">GREG ADDINGTON
AND DAN KEPPEN <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">George Gibbs, traveling through
<st1:place w:st="on">Northern California</st1:place> in 1851, was struck by
conditions at the confluence of the Klamath and Trinity rivers.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Trinity, wrote Gibbs, "is in
size about half that of the Klamath, and its waters, likewise rapid, are of
transcendent purity; contrasting with those of the latter stream which never
lost the taint of their origin." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The origin of the Klamath River
is warm, shallow <st1:place w:st="on">Upper Klamath Lake</st1:place>, which
feeds the federal Klamath Irrigation Project. More than 150 years after
Gibbs' visit, the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> and the
irrigation project are now in the sights of the national media and
environmental activists. Every week, we read claims that the river and the
coastal salmon fishery are being destroyed by the project, a convenient
source of blame for all that is apparently tainted in the Klamath ecosystem.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What we don't see in the papers
is the fact that, over the past four years, between 40,000 and 100,000
acre-feet of water originally developed for agriculture has instead been
bought by the federal government and dedicated annually to an environmental
water bank to "protect" fish. In 2005, nearly 30 percent of the water
traditionally used in an average water year by the Klamath Project and
wildlife refuges was reallocated in this manner.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Further, even though the Klamath
Project is one of the most water-use efficient reclamation operations in the
country, more than 800 growers have applied for 2002 Farm Bill funding to
implement cost-share projects that conserve water.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These actions are laudable.
However, one has to remember that there is only so much water that can be
squeezed from an area that is just 2 percent of the watershed and uses only
3 percent to 4 percent of <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
flows in an average year. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Despite these efforts, irrigators
are now being blamed in the media by environmental activists for a looming
crisis on the coast. This spring, commercial salmon fishing has been closed
along 700 miles of Pacific shoreline, which federal regulators believe will
prevent "take" of <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> salmon.
This very complicated issue is deftly and simply portrayed by faraway
activists as " fishermen vs. farmers." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Once again, they've got it wrong.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Recently, a group of irrigator
representatives traveled to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Coos</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and met with more than 50 coastal
fishermen and political leaders. It was somewhat of a revelation that not a
single fisherman at the meeting pointed to the Klamath Project as the cause
for the fishery closure. Instead, they offered up other explanations,
including: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Insufficient hatchery production
and failure to count hatchery fish. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Disjointed stock management by
state and federal agencies. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sea lion predation.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Unfavorable ocean conditions and
several years of drought. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The meeting ended in mutual
pledges by the irrigators and the fishermen to work together. As a first
step, the Klamath Relief Fund -- created to assist distressed farmers in
2001 -- has been re-activated by the Klamath farming community. This time,
the money raised will be used to help fishermen and their families.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We're tired of the Klamath
finger-pointing. Instead, we want to extend a helping hand.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><I><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Greg
Addington is executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association. Dan
Keppen is former executive director of the association and is now executive
director of the Family Farm <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place>. They both live near <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Klamath Falls</st1:City></st1:place>. You can
donate to the Klamath Relief Fund for Commercial Fishermen at <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box 5252</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Klamath Falls</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97601</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dan
Keppen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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