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<h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Editorial: Trolling for assistance;
Salmon fishermen deserve some help<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Sacramento</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Bee – 6/30/06</span></font><font size=4><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>By now, it's clear that thousands of salmon fishermen
and owners of related businesses face economic ruin this year in <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>To protect runs of fish in the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place>, commercial fishermen are limited to taking 75 salmon per
week from the ocean in a shortened season. It's not enough to pay for fuel,
even with salmon prices topping $20 per pound in some markets. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Fishing advocates are seeking $81 million in disaster
aid from the Bush administration for affected communities. The Commerce
Department is balking, saying it can't release such aid until the reduced
season ends and the economic impact is calculated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rebuffed, the House passed an amendment Wednesday that
specifies $2 million for salmon relief. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced
yesterday he would seek $35 million in state funds to help the industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>It's hard to know why the Bush administration is
balking. Some have suggested the White House doesn't want to appear to be
accepting responsibility for a Klamath fish kill three years ago that led to
the current salmon collapse. All we know is the White House moved quickly to
help fishing communities on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Gulf</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> devastated by
Hurricane Katrina. It should do the same for suffering salmon ports on the West
Coast. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>At the same time, environmentalists and fishing
advocates need to stop blaming the Bush administration for all the woes of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. As the National Academy of Sciences pointed
out a few years ago, Klamath salmon are dying a death of many, many cuts --
including logging, erosion and hydroelectric dams. Water diversions from the
federal irrigation project in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>
are part of the problem, but not the only one. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Disaster aid, of course, is just a Band-Aid for
fishermen. What they really want is a <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>
that supports healthy stocks of salmon. As they fight over aid payments for
fishermen, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> and the White House need to keep
their focus on the bigger challenge ahead. #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><a
href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14273407p-15083508c.html"
title="http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14273407p-15083508c.html">http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14273407p-15083508c.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>State
aid proposed for salmon fishermen; After federal snub, governor backs $35
million package<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>San
Francisco Chronicle – 6/30/06<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>By
Lynda Gledhill, staff writer</span></font></b><font size=4 color=black><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=4
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal'>(06-30) 04:00 PDT Sacramento</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> -- Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger announced a $35 million state aid package for salmon fishermen
on Thursday, while blasting the federal government for not helping the
beleaguered West Coast fishing industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Schwarzenegger
and two state senators said they will push for urgency legislation authorizing
aid for commercial fishermen and other businesses affected by the near-closure
of the commercial salmon fishing season by federal officials. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"The
federal government's decision to severely limit salmon fishing along the West
Coast has had a terrible effect -- it's had a devastating impact on the
fishermen, the community and their families," Schwarzenegger said.
"It will literally wipe them out if they don't get help." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Representatives
from <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> have been pleading with the federal government
to declare a federal disaster and help the coastal fishing industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"What is
really outrageous is that the federal government made this decision and
recognizes the devastating impact but will not issue a disaster declaration
until next spring," Schwarzenegger said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The aid
package will include $5 million in cash assistance, $20 million in no-interest
loans and up to $10 million in small-business loans. Schwarzenegger also
extended the state's declared disaster area to other three counties, including <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Luis Obispo</st1:City></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Congressional
representatives from <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> slowed work in
the House of Representatives on Wednesday until Republican leaders agreed to $2
million in economic relief -- far short of the $81 million that had been sought.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black'>Zeke Grader</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>, executive director of
the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, said the state aid
will be "extremely helpful." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"This
gives a clear message to the federal government that this is a serious problem,
and it should embarrass the federal government into doing what it should have
done a year ago," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Schwarzenegger
has made several requests of the Bush administration that have not been
fulfilled, including a call for a federal disaster declaration for the state's
aging levee system and demands that the federal government reimburse the state
for the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"This is
almost like a tale of two Republicans -- one competent and one
incompetent," Grader said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Because of
low numbers of chinook salmon from the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>,
the Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal agency, called for strict
reductions in the commercial catch this year. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Fishermen's
groups argue that the poor condition of Klamath salmon is the result of years
of federal water mismanagement, including diverting the flow of water from the
river to farmers. In 2002, more than 33,000 salmon died because of low water,
high temperatures and disease. Large die-offs of young salmon have followed in
recent years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Grader and
other fishermen said the next step is for the state to take the lead in fixing
the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> once and for all. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"Now we
need to see restoration activity on the Klamath so we don't have to see this
aid be necessary again," said Duncan MacLean, a commercial fisherman and
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>
salmon troll adviser to the fishery management council. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>State Sens.
Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>), and Sam Aanestad, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">R-Grass</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Nevada</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>),
will co-sponsor the emergency legislation authorizing the funds. But because
lawmakers adjourned Thursday a week early for their summer vacation, the
measure will be considered in August. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"We have
a comprehensive bipartisan plan to protect the lives of people on the
coast," Chesbro said. "The administration in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> single-handedly created this
disaster, but now it's up to the state to help its people." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Aanestad was
also critical of the federal government. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>"This is
just another case where the federal government is causing a problem and not
solving the problem," he said. "Once again, the state has to bail out
what should be a federal responsibility." #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><a
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/30/BAG15JMUU01.DTL"
title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/30/BAG15JMUU01.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/30/BAG15JMUU01.DTL</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>State looks to aid salmon industry<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>Sacramento</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'> Bee – 6/30/06<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>By Judy Lin, staff writer</span></font></b><font
size=4><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=4><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'> lawmakers went couch-diving
Thursday, digging up $45 million in proposed emergency grants and loans to keep
salmon fishermen and related businesses from going broke this summer in the
face of a steep federal fishing cap. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger initiated a bipartisan
effort Thursday to help the state's $100 million fishing industry weather
severe restrictions imposed by federal regulators due to concerns over
shrinking stocks of salmon on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>However, with the Legislature out for the next five
weeks, it's not clear how soon the proposals may pass. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>"The federal government's decision to severely
limit salmon fishing along the West Coast has had a devastating impact on <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> fishermen --
not only on them but their families and the communities they support,"
Schwarzenegger said. "It would literally wipe them out if they don't get
help." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>As part of the effort, Sens. Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata,
and Sam Aanestad, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">R-Grass</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, introduced
emergency legislation under Senate Bill 1127 to create a $5 million
emergency grant program for commercial fishing businesses and passenger vessel
operators. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The bill also proposes a $20 million interest-free
revolving loan program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Another $20 million is being made available through a
small business expansion fund, whereby the state guarantees loans on behalf of
qualified applicants, administration officials said. That fund will be expanded
to include bait and tackle shops. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>State lawmakers expressed outrage at the federal
government for imposing salmon fishing restrictions without providing adequate
relief to the fishermen whose livelihoods depend on them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>"They put padlocks on people's doors and once
again, it's the state that's got to bail them out," said Aanestad. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>While the two senators said they want to get the bill
passed as soon as possible, both houses adjourned for summer recess Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>On Wednesday, Congress agreed to $2 million in
disaster assistance for commercial fishermen after intense lobbying from West
Coast Democrats. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>State officials said that wasn't enough. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>They pledged to continue lobbying the federal
government for more support. Schwarzenegger noted that it won't do any good if
the aid doesn't arrive until next spring. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>As part of Thursday's announcement, the governor
expanded the list of counties eligible for emergency assistance to include <st1:City
w:st="on">San Luis Obispo</st1:City>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Barbara</st1:City></st1:place> and Trinity. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:14.0pt'>On June 6, he proclaimed a state of emergency in 10 <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State> counties including <st1:City w:st="on">Monterey</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Santa Cruz</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">San Mateo</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, Marin, <st1:City w:st="on">Sonoma</st1:City>,
Mendocino, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Del</st1:State></st1:place> Norte and Siskiyou counties. #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><a
href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14273448p-15083523c.html"
title="http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14273448p-15083523c.html">http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14273448p-15083523c.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articletitle><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Congressional reps
force fishery review; </span></font></b></span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>U.S.</span></font></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'> commerce secretary agrees to look at salmon issues<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>Eureka</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>
Times-Standard – 6/30/06</span></font></b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> -- North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson and
Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio on Thursday forced a meeting with Commerce Secretary
Carlos Gutierrez to press him to declare the West Coast salmon season a
disaster. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>The secretary said that he would review the situation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Frustrated with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration's claim that the agency could not declare a disaster until at
least February, Thompson and DeFazio, among others, waited for the secretary
outside the House Energy and Commerce Committee where he was due to testify.
Committee Chairman Joe Barton agreed to allow the members to meet with the
secretary prior to his testimony. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>During the meeting, Gutierrez agreed to review, in short order, the
situation and what the department's options are. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>”We've been asking the secretary to meet with us for months.
Today we decided to seek him out ourselves,” said Thompson, D-St. Helena.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'> “NOAA staff has signaled that they won't act to declare a
disaster until February of 2007 -- this is an unacceptable and immoral
timeframe. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Fishers and coastal communities up and down our districts are
struggling to get by day to day. Today we appealed to the secretary to take
action.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>In other business, the amendment attached by Thompson to the Science,
State, Justice and Commerce Appropriations Bill passed Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>It will transfer $2 million in funding from the Department of
Commerce's administrative budget to NOAA Fisheries. Thompson hopes that
allocation will serve as a placeholder for additional disaster assistance
funding. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>On the state end, the Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution by
Assemblywoman Patty Berg, D-Eureka, calling on federal lawmakers to provide
relief to the men and women whose livelihoods have been threatened by the
shortage of salmon on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>. #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998311"
title="http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998311">http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998311</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>KLAMATH RIVER</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articletitle><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>'Granddaddy of
fish projects'; </span></font></b></span><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Coastal conservancy
sees big role in possible Klamath dam effort <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>Eureka</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>
Times-Standards – 6/30/06<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>By <st1:PersonName w:st="on">John</st1:PersonName>
Dricsoll, staff writer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>ARCATA -- Members of the California Coastal Conservancy envision the
agency playing a key role in decommissioning and removing dams on the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place>, an effort whose time they said has come. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>”This is the granddaddy of all fisheries restoration
projects,” said conservancy Chairman Doug Bosco at a meeting here. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Bosco also voiced hope that dam owner PacifiCorp -- now owned by billionaire
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings -- would agree to an arrangement
that would make whole its customers and others that see some benefit from the
four dams in question. Bosco said that if Buffet can give 85 percent of his
estate to charity, as he's recently done, the renowned investor should be
willing to play a part in restoring the river's struggling salmon runs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>The conservancy also heard an update on studies now under way to study
sediment trapped behind <st1:place w:st="on">Iron Gate</st1:place> and Copco I
dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Conservancy project manager Michael Bowen passed around a container of
muck from Iron Gate Reservoir, material that's being tested for toxins like
mercury and cyanide to determine if it's safe to remove the dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>”I can't vouch for its contents,” Bowen said about the
fine, gooey mud. “I hope it's clean.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>There may be as much as 4.8 million cubic yards of sediment trapped
behind Iron Gate Dam, and more than 10.3 million cubic yards behind Copco I,
the first dam built on the river in 1917. Bowen said there does not seem to
have been much historic mining activity in the vicinity of the dams, which
could mean that lab tests only find contaminants from upstream agricultural
practices. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>The dams block salmon at Iron Gate Dam -- 109 miles up the river --
from reaching some 300 miles of spawning grounds. Today, many of those areas
would need to be restored to be of value to salmon, but experts estimate that
under restored conditions, fish populations could average 149,000 to 438,000.
This year, fewer than 30,000 salmon are expected to run upstream, a number too
low to allow commercial fishing along 700 miles of the West Coast this year,
and which limits tribal and sport fishing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>The PacifiCorp project produces only about 150 megawatts of
electricity, and as part of applying for a new 50-year license, may have to
provide passage above the dams for salmon. That may cost up to $200 million
under demands by the U.S. Interior Department. The company is appealing those demands,
proposing instead to trap fish and truck them over the dams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Settlement negotiations are also ongoing, parallel to the relicensing
project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Conservancy Executive Officer Sam Schuchat said he doesn't believe the
dams themselves have a high value, though their removal could be expensive.
Estimates have reached about $150 million for such a project. #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998300"
title="http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998300">http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3998300</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>Advisor, California Trout, Inc</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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color=lime><span style='color:lime'> </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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