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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Klamath
River interests to take dam concerns to Warren
Buffett<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><B><FONT face=Tahoma
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Times Standard – 4/18/07<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">By
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">John</st1:PersonName> Driscoll, staff
writer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">American
Indians, commercial fishermen and conservation groups plan to take their
concerns about salmon-blocking dams on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> straight to the owner's ultimate chief -- billionaire investor
Warren Buffett. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Representatives
from the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType> will head to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Omaha</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Neb.</st1:State></st1:place>,
in early May to plead with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s CEO to take notice of the
struggle over the fate of Pacificorp's dams. The company's shareholder meeting
is the forum, and the tribes and fishermen plan to put on a brush dance in the
vicinity of the gathering and perhaps bend the ear of investors.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Berkshire
Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings bought Pacificorp nearly two years ago,
after the Yurok, Hoopa, Karuk and Klamath tribes twice brought similar messages
to previous owner Scottish Power. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”They
didn't fix a damn thing,” said <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hoopa</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> tribal member Merv George, who
intends to bring a traditional redwood canoe to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Omaha</st1:City></st1:place>. “They just sold it to someone else.”
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">George
said that he's optimistic that Buffett may only be uninformed about the effects
his subsidiary's dams are having on Klamath salmon stocks. The mission to
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Omaha</st1:place></st1:City> is an
educational one, George said, that he hopes will spur Buffett to make decisions
from the top. Pacificorp and MidAmerican, he said, have not been very helpful.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The trip
to the <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place> takes place as the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission considers issuing another 30- to 50-year license
for the hydropower dams. Settlement talks between the company and stakeholders
along the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> are also proceeding,
but have yet to produce tangible results. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Humboldt
Bay</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black
size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
Recreation and Conservation Commissioner Ronnie Pellegrini and her two daughters
Eryn, 17, and Michaela, 14, are also making the trip. A fisherman's wife,
Pellegrini said she hopes to bring a message that a healthy <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> is for the good of the fishing industry and
others who depend on it. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”Everybody
seems to want to take out the dams except Pacificorp,” Pellegrini said. “Maybe
we can go around Pacificorp and convince Warren Buffett of all the benefits of
taking out the dams.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">A
spokesman for MidAmerican said that Pacificorp does inform its parent company of
the status of negotiations and the relicensing process. Allan Urlis said
Pacificorp is in charge of the negotiations. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”This is
being managed and handled by Pacificorp,” Urlis said.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">He
declined to say what the reaction of company leaders might be to the presence of
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">North</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> contingent in May. A
call to Pacificorp was not returned by deadline. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">But the
group is hoping to make an impression. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”We're
going to take case to <st1:place w:st="on">Berkshire</st1:place>: This
subsidiary is not representing them very well,” said Karuk Tribe spokesman Craig
Tucker. #<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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