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font-family:Arial'>Josh:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Please post to the list server.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Tom</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>-----------------------</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CalTrout
and International Rivers Network response to WSJ opinion piece<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>June 1, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Shikha Dalmia’s commentary (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dam
the Salmon</span></i>, May 30, 2007) grossly mischaracterizes two complex
issues—the global warming impact of hydropower reservoirs and the
restoration of the <st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place>Klamath River</st1:place></u1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ms. Dalmia seems to think that reservoirs do not release greenhouse
gases. This is quite wrong. Because of the rotting of flooded organic matter,
dams worldwide are an important source of global warming pollution –
according to the latest research causing 4-5% of the total human impact on our
climate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;background:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>No measurements have been made of gases released from the Klamath. Yet
the water quality in the reservoirs is extremely poor - usually an indicator of
elevated emissions, especially of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Hence the
greenhouse gas pollution from hydropower production on the Klamath may be
significant.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Klamath dams have been analyzed in depth over the past 7 years as
the five-dam project owned by Warren Buffet’s PacifiCorp is under Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission review for a new hydropower license. This analysis
has uncovered a project that is economically shaky, provides a small fraction
of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric power, and contributes to water quality problems
that are a threat to human health. The Klamath dams have all but extinguished
tribal rights to fish for salmon and collapsed the commercial salmon fishing
industry along 700 miles of coastal <st1:State w:st="on"><u1:State>Oregon</st1:State></u1:State>
and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:State><u1:place>California</st1:place></st1:State></u1:place></u1:State>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As the California Energy Commission notes, the retirement of
inefficient generation facilities with high environmental impacts is a standard
feature of the power generation industry. The small capacity of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><u1:place>Klamath River</st1:place></u1:place> hydroelectric
project---160 MW capacity but low flows mean that it operates at only half of
this potential---results in meager power benefits that are outweighed by the
far reaching economic, social and environmental costs of the dams<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A large contingent of tribes, federal, state and local government
agencies, environmental groups and local farmers are working to address the
many issues surrounding the removal of dams on the <st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place>Klamath
River</st1:place></u1:place>. This roll-up-your sleeves approach to solving
complex resource issues is the hope for the future in addressing climate
change, large scale restoration projects, and especially the situation in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><u1:place><u1:PlaceName>Klamath</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><u1:PlaceType>Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></u1:PlaceType></u1:place>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Brian Stranko, Executive Director, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><u1:State><u1:place>California</st1:place></st1:State></u1:place></u1:State>
Trout<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Patrick McCully, Executive Director, International Rivers Network<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>California Trout has been involved in the <st1:place w:st="on"><u1:place>Klamath
River</st1:place></u1:place> dams relicensing negotiations since 2000.
www.caltrout.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>International Rivers Network has published several reports on
greenhouse gas emissions from dams and reservoirs. www.irn.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thomas J. Weseloh<br>
Northcoast Manager, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
Trout<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1976 Archer Rd.</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">McKinleyville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">95519</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
707 839-1056 phone<br>
707 839-1054 fax<br>
<a href="http://www.caltrout.org">www.caltrout.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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