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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=danielbacher@fishsniffer.com
href="mailto:danielbacher@fishsniffer.com">Dan Bacher</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Is Schwarzenegger Trading Klamath Dam Removal for the
Destruction of the Delta? </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">We cannot allow
Governor Schwarzenegger to trade the removal of four of PacifiCorp's Klamath
River dams for a water bond that funds two new dams and a peripheral
canal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR><IMG
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Is Schwarzenegger
Trading Klamath Dam Removal for the Destruction of the Delta?</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">by Dan
Bacher</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger never misses an opportunity to push his environmentally
destructive and enormously costly $ 9.3 water bond proposal to build two new
reservoirs and "improved conveyance" - the peripheral canal.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">True to his role as
the "Fish Terminator," the Governor used a press conference that he appeared at
with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mike Chrisman, California Secretary
of Resources, in Los Angeles Friday to promote building new dams in California
the day after an agreement in principle was reached between Oregon, California,
PacifiCorp and the Bush administration over Klamath Dam
removal.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"We are here today
to celebrate something really big, which is a great victory for the environment
of California," Schwarzenegger gushed. "With the Klamath River Agreement we are
making actual history, because this will be the biggest dam removal project ever
in the history and the biggest one in the United States. So this is great for
California and this is really great also for Oregon."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">He then touted the
tentative pact as a consensus-style, win-win situation for the Klamath Basin.
"And I'm very proud that everyone here worked together, because something like
this cannot be done if not everyone is cooperating and working together, if it
is environmentalists, if it is the farmers, the Native American tribes, salmon
fishermen, the state and the federal agencies, the PacifiCorp, everyone, and I
want to thank them all for their great cooperation. Everyone cares so much about
the magnificent river and also the water quality and the fish population, and
that is why this came about," Schwarzenegger gushed.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">After making that
statement, of course, Schwarzenegger just had to promote building new dams and
sub-surface water storage, although he didn't specifically mention "improved
conveyance" - the peripheral canal. In numerous press conferences and photo
opportunities over the past two years, Schwarzenegger and Senator Dianne
Feinstein have campaigned for a water bond measure that would two new unneeded
reservoirs, Temperance Flats on the San Joaquin River and Sites on the west side
of the Sacramento Valley, in spite of the fact that water in both watersheds is
dramatically over-appropriated already and the chances are that these dams would
never fill anyway.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"Now, let me just
say that we all know that we have a very serious water problem in California
and, of course, we want to make sure that we build more water storage,
above-the-ground and below-the-ground water storage, but they have to be
strategically located," stated Schwarzenegger, changing from his role as the
"Green Governor" to "Arnold the Dam Builder."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"So this is why it
is important that we continue building those, even though we want to take four
down," Scharzenegger claimed. "I've been worried, of course, about our declining
salmon population, and with this agreement here we are setting the stage for the
return of the historic salmon runs on the Klamath River."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Missed in most media
reports of the agreement is Schwarzenegger's expectation that this agreement
could become a "quid pro quo" to sacrifice the California Delta fish and Central
Valley chinook salmon species, now in an unpredented state of collapse, for
removing dams on the Klamath.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">A coalition of
recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, Indian Tribes, conservationists and
Delta farmers is strongly opposing Schwarzenegger's campaign to put a water bond
including a peripheral canal and more dams on the ballot this coming year.
Although massive opposition to dams and the canal prevented the Governor and
allies from putting the proposal on the November ballot, dam and canal opponents
fear that he and his corporate agribusiness backers will try to get the water
bond on the June ballot.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Supporters of fish
restoration in the Central Valley and the Delta fear that the water bond will
result in building the infrastructure to increase water exports out of the Delta
to Southern California and drainage-impaired land on the west side of the San
Joaquin Valley. Central Valley chinook salmon, Delta smelt, longfin smelt,
threadfin shad, striped bass and other fish populations have crashed in recent
years, due to record increases in water exports, declining water quality and
other factors. More dams and a peripheral canal would only exacerbate the
deplorable condition of Delta fish and Central Valley chinook salmon, fish
advocates point out.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">After Schwarzenegger
spoke, Kempthorne and Chrisman lauded the Klamath agreement also and praised
Schwarzenegger for his environmental "leadership."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"If the data
collected during the next four years shows that removal is environmentally
prudent, the target for removing all four of the dams is the year 2020," said
Kempthorne. "I appreciate the great leadership of Governor Schwarzenegger not
only for staying at the table for these negotiations, but also for providing a
platform by which Californians and Oregonians will have a future in the Klamath
Basin through the restoration agreement."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">I love it - here we
have Kempthorne, the Secretary of the Interior for the worst-ever administration
for fish and the environment in U.S. history, praising Schwarzenegger, the
worst-ever Governor for fish and the environment in California history, for the
Governor's "great leadership" on the environment!</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Yurok, Karuk and
Klamath Tribes, California Trout, Trout Unlimited, the Pacific Coast Federation
of Fishermen's Associations, American Rivers, two farming organizations and
other conservation groups are touting the pact, after several long years of
negotiations in the parallel Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement process, as
being an important first step toward dam removal and the restoration of the
declining salmon runs of the Klamath River.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The Hoopa Valley
Tribe, North Coast Environmental Center and Oregon Wild are opposing the
agreement for a variety of reasons, most notably because the agreement is
non-binding and unenforceable and could become a bailout for Klamath Basin
agriculture.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Friends of the River
Questions Pact</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Friends of the
River, a statewide conservation organization based in Sacramento, is critical of
the agreement for a multitude of reasons, including the timing of the
agreement's release as well as its controversial content, including the linking
of Klamath Restoration to Schwarzenegger's water bond
proposal.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"The actual
agreement did not become available to all Klamath settlement stakeholders until
the afternoon of November 12 when members of the Klamath Settlement Group
received a briefing from state and federal officials and PacifiCorp," said
Steven Evans and Kelly Catlett of Friends of the River (FOR) in a statement
Friday. "The agreement has not been approved by numerous other stakeholders,
including Friends of the River, that have been involved in the federal
relicensing of the Klamath River hydro dams for several years. It remains purely
a product produced and endorsed by a sub-set of parties."</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The organization is
also wary of the many conditions that need to be met for dam removal to take
place. These conditions include:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� Full protection
for PacifiCorp from all liability.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� Placing a $200
million cap on dam removal costs to be recovered from Oregon and California
ratepayers.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� A commitment from
the State of California to provide $250 million in dam removal costs through a
water bond to be approved by state voters.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� A commitment to
attempt federal legislation to authorize and fund the controversial $1 billion
Klamath Basin Settlement deal, which would provide water and power guarantees to
Klamath Basin farmers.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� Agreement by the
states to forego exercising their 401 permitting authority under the Clean Water
Act to reduce polluted discharge from the dams.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� State legislation
bypassing the authority of the respective state utility commissions concerning
ratepayer cost recovery.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">� Putting the FERC
relicensing process on hold until a federal study is completed by 2012 that will
determine whether the benefits of dam removal justify the
cost.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"Although Friends of
the River believes that a concession in writing from PacifiCorp to remove the
dams is a step in the right direction, we have significant concerns about the
workability of the agreement in principle," Evans and Catlett said. "Foremost,
the agreement has so many prerequisites that MUST occur before dam removal can
happen that it would likely never result in the removal of any
dams."</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Echoing my concerns
that Schwarzenegger is trying to link Klamath Dam removal to the building of new
dams in the Central Valley, Evans and Catlett noted that California will likely
rely on a proposed water bond to be approved by the voters in 2009 to provide
the $250 million for river restoration outlined in the
agreement.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"Conservationists
will oppose this water bond if it also includes billions of dollars to build new
or enlarge existing dams in California," they stated. "Coupled with the fact
that voters may be leery of approving a multi-billion bond as the state economy
continues to melt down, the prospect of the state to meet its obligation under
the agreement seems dubious."</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">They also said the
agreement in principle does not spell out who will be responsible for dam
removal costs above and beyond the $450 million that would supposedly be covered
by ratepayers and the State of California.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">�</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 13px Arial"><FONT
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"The assumption that
the federal government will produce the legislation and authorizations needed to
implement the Klamath Basin Settlement is also questionable," they contended.
"Opposition has delayed by more than two years the congressional approval of
similar legislation to implement the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement.
With a price tag that is four times larger than the San Joaquin Settlement and
given the declining state of the economy, it seems likely that any Klamath Basin
Settlement legislation would be subject to similar attacks, particularly since
many groups in Oregon and California oppose the Basin
Settlement."</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The federal and
state agencies hope to come to a final agreement with PacifiCorp in June 2009.
The process will include other stakeholders moving forward, but in what capacity
is still undetermined at this time, according to Evans and
Catlett.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">They are also
concerned that interim measures adopted until dam removal takes place will be
not sufficient to protect salmon and steelhead populations hammered by low, warm
water conditions nor protect people, fish, animals from the toxic algae blooms
created by PacifiCorp's Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs on the Klamath. While
recreational and commercial salmon fishing this year was closed in ocean waters
off California and Oregon, due to the collapse of Central Valley fall run
chinook salmon, in 2006 commercial salmon fishing was severely restricted
because of the Klamath River salmon decline spurred by the Bush
administration-engineered fish kills of 2002.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">"It is unclear
whether interim operations measures adopted after the final agreement is signed
in June 2009 will be sufficient to reduce pollution in the Klamath River and
adequately protect salmon and steelhead," they concluded. "But these are the
measures that will be in place until the dams are actually
removed."</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">I have worked
closely on both the Klamath and California Delta restoration battles with
recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, California Indian Tribes, farmers
and environmentalists -and I greatly respect and support all of the stakeholders
for the enormous time, money and effort that they have put into the battle to
bring down Warren Buffett's Klamath River dams.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">I agree with FOR
that the unprecedented concession in writing from PacifiCorp to remove the dams
on Thursday is a step in the right direction. I also agree with Evans and
Catlett in their critical assessment of the Klamath agreement, particularly in
regard to the apparent trade off between Klamath dam removal and the
construction of new dams that Schwarzenegger and the Bush administration are
pushing.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial color=#111111
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">The final agreement
is set to be signed by the states, federal government and PacifiCorp in June
2009. This gives us time to put intense and unrelenting political pressure on
the incoming Obama administration to remove any connection to a canal/dam water
bond in this agreement, as well strike out other troubling provisions of the
tentative agreement.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
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size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">This is a non
binding agreement only and hopefully a more fish-friendly and
environmentally-proactive administration in Washington willl craft an improved
final agreement that doesn't trade dam removal for new dams and a peripheral
canal - that doesn't restore the Klamath River at the expense of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the largest and most significant estuary on
the West Coast. We must restore both the Delta and Klamath River at the same
time - and must emphasize to the incoming Obama administration the urgent need
to restore the declining salmon and other fish populations in both
watersheds!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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