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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Klamath restoration negotiations delayed</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Eureka Times-Standard-7/1/09<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>By Donna Tam<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dam removal negotiators were unable to
come to an agreement Tuesday, missing the deadline set for finalizing a plan to
remove four aging dams on the Klamath River. </span><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
said Tuesday that an agreement is “within reach” and should be
completed by the end of summer, according to a press release from the U.S.
Department of the Interior. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Negotiators from Oregon, California, the
U.S. Department of Interior, and the utility company PacifiCorp, had
tentatively agreed to a dam removal deal in November 2008, with a deadline for
a finalized agreement set for Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The efforts aim to rebuild the Klamath
fishery and sustain agricultural communities who rely on the Klamath River. All
parties have agreed to extend the deadline for a final agreement on the future
of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project to September 2009. The tentative agreement
from last year has since been joined by 22 other stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Under the proposed agreements, the
Department of the Interior and its agencies -- including the Bureau of
Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, and U.S. Geological Survey -- would be joined by the
National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and state and local
agencies to implement restoration measures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>”I am pleased that the good faith
efforts of the parties to reach common ground in decades-old water conflicts
have put a final deal within reach,” Salazar said in the press release.
“With one more push, and with the continued personal engagement of Gov.
Kulongoski, Gov. Schwarzenegger and PacifiCorp President Greg Abel, we will
have a final agreement by the end of the summer. This final stretch represents
an historic opportunity for all parties to pursue their shared interests over
the damaging water wars of the past.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The conservation organization Oregon Wild
said since negotiations began, the situation in the Upper Basin continues to
worsen with harmful agricultural business practices. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Steve Pedery, the organization's
conservation director, said the most recent delay is proof that a new
discussion process is needed or the river will never be restored. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Oregon Wild said it is also concerned
with the tentative dam removal timeline. The November agreement called for dam
removal to begin no sooner than 2020 with a feasibility study to be conducted
before a 2012 deadline. Since independent studies regarding economic and
ecological rationale behind dam removal have already been done, Oregon Wild
said the additional study and delayed discussion is “worrisome.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>”It is time to hold PacifiCorp
accountable instead of letting them pull the strings while everyone holds their
breath for six years,” Pedery said in a press release. “If I had a
dollar for every time I've heard backers of this deal say that a final
agreement is 'right around the corner,' I'd have enough money to pay for dam
removal myself.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>According to the DOI press release,
Kulongoski and Schwarzenegger said they are satisfied with the discussions and
optimistic that they will come to an end by summer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A PacifiCorp spokesman said the
organization would not comment further on the issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In the press release, CEO Greg Abel of
PacifiCorp asked for patience as the groups work through a complex process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>”The passionate environmental and
economic perspectives and diverse cultural heritage that embody the Klamath
Basin present an immense challenge to reaching reasonable peace and
compromise,” he said. “We remain committed to achieving the best
possible balanced and pragmatic outcome for our customers on all sides of these
diverse issues.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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