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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Kulongoski
signs bill to pay for removal of dams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>S.F.
Chronicle-7/14/09<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>By
Jeff Barnard    <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
state of Oregon will finance most of the cost of removing four Klamath River
dams to help salmon under a bill signed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Meanwhile,
federal officials met in Klamath Falls with representatives of Pacificorp and
the states of California and Oregon. The parties must have a binding agreement
by September to restore 300 miles of spawning habitat on what was once the
third biggest salmon producer on the West Coast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A
preliminary agreement that serves as a framework for the negotiations both
guarantees and limits the amount of irrigation water that will be available to
farmers in the Klamath Basin, and offers hundreds of millions of dollars for salmon
restoration work and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In
recent decades, the needs of farms and fish in the area have been pitted
against each other while declining salmon runs have triggered cutbacks in
commercial and recreational fishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"Signing
this bill into law is a critical step in ensuring that all of the Klamath's
diverse rural communities have an economically viable future," Kulongoski
said in a release. "Every farmer and fisherman whose livelihood depends on
a healthy river system will benefit from the restoration of the Klamath
Basin."<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Long
an opponent of dam removal, PacifiCorp shifted after it became clear the idea
had strong public support and the utility could end up paying far more to
continue trying to relicense the aged dams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"We
said all along if public policy dictates dam removal, we need to do everything
we can to provide our customers with legal and financial protection,"
Pacificorp spokesman Art Sasse said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sasse,
as well as representatives of Indian tribes, farmers, and salmon fishermen, who
have long battled over balancing scarce water in the Klamath Basin between fish
and farms, all praised the governor for his work to make dam removal a reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Oregon
Wild, however, continues to oppose the deal. The conservation group argues that
it gives too much to farmers and too little to fish and wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Water
wars have long simmered in the Klamath Basin, where the first of the dams and a
federal irrigation project built in the early 20th century turned the natural
water distribution upside down, draining marshes and lakes and tapping rivers
for electricity to put water on dry farmland that grows potatoes, horseradish,
grain, alfalfa and cattle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A
drought in 2001 forced a shut-off of irrigation water to sustain threatened and
endangered fish, and when the irrigation was restored the next year, tens of
thousands of salmon died trying to spawn in the Klamath River, which was too
low and too warm to sustain them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Besides
blocking salmon from the upper basin, the dams raise water temperatures to
levels unhealthy for fish. Their reservoirs produce toxic algae. The fish are
beset by parasites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
law calls for building up a trust fund of $180 million over the next 10 years
through a surcharge on PacifiCorp costumers in Oregon, which amounts to about
$1.50 a month for a residential customer. California pays $20 million. If dam
removal falls through, the money goes back to ratepayers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>If
a federal feasibility study shows the dams can be safely torn down, work begins
around 2020.#<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
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
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