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<DIV>I wonder if this will be published in the Siskiyou Daily News...</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tstokely@att.net
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:19 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] Klamath scientists get apology over bias
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federal agency at the center of the bitter water battles in
the Klamath Basin has formally apologized to seven of its
scientists who were accused by a supervisor of producing
biased work on the water needs of salmon.
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an agreement with the union representing the scientists, the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regional director, David Murillo,
apologized and rescinded the letter that raised the bias
issue.</P>
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whistleblower protection organization Public Employees for
Environmental Ethics had filed a formal complaint over the
treatment of the scientists in the bureau's Klamath Falls
office with the Interior Department.</P>
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alleged that area manager Jason Phillips took steps to
transfer the scientists and assign their work to another
agency because he felt others viewed the research as biased in
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