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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Glen,<br>
<br>
See you are still pushing the Klamath Settlement "party line", but
Nature may expose major flaws in the agreement this year. I am
attaching two lower Klamath River flow charts from Iron Gate Dam
that reflect the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA). The
first is from October 2012 to the present and the second from
March 1 to present with the 52 year average reflecting post-Iron
Gate construction historic data. The flat lining far below the
recent average to fill Upper Klamath Lake as a priority for
Klamath Basin Water Users (KBWU) security is slowing the transit
time of water through the Klamath Hydroelectric Project (KHP)
reservoirs and thus heightening the risk of toxic algae. There is
a clear connection of the Klamath Settlement to the flow regime
and; therefore, the toxic algae problem.<br>
<br>
Similar flow conditions prompted an early outbreak and
PacifiCorp's strident "test" spraying of Microcystis blooms last
July, which they did without a 401 permit. PCorp said they had
blanket coverage under the Klamath Hydropower Settlement Agreement
(KHSA) and didn't need Clean Water Act clearance from the North
Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB). It would
have been difficult for the NCRWQCB staff to justify spraying
algicides because such action is known to cause release of toxins
as cell walls break down. Welcome to the Brave New World of the
Klamath Settlement, where the corporation has license to do
whatever it wants.<br>
<br>
Also Glen, the spring "pulse flows" in the KBRA that were supposed
to be worked out in the Drought Plan were never defined and didn't
happen this year. Last year there was a big fanfare about the
pulse flow of 5000 cfs and what a great thing the KBRA was. No
pulse flow this year after flat-lining all winter means extreme
risk of and outbreak of the deadly fish disease Ceratomyxa shasta
below the dams because of benthic algae (Cladophera) build up,
which is accompanied by high populations of an intermediate host
polychaete (Manayunkia speciosa). As the Klamath River drops and
warms, millions of C shasta spores will likely be released,
jeopardizing what should be a huge wave of juvenile Chinook. By
the way, the flow levels depart dramatically from the National
Marine Fisheries Service's Biological Opinion for coho salmon. In
addition, the last of Tule Lake suckers will be shipped to Upper
Klamath Lake this year as part of Bureau of Reclamation Klamath
Project Operations. Welcome to the Brave New World of the KBRA
where we line the bird cage with the Endangered Species Act (and
CESA).<br>
<br>
Nature bats last Glen, and the flows of the Klamath River need to
go back more toward their historic norm and we need to reclaim
marshes to restore the ecological balance and get the ecosystem
service of clean water. Water quality is actually more important
than flow and the strangle hold the KBWU have on the Refuges under
the KBRA is blocking their use for water storage and filtration,
which is killing the river.<br>
<br>
By the way, please quit misrepresenting the State Water Resources
Control Board 401 process. The toxic conditions within the KHP
reservoirs would prevent them from issuing a 401 Certification,
which along with the fish ladders mandated by NMFS, essentially
form a checkmate for PacifiCorp on their license. Time to go back
to FERC.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Pat Higgins<br>
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PS: By the way, would love to have a refereed public debate on
this sometime. Call me if you'd like to arrange.<br>
<br>
Patrick Higgins<br>
Consulting Fisheries Biologist<br>
791 Eighth Street, Suite A<br>
Arcata, CA 95521<br>
W 707 822-9428<br>
H 707 839-4987 <br>
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On 6/15/2013 2:33 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:FISH1IFR@aol.com">FISH1IFR@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Colleagues.... </div>
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<div>Please do NOT repost the Hoopa Valley Tribe's
anti-algaecide Petition below. Anyone considering signing it
should read it <u>very carefully</u> and also understand
that the Petition is to some degree merely a ruse
perpetuated by an employee of the Hoopa Valley Tribe to
gather opposition against the Klamath Settlement Agreements.
In that respect, the Petition is somewhat of a Trojan Horse,
cleverly riding the algaecide issue for very different
purposes, and has drifted far from the point of opposing the
use of algaecides in the river. </div>
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<div><strong>The Petition is, in fact, highly deceptive!</strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div>Unfortunately, the Petition is far more about the Hoopa
Valley Tribe's efforts to gather support for its unique
position <u>in opposition to the Klamath Settlement
Agreements</u> than it is about the algaecide issue. The
Petition insists, for instance, that it is "time for
PacifiCorps to move forward with needed Clean Water Act
certification" in its pending Application before the
California State Water Board. What the Hoopa Valley Tribe
does not tell you, though, is that the current Clean Water
Act Section 401 Certification Application is NOT FOR DAM
REMOVAL, it is for FULL DAM RELICENSING. And this
Application has <u>nothing whatsoever</u> to do with the
experimental use of algaecides -- which the Regional Water
Board approved.</div>
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<div>Moving even one more step forward toward Klamath dam
relicensing makes no sense, given that PacifiCorp and nearly
every other Klamath Basin major stakeholder (<u>except</u>
the Hoopa Valley Tribe) is working diligently through the
Klamath Settlement Agreements to remove these dams by 2020,
not to relicense them! The pending 401 Relicensing
Application process is suspended while Settlement Agreement
efforts toward dam removal are being worked on. Forcing
PacifiCorp and the Water Board to instead move forward with
the current 401 Certification process for relicensing is
merely a devious way to try to sabotage the KIamath
Settlement Agreement, which the Hoopa Valley Tribe has
short-sightedly pledge itself to doing. The end result of
such a process will only be years of tangled and expensive
litigation, <em>and may even be partial or total
relicensing!</em></div>
<div><em></em> </div>
<div>In short, this current Petition is <em>highly deceptive</em>,
only peripherally about algaecides, is based on a number of
<em>false assumptions</em>, and unfortunately has little to
do, in the body of the Petition, with what it is purported
to be all about. </div>
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<div>Most people in the basin, including myself, strongly
oppose more use of algaecides in the river and would sign a
Petition that was <u>only </u>about that issue in a
heartbeat. But deceptively using this one "hot-button issue"
as a ruse to sabotage a Settlement Agreement that the Yurok
Tribe, Karuk Tribe, Klamath Tribes, Humboldt County and more
than 40 other major Klamath Basin stakeholder groups have
agreed to -- and which represents the most certain way to
get these four dams down within the shortest period of time
--<em> does everyone a great disservice! </em> Its authors
should be ashamed of themselves!</div>
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Glen H. Spain, NW Regional Director<br>
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
(PCFFA)<br>
PO Box 11170, Eugene, OR 97440-3370<br>
O:(541)689-2000 -- Fax:(541)689-2500<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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<div>In a message dated 6/14/2013 12:17:53 P.M. Pacific
Daylight Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:windhorse@jeffnet.org">windhorse@jeffnet.org</a>
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<div><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Papyrus">How
about puting the petition on line?</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Papyrus">Lots
more would sign!</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font color="#0000ff" face="Papyrus">Jim</font></strong></div>
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[env-trinity] Redding.com: Tribes,Pacificorp at odds
over algae in Klamath River</div>
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Aug. 21, 2009, photo shows water trickling
over an algae-covered spillway at Copco 1 Dam
on the Klamath River outside Hornbrook.
Regional Indian tribes are at odds with
PacifiCorp over a plan to kill toxic algae
blooms in the Klamath River that critics say
could cause a whole other pollution problem in
the Northern California waterway.</p>
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0px">Local tribes are at odds with PacifiCorp
over a plan to kill toxic algae blooms in the
Klamath River that critics say could cause a
whole new pollution problem in the
already-controversial waterway.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">A petition to stop the electricity giant’s
plan to kill algae in the Siskiyou County river
with hydrogen peroxide-based “GreenClean Liquid”
picked up some 2,000 signatures in its first
week, said Regina Chichizola, a Hoopa Valley
tribe member who started the protest drive.</p>
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0px">Chichizola said she questions PacifiCorp’s
study from its pilot run of the algae program
that killing the blooms with the substance
doesn’t produce harmful amounts of microcystin,
a naturally occurring toxin.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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experimental level,” Chichizola said.</p>
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both fishers and other recreation fans as well
as local tribes, Chichizola said, since they use
the waterway for sacred ceremonies.</p>
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0px">But PacifiCorp says it’s “inconceivable”
the plan would cause any toxicity problems.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">“We think it’s, frankly, irresponsible to
be raising public health concerns over something
that is inconceivable — that this would cause
health problems down river, in the reservoir,
anywhere,” said Bob Gravely, a spokesman for the
company.</p>
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0px">Meanwhile, the Karuk Tribe has entered into
a conflict resolution process with PacifiCorp
over the plan, hoping to find a civil way to
ease concerns it could prove toxic.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">“We feel confident we’re going to work
through this with PacifiCorp,” said Craig
Tucker, tribe spokesman.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">The Karuk Tribe even sent an in-depth
letter to PacifiCorp rejecting some of the
analysis from the 2012 study based on what time
of day it occurred and the depth of the water,
both of which can affect results, a water expert
for the tribe said.</p>
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project last year is up for interpretation, it’s
still concerning that the plan includes
unnatural substances.</p>
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to swallow because...chemicals are inconsistent
with tribal cultural beliefs,” he said.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">Gravely pointed out that the 2012 study
results indicated that microcystin wasn’t a
problem. This year’s study would include a
screen so that a more isolated pocket of water
could be treated without being diluted, he said.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">Nonetheless, Clayton Creager, senior
scientist for the North Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board, said the board has some
worries as well and is examining the permit that
allows PacifiCorp to use the algae-killer.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">“We’re evaluating the status of their
current permit,” he said. “It’s because we have
specific concerns and we’ve received lots of
complaints.”</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">The U.S. Department of the Interior
recommended in April that four dams on the river
be torn down to protect local tribes and fish
species, and Chichizola said that’s a safe way
to prevent algae, since much of it originates
from the dams.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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0px">In 2010, Indian tribes, farmers, salmon
fishermen and conservation groups signed
historic agreements calling for sharing water in
dry years and the removal of the four dams to
open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat shut
off for a century. PacifiCorp, which owns the
dams, agreed to the removal rather than pay
millions of dollars for fish ladders and other
improvements.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">In addition to raising concerns over the
algaecide plan, Chichizola blasted PacifiCorp
for not soliciting public comment on the plan,
despite its significance to the public.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">“We’re concerned mainly with the people who
are using the river, and we’re concerned with
the complete lawlessness around this action,”
Chichizola said, saying the plan has turned the
Klamath into a “corporately controlled river.”</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">But Gravely said his company notified
Siskiyou County officials and also ran a notice
in a local newspaper.</p>
<p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em;
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baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP:
0px">“This has all been done as part of a very
public process, and in accordance with every
regulation that applies to it,” he said. “I
don’t know exactly what they’re saying didn’t
happen or wanted to happen...we made our
required notices. We feel like we have a
responsibility to address these issues.”</p>
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