Tulelake Marine injured in Iraq, H&N 4/29/07

Cousins of threatened owls may be thinned out; Plan calls for shooting spotted owl's cousin, H&N, posted 4/30/07

Land-use dilemma (Measure 37) may go to voters, H&N posted to KBC 4/30/07

To KBC: Is it legal to fish for mullet? and if so when is the best time? Albert
Albert:  I don't think it's legal. They're "endangered", even though there are 10's of thousands more than they thought there were when they were listed as endangered. KBC

From Katherine Lehman regarding Monday's HB2564 water meters. Call your legislators now! 4/27/07

COME TO JOSEPH. Oregon Freedom Symposium, with Jim Beers, by Jim Beers 4/28/07. KBC will be there!

* SB20 Pesticide bill Ap10

We have 2 weeks to get testimony regarding Oregon ag burning ban, HB3000, to Farm Bureau for the committee. Go HERE for details. 4/9/07

* SB20 Pesticide bill April 10, OREGON - "it would shut down most pesticide applications across the state (the activist’s intended goal)" Call your legislator!
If you are going to Salem tomorrow April 10, read HERE. SB20 HERE.

Klamath Indians asking (Buffett) to take down PacifiCorp dams, by Clea Benson - Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau April 27, 2007. HERE for Dam Page. Do you want the Klamath dams removed? Tell Warren Buffett by writing or calling:
Berkshire Hathaway
Attn: Warren Buffett
1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha , NE 68131
402-346-1400

California Farm Bureau Friday Review APRIL 27, 2007

Klamath River flows 4/27/07, Research by Lewie Baker

Senate votes ratifies Yurok compact, 4/19/2007 Eureka Reporter. “It will allow the tribe to operate 99 gaming devices in two locations.”

4/27/07  Write or call tonight or early tomorrow, Friday morning April 27th, HJ31 Stop Wilderness

Group wants Buffett to remove dams, World Herald, posted 4/27/07. (KBC NOTE: The article shows dead fish to promote dam removal. In 2002, the tribes demanded a surge of hot water down the Klamath River against advice of scientists who said this would be lethal to the salmon. Trinity River fish died when they reached the lethal water, and the enviros and Indians blamed farmers for "low flows". These same pictures are being used to promote Klamath Dam removal, blaming dams for dead fish, and assuming that dam removal will fix water quality with millions of tons of sediment being released into the river.)

Thank you for the coverage from the cross hairs of the western water debate; (Climate Change Adds Twist to Debate Over Dams), letter to NY Times by William Kennedy, Klamath Falls Farmer 4/27/07

(Klamath) Groups closer to water settlement, April 25, 2007 Herald and News

Climate Change Adds Twist to Debate Over (Klamath) Dams, New York Times, posted to KBC 4/25/07. HERE for dam page. (KBC NOTE: Thanks to the Klamath Project and it's storage, paid for by Klamath irrigators, free regulated water FROM the Klamath Project has allowed cheap power for PacifiCorps customers in the NW for decades--it was in exchange for affordable power rates to the irrigators. PacifiCorp is increasing the cost to Klamath irrigators 2500% in the next couple years, saying our water does not benefit them. We were previously partners in providing food and power). More HERE.

Lawmakers propose sweeping Western wilderness area, Billings Gazette, posted to KBC 4/25/07. "Two East Coast lawmakers introduced a bill Friday with 73 co-sponsors that would designate as wilderness 23 million public acres in five Northern Rocky Mountain states, including Montana and Wyoming...It would give the government's strongest protections to areas of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and Oregon." Followed by Bill would ban development on 23 million acres across the Northern Rockies: "...750,000 (acres) in eastern Oregon..."

SB986: "the gov picks the "conservationists, hunters and fishermen" as an emergency it takes effect July 1, 2007, if anyone quits, the governor immediately appoints someone he wants to fill that vacancy, the task force makes all its own rules"

Marine reserves sought Governor proposes 25,000 square miles off Oregon Coast for marine sanctuaries Herald and News 4/22/07. "The governor added he had proposed making 25,000 square miles off the Oregon Coast part of the national marine sanctuary system because he is committed to protecting Oregon waters as an ‘‘interconnected ecosystem,’’ and wants the council to keep that goal in mind as it develops a proposal. The proposal would have allowed commercial and recreational fishing, but not oil and gas drilling. "

Kulongoski

Opening Statement's From Today's Joint Oversight Hearing On Renewable Energy Opportunities & Issues On The Outer Continental Shelf, Steve Hanson, Director of Communications, House Committee on Resources 4/24/07. "increased natural gas prices have cost the American consumer $65 billion more per year for electricity than they paid in 2000.  We also learned that because of higher natural gas prices, we've lost three million manufacturing jobs (that's 18 percent of manufacturing jobs) since 2000."

* Send ag burning testimony until April 23.

*BLM mining regulations comments due 4/24/07

Basin water problem serious, demands timely solution, letter to H&N by Cal Hunt, 4/22/07. " The recent showing of the film produced by the Karuk Indians that is used by the Klamath River Inter Tribal Fish and Water Commission has one purpose: Prevent the relicensing of the Klamath River dams in the hopes that salmon populations will be improved. The plight of our farming community, which depends on adequate water for irrigation, was not solved or benefited by the film’s information. Pacific Corp. claims the dams supply power for 70,000 homes. No answer was given to the question of reliable source of power supply if the dams are removed."

Letter to KBC, Karuk Tribe and environmental group regarding Klamath dam removal, from Houston, Texas April 22, 2007 "The fact that there is less erosion in rivers downstream from dams, means that there is less fine dust which could seed the skies.  The rain god  becomes infertile so-to-speak."

Opinion: Save the planet -- save the hydro dams, Redding Searchlight 4/22/07 "PacificCorp's hydro turbines produce 359 gigawatt-hours of carbon-free electricity each year. Yeah, that's insignificant -- it's only three-fourths of Siskiyou County's total yearly electrical consumption. From a global-warming perspective, that replacement power from the gas-fired power plants will produce 220,000 tons per year of new carbon dioxide emissions. Insignificant? Those new emissions equal all automotive-related carbon emissions by everyone in Siskiyou and Del Norte counties combined."

New land-use plan under review: Measure 37, 4/22/07

Unveiling Upper Klamath Lake sucker dilemna, by Dan Keppen, 4/20/07

Hoopa request for appeal denied, Times-Standard 4/22/07

Bureau of Reclamation water data update, posted to KBC 4/21/07

California Farm Bureau Friday Review, APRIL 20, 2007. "Today's Friday Review contains updates on several bills that cover issues ranging from The Williamson Act, Metal Theft, additional fees and Air Quality Regulations."

OREGON WATER METERING public hearing tomorrow Friday April 20. Write or call!

Lawsuit Challenges Salmon Protection, by Jeff Barnard 4/18/07 Forbes

Green power is not green, Letter to KBC by Dale Hellewell 4/20/07. "Hydro projects have turned millions of acres of waste land all over the US into productive, wild life rich environments. Remove the dams and you kill the birds and wildlife they protect."

Capitalizing on sustainable development - making gold out of green, News with Views 4/19/07. (KBC Note: This is a long read, but comprehensive on the big picture, where Klamath, LA: where America headed and how.)

Tulelake Irrigation District well water levels, 4/18/07

Federal government defends decision not to list Oregon coho, 4/16/2007, by Tim Fought, The Oregonian

Klamath River interests to take dam concerns to Warren Buffett, Times Standard 4/18/07. "Everybody seems to want to take out the dams except Pacificorp,” Pellegrini said.(KBC NOTE: No, not "everybody" wants the dams out. Go to Dam Page.)

* Pesticide Class Ap 18

States seek permission to kill salmon-gobbling sea lions, by Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers, posted to KBC 4/18/07. "...an estimated 300,000 California sea lions inhabit the Pacific...

Imported Food Rarely Inspected, Washington Post, posted to KBC 4/18/07. "Just 1.3 percent of imported ... foods are inspected...Last month alone, FDA detained nearly 850 shipments of grains, fish, vegetables, nuts, spice, oils and other imported foods for issues ranging from filth to unsafe food coloring to contamination with pesticides to salmonella."

Turning off the flow, Modesto Bee 4/17/07. "Millions of Californians would lose at least a portion of their water supply and 750,000 acres of productive Central Valley farmland would dry up if the state cannot satisfy an Alameda County judge...Water flowing down the aqueduct has transformed California's once dry and barren interior into an agribusiness powerhouse that pumps an estimated $300 billion into the state's economy." More ESA Today go HERE.

Klamath River flows, and tributaries, research by Lewie Baker 4/17/07

Summary of decisions at the April 2007 Pacific Fishery management council meeting, posted 4/18/07, Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife.

Ranking Member Henry E. Brown, Jr.'s Statement From Today's Hearing On Impacts Of A Climate Change On Wildlife & Oceans, "...as recently as 30 years ago, the scientific consensus was that we were entering a new ice age and that a drop of only one degree Celsius would result in world famine.  The January 31, 1977, cover of Time magazine was entitled "The Big Freeze".  The scientists were wrong in 1977, they were wrong about last year's summer hurricane season and they may well be wrong about the so-called catastrophic effects of the current warming trend. Having just experienced the coldest Easter Sunday in Charleston in over 50 years, a few of my constituents would have enjoyed a little global warming." Steve Hanson, Committee on Resources 4/17/07

"I'm Tired" by Joe Repya, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army 101st Airborne Division, followed by an interview, posted 4/18/07 "I'm tired that so many ignore the bravery of the Iraqi people to go to the voting booth and freely elect a Constitution and soon a permanent Parliament. I'm tired of the so called 'Elite Left' that prolongs this war by giving aid and comfort to our enemy, just as they did during the Vietnam War."

Ethanol  boom puts pressure on farm conservation programs, CQ Green Sheets, April 16, 2007