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This Issue is generating so many articles from so many perspectives that I am unable to keep them all updated. What I am going to do is post links to the sources from up and down the river,PEASE, check these sources often,as they will have the newest  and latest information available.
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Viewpoints from both ends of the river
               
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Klamath dam owner looking toward settlement
    July 16 2008
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Klamath Dam transfer considered
   June 10 2008
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EPA fines business for Klamath pesticides incident
   June 10 2008
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It is appearent that people up river are not happy just as people down river are not happy. I make no claim to being an expert on this issue, hell I doubt if my knowledge base would even be classified as "informed" but the gist of the matter is:
 
"Do we endorse the Proposed Draft "as is" or not?" 
Endorsement will cost us all our future generations
 "Water Rights and Fishing Rights"
FOREVER
This is what OUR Council is agreeing to so they will obtain yearly Budget Money for Departmental Operation.

15.3.6.
Assurances By and Between the Yurok Tribe and the United States.

A. Assurance by the Yurok Tribe and the United States.

The United States acting in its trustee capacity and the Yurok Tribe hereby provide interim assurance that the two will not assert
(1)
tribal water or fishing rights theories or tribal trust theories in a manner, and

(2) the two parties will not assert Yurok tribal or trust water rights, whatever they may be, in a manner, that will interfere with the diversion, use or reuse of water for the Klamath Project that is not precluded by the limitation on diversions of water from Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River as provided in Appendix E-1.........


B. Yurok Tribe Waiver of Claims Against the United States.

The Yurok Tribe agrees to provide, and support in the federal Authorizing Legislation contemplated by this Agreement (Appendix A-1), a complete waiver and release of claims against the United States, its agencies, and officers of all claims for damages, losses or injuries to rights to water, claims of interference with, diversion or taking of such water rights, due to water rights related or water management actions or inaction in the Klamath River Basin above the Oregon-California Border , ...................

{The Tribal Council's idea of "COMPLETE" or the US Government's ?}
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When a dam is demolished, the old ways return


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High Country News Articles of Interrest




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EPA finds Klamath River impaired by toxic algae

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PacifiCorps Klamath River dams held the highest levels of the toxic algae, Microcystis aeruginosa, recorded in North America;


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New hurdle for Klamath dams


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Oregon law could nix proposed water agreement
Herald& News      Wednesday, March 5, 2008

An Oregon law could threaten the future of the proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.State lawmakers from Klamath Falls said Oregon Water Resources Department staff violated state law by participating in closed-door meetings with the Klamath Tribes during two-and-a-half years of settlement talks.      
 

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All eyes on the river   March 1, 2008  TRIPLICATE

Dams in the bull's-eye  
March 8, 2008  TRIPLICATE

The future of the Klamath : Into the breach
 March 15, 2008   TRIPLICATE


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The largest river restoration effort in history

Published: March 1, 2008  TRIPLICATE

Jan. 15 was an unusual day.

A hefty proposal to renew the Klamath River Basin was released that day after stakeholders from 26 diverse groups worked for more than two years to draft the document. It calls for the largest dam removal project and river restoration effort in history.
                                                


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Klamath Irrigation District votes in favor of settlement agreement 

 Feb 20, 2008   Herald and News            

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Supervisors conditionally approval Klamath agreement

 02/20/2008     The Times-Standard        

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Supervisors give tentative nod to Klamath River agreement

Published: Feb 19 2008       EUREKA REPORTER                 

A Good Question I'd like to know the answer to is: Who were the Members the Tribe did "Extensive Consultation" with?

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MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT THE KLAMATH WATER ISSUES
There are many myths and much deliberate misinformation about the impact of new water policies in the Klamath Basin to protect fish and wildlife and prevent extinction of salmon as well as other species. This fact sheet includes the most common myths, indicates what the real situation is, and provides links and references to source material to back up this information. Feel free to challenge these myths wherever you see them and demand verification. In all but the rarest of cases the people circulating these myths are doing do for their own political reasons, and cannot back them up with facts. Also feel free to circulate this Fact Sheet widely. We believe the debate over water policy in the Klamath Basin will only improve once the people involved get beyond rhetoric and denial to actual facts and data, as we have done below.

A POLICY ACCESSMENT OF THE 2001 KLAMATH RECLAMATION  PROJECT WATER ALLOCATION DECISIONS
Water Allocation in the Klamath Reclamation Project, "Policy"
(Oregon State University/University of California)

WELL WORTH THE READING

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SHOULD THE KLAMATH BASIN
RESTORATION AGREEMENT BE APPROVED AND PUT INTO ACTION?
On Jan. 15, the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement was unveiled by 28
organizations — tribes, farmers, recreational fishing enthusiasts, environmentalists and government agencies.
It concluded two years of negotiations by these, overcoming and reaching
compromises on competing interests. The KBRA is intended to provide
irrigation for upriver farmers, guarantee tribal fishing rights, insure
proper water flow and restore fish populations. Below, two guest authors
give us opposing views of the question,