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What's In The News:
May
14, 2008
- The Klamath River Compact Commission,
back in 1962 commissioned Harry K. Phinney, Associate
Professor of Botany from Oregon State University to
do a report titled Investigation
Into Methods to Control Algae in the Klamath
River Basin
and
states in the cover letter: "Excessive algal growth in
the Klamath River Basin is a natural phenomenon that has been present
for many years." It must be remembered that Iron Gate
Dam was built in 1962 and at that time, algae was already a
documented historic problem.
Articles
Posted Today:
Bob
St. Louis Letter:
Re:
"Clean Water Restoration Act"
May 12, 2008
Herald
and News: Lawmakers
support buyout of grazing lands
Felice
Pace: California
Water Politics - the Water Buffaloes
are back!
Salem Statesman
Journal: 100th
anniversary celebrations start Saturday
May 13, 2008
Times-Standard:
NEC
weighs stance on Klamath agreement
PNW
Salmon News:
Center
for Biological Diversity Press Release:
Conservation
Groups Sue Federal Government to Protect Salmon in Maine;
Times-Standard:
Salmon
aid injected into farm bill
Water
in the West:
Capital
Press: Cold,
dry weather delays Idaho snow melt
Salt
Twin
Falls Times-News:
Protecting
Idaho irrigators from Wyoming rivers bill imperative
Center
for Biological Diversity Press
Release: Rio
Grande Cutthroat Trout Warrants Protection as Endangered Species
May 13, 2008
Climate
Change - Global Warming:
Tom
Paine:
Bill
McKibben: Climate Change's Defining Moment
New
York Times:
In
Oregon speech, McCain criticizes Bush's inaction on climate change
World
Wildlife Fund Press Release:
ESA
Listing Vital to Polar Bear Survival
Oregonian:
McCain
Follows Democrats on Climate
Organic
Consumers Association Press Release:
White
House vs White Bear: Bush Must Decide Whether To Save The Polar Bear As
The Ice Melts
Important
Chelsea
Schilling: Wanna
help planet? 'Let's all just die!'
May 12, 2008 - The race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination
may come down to Oregon, making the state’s Democrats’ votes vital
for candidates U.S. Sens. Hillary
Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack
Obama, D-Ill. In an
article published in today’s Klamath
Falls Herald and News, Basin
Issues - Obama, Clinton discuss what is important to Klamath both
candidates answer the following question:
“Our region is regularly troubled by
water shortages and the environmental regulations in place to protect
endangered fish. A group of stakeholders developed a settlement to
address these issues, but it would require federal funding of about $400
million and legislation to implement it. Would you support the
settlement and, if so, how would you push it through Congress?”
Today's
Klamath
River Basin USGS Flow Graphs
are posted. In-flows into Upper
Klamath Lake are above normal but the elevation of Upper Klamath
Lake is dropping due to increased out-flows through the Link
River. High elevation
snowpack should start melting due to increased temperatures predicted
for later this week. High
flows are also showing up on the
Articles Posted Today:
Marcia
Armstrong,
Herald
and News:
Basin
Issues - Obama, Clinton discuss what is important to Klamath
Important
George
Wuerthner:
The
Problems with Conservation Easements
Redding
Record Searchlight:
State
officials ban fall-run fishing until November
Oregonian:
Salmon
closure hits Winchester Bay
hard
Center
for Biological Diversity Press Release: Bush
Sets Record: Two Years Since Any U.S. Species Listed As Endangered
Research
done by the U.S. Department of the Interior to determine if
global warming threatens the polar bear population is so flawed that it
cannot be used to justify listing the polar bear as an endangered species,
according to a study being published later this year in Interfaces, a
journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management
Sciences. Read more from Federal
Polar Bear Research Critically Flawed, Forecasting Expert ....
Recommended
reading today is from the War on You
web site titled Seizing
Water: The Water Restoration Act of 2007
starts
out by saying, “The Water Restoration Act of 2007, along with others,
gives the federal government complete control over every waterway, river,
stream, lake, aquifer, creek, slew, swamp, underground spring and even the
rain that runs off your roof. Why? Well to better protect you from polluters
and to ensure water safety, and of course “national security”.
Here’s the real deal. Oil which has been deemed the worlds most
valuable commodity (remember that word) is quickly being replaced by water.
Water is the new “gold”. Under the Public Trust doctrine, the government is prohibited from converting
something such as water (a human right…we can’t live without it) to a
commodity. It must remain in a public trust, meaning that it is so important
to our survival that it should never be subjected to markets, trading or
private interests. In other words, it should never be reclassified as a
commodity. But this Act lays the groundwork for removing from the Public
Trust this basic human right which is a necessity, and will facilitate it
being reclassified a “needed commodity”.
Articles Posted Today:
War
On You:
Seizing
Water: The Water Restoration Act of 2007
April 2008
YouTube:
Video of
Capital
Press:
Kulongoski
weighs in on Clean Water Act bill
Times-Standard:
Feds
pull plug on Trinity water shift
Herald
and News Editorial:
PacifiCorp
and dam removal
Herald
and News Editorial:
Community
support for a community agreement
Herald
and News Editorial:
Top
issues in the agreement
Herald
and News Editorial:
Let’s
move from posturing to collaboration
Herald
and News:
Agricultural
industry split on state of the economy
PNW
Salmon News:
Times-Standard:
Salmon
on the move
AP:
Study:
Dams Could Benefit Salmon Runs in Calif.
New
York Times:
Salmon
Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast
Climate
Change - Global Warming:
Laurie
Roth:
Has
Global Warming Ruined Everything?
Center
for Biological Diversity Press Release:
As
Polar Bear Decision Looms, Department of the Interior Crosses ...
May 9, 2008
American
Enterprise Institute:
Polar
Bear Risk Claims on Thin Ice
Institute
for Operations Research and the Management Sciences:
Federal
Polar Bear Research Critically Flawed, Forecasting Expert ...
Agriculture
in the
Recommended
reading today is the Investors
Business Daily article from May 5th, Testing
The Waters where it states, "German
researchers say Earth will stop warming for at least a decade. It seems
ocean currents, not SUVs, help determine the temperature of Earth."
Articles
Posted Today:
AP:
Farm
bill negotiators say they have reached agreement
Herald
and News Editorial:
Basin
farming is a constant balancing act
Herald
and News:
Water
pressure grows
Washington
Post: President
Bush promises to veto compromise Farm Bill
Water
in the West:
AP:
Committee
floats Navajo water bill along to full Senate vote
Capital
Press:
Spiraling
costs delay infrastructure fixes - Rural areas struggle to maintain
federally built levees, dams
Capital
Press Editorial:
California
water planning left
high & dry
Capital
Press:
California
farmers face low
water year
Capital
Press:
Idaho
surface users hail judge's water ruling
AP:
California
residents urged to
save water amid drought worries
AP: Farmers form 'Super Ditch' company to negotiate water deals May 9, 2008
Climate
Change - Global Warming:
Investors
Business Daily: Testing
The Waters
Live
Science:
Cold
Water Thrown on Antarctic Warming Predictions
National
Center for Atmospheric Research: Climate
models overheat Antarctica, new study finds
Informs:
Federal
Polar Bear Research Critically Flawed, Argue Forecasting Experts
Sac
Bee: Law
firm vows to sue if U.S. links climate to polar bear's survival
Important
New
York Times:
Oregon
salmon fishermen go after other catch
Recommenced
reading today is Walter E. Williams’ Environmentalists'
wacky predictions that
he starts by saying, "Now that another Earth Day has come and gone,
let's look at some environmentalist predictions that they would prefer
we forget."
Articles Posted Today:
Dan Bacher: Final
Report From Omaha
James A. Waddell: False
image of tribal importance - Karuk tribal member letter regarding Tribes
that interrupted Warren Buffet's stockholders' meeting
USAToday:
White
House Says Farm Bill Cost Too High
PNW Salmon News:
Oregonian: Feds'
Salmon Plan Leaves Dam Operations Intact May 6, 2008
AP:
Sea
Lion Agreement Reached
Register-Guard Outdoors:
It’s
time to cast a (head)line and reel in some good salmon news
Tillamook Headlight Herald:
Feds'
fish aid plans pending
Important