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Support, opposition given for dam removal 
 
Chiloquin meeting equally attended by tribes, irrigators
 

By TY BEAVER

H&N Staff Reporter

July 13, 2010

 

     CHILOQUIN — Those attending a meeting in Chiloquin Friday about Klamath River dam removal did not just stick to suggestions about how government officials conduct the project’s environmental   review.

 

   Pete Lucero, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said the roughly 50 people who attended dedicated the bulk of their comments to supporting or opposing dam removal, as many did at a similar meeting in Klamath Falls Thursday night.  

 

   Courtesy reminder

 

   However, government officials running the meeting reminded attendees that they were to be courteous of others and the meeting, unlike Klamath Falls, did not include racially charged comments.

 

   “The crowd in Chiloquin was respectful of each other,” Lucero said.

 

   Removal of four hydroelectric dams on the river is a key aspect of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement   . Stakeholders and state and federal officials signed the documents in Salem in February.  

 

   2012 deadline

 

   The U. S. Secretary of the Interior has until June 2012 to determine whether dam removal is feasible and the environmental review process is meant to inform that decision.

 

   Chiloquin meeting attendees were evenly split between members of the Klamath Tribes and irrigators off the Klamath Reclamation Project.

 

   Lucero said that while those who spoke at the meeting focused on their positions on dam removal, officials were able to glean some ideas that could inform the environmental review, such as how water quality issues surrounding the dams are investigated.

 

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