County to hear public comments

Commissioners conducting public hearing today

By Ty Beaver

H&N's Staff Writer

February 11, 2008

   The Klamath County Board of Commissioners will conduct its second public hearing at today on the proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. Much of the meeting will be devoted to public comment. 

   The 7 p.m. meeting will be in the blue building at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Commissioners moved the meeting from the Klamath County Government Center because of anticipated high attendance. 

   Stakeholders released the agreement Jan. 15 after two-and a-half years of negotiations. If approved, it would allocate water in the Klamath River watershed between irrigators, tribes, fishermen and conservationists. 

   Presentations from groups involved in drafting the agreement occupied the county’s first hearing Feb. 4. 

   Along with the Klamath Water Users Association, PacifiCorp and the Klamath Tribes, a coalition of water users from on and off the Klamath Reclamation Project provided a letter of demands to commissioners. 

   The second hearing will include comments from Commissioner John Elliott on the agreement impact on Klamath County , but most time will be dedicated to public comment and responses.

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