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Make federal agencies coordinate water plans
In the Sunday Herald and
News editorial, Pat Bushey stated: “It’s
time for the Klamath County commissioners to
move the bucket elsewhere.”
In my opinion it is time for Klamath County commissioners to require the Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate plans, per Section 202(a) of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976, as it relates to the “Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.” If commissioners are not familiar with this process, I suggest they plan a meeting with the Modoc County commissioners to find out how the system works.
As I see it, these agencies are required to coordinate their plans and actions with county commissioners before they act as to how their plans affect, among other things, the economy, environment, wetlands, fish and wildlife, employment and other things.
In my opinion the Herald and News could better inform the public when publishing lake levels and storage to give the acre-feet of dead storage as well as active storage in each of the three lakes — Clear, Gerber and Upper Klamath.
In my opinion it is time for Klamath County commissioners to require the Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate plans, per Section 202(a) of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976, as it relates to the “Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.” If commissioners are not familiar with this process, I suggest they plan a meeting with the Modoc County commissioners to find out how the system works.
As I see it, these agencies are required to coordinate their plans and actions with county commissioners before they act as to how their plans affect, among other things, the economy, environment, wetlands, fish and wildlife, employment and other things.
In my opinion the Herald and News could better inform the public when publishing lake levels and storage to give the acre-feet of dead storage as well as active storage in each of the three lakes — Clear, Gerber and Upper Klamath.
If Long Valley Lake for
off-stream storage, should come to fruit, it
is doubtful cooler water would have any
chance to benefit in-stream fish unless Keno
Dam is removed.
I believe also the Long Valley Lake would almost immediately come under the thumb of the Fish and Wildlife Service, which would require a minimum storage level.
On a different note, it appears to me that, due to the United States membership in the United Nations, we are inching closer to a one-world government. More on this issue can be had by “Googling” the topic Agenda 21 and reading: “The Rise of Global Governance.” One copy each is in the Klamath and Tulelake libraries.
Frank Vaughn
Lakeview
I believe also the Long Valley Lake would almost immediately come under the thumb of the Fish and Wildlife Service, which would require a minimum storage level.
On a different note, it appears to me that, due to the United States membership in the United Nations, we are inching closer to a one-world government. More on this issue can be had by “Googling” the topic Agenda 21 and reading: “The Rise of Global Governance.” One copy each is in the Klamath and Tulelake libraries.
Frank Vaughn
Lakeview
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