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PacifiCorp, stakeholders to meet today
Water stakeholders are expected to meet with PacifiCorp officials in Portland today and Friday to nail down what must be done to remove four dams on the Klamath River.
Some irrigators from on and off the Klamath Reclamation Project are scheduled to meet a U.S. Department of the Interior official today as well, though it’s unclear what will be discussed in that meeting.
Greg Addington, executive director of Klamath Water Users Association, said those involved in crafting the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement are updating time elements in the document as well as how it would work with a dam removal effort.
The agreement would allocate water among irrigators, environmentalists, tribal interests and fisheries in the Klamath River Basin.
Priorities include determining what studies are needed to determine if dams should be removed and drafting a final removal agreement.
“As usual, there’s a lot of work to be done,” Addington said.
Tom Mallams, who represents the Klamath Off-Project Water Users, said he was not aware of a meeting with PacifiCorp. He said it was common knowledge that those groups not actively supporting the restoration agreement would be excluded from future meetings.
Mallams’ group and others have cited numerous concerns with the restoration agreement, from lack of assurances for water and power to providing land to the Klamath Tribes.
The off-Project irrigator said he plans to attend the meeting with the Interior official today, but he said he did not know what it would include.
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