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Some prefer adjudication, others, the deal
Klamath Falls Herald and News
September 13, 2008
While irrigation district boards and the Klamath Tribes prefer settlement through the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, there are those who see adjudication as the only option to resolving the region’s water issues.
Tom Mallams, an off-Project irrigator near Beatty, said the restoration agreement is a train wreck that is inequitable and would devastate the region.
As a contestant to the Tribes’ claims, he said he thinks the adjudication process will not provide even close to the amount of water the Tribes are claiming. He doesn’t like the process he has to go through to reach that conclusion.
“I don’t look forward to years of litigation,” he said.
Becky Hyde supports the water agreement. The off-Project irrigator’s family has already settled with the Tribes on the Yamsi Ranch outside Chiloquin. But, she said, the property she lives on near Beatty is still at risk. She’s working with neighboring landowners to form an organization to settle water claims with the Tribes.
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