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Survey
results: Water settlement questions
Do you
have questions about the proposed
Can the 90,000 acres the Tribes would get be traded by them for
other more desirable federal lands?
I wish we could have asked the Oregon Water Resources Department to
put in writing that it would never install meters on our wells, both
domestic and agricultural so it wont someday charge us for the water
we use.
Why not include a representative of private property owners below
and above the lake? Open the talks to allow more input.
On
average, how many thousand acre-feet of water are sent down the river
prior to letting the lake fill for irrigation season?
How much water has been saved in the Basin by switching from flood
to sprinkler irrigation? Could this water be used for negotiation
purposes for the off-Project irrigators instead of retiring 30,000
acre-feet?
If the Tribe considers itself a sovereign nation, and it obtains
ownership of the 90,000-acre Mazama Tree Farm, how would this affect
Klamath County property taxes, zoning, Highway 97 access, private
property within or adjacent, private property access, and national
forest access?
If the agreement or some form of it goes into effect and the Tribes
have not waived their sovereignty, how would parties to the agreement
take them to court to enforce the agreement if the Tribes failed to
abide by the terms of the agreement?
Why do they require the dams to be removed without any alternative
plan? Do they realize the burden they place on others for the cost of
this project?
What studies have actually been done to see what the impact of
removing the dams are? What studies have been done to make sure this is
the best possible solution to bring the fish back.
What is taking so long? I am wondering if the people who hunt and
fish in
Why do the county commissioners and general public question the
ability of 26 different knowledgeable groups which have the expertise to
lead this area into an equitable settlement?
Why do off-Project irrigators have to do individual farm plans and
have them OKd by some new governing committee to get the same power
rate as those on the Project? Also, just who will make up this
committee?
Why has the process not been open to the public and why was it made
to include giving land in exchange for the tribes not enforcing their
claims to water that have never been quantified?
How would downstream migrating juvenile salmon survive the high
temperatures and low oxygen in the water below the Linkville Dam that
wont support suckers during portions of the year?
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