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Un-Dam the Klamath Action Meeting for Commercial Fishing Community to be held in Coos Bay
August 12,
2008
Commercial fishermen and friends are invited to meet and discuss ways to be involved in a Day of Action demanding removal of four Klamath River dams, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, according to Malena Marvin, Klamath Riverkeeper Outreach and Science Director.
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Advisory August
12, 2008
For more information contact:
Malena Marvin – 541-821-7260
Un-Dam the Klamath Action Meeting for Commercial Fishing Community to be held in Coos Bay Area
Fishermen invited to plan for September 18th PacifiCorp Day of Action Demanding Dam Removal in Portland
Commercial fishermen and friends are invited to meet and discuss ways to be involved in a Day of Action demanding removal of four dams on the Klamath River. The organizing meeting will be held August 22nd at the Charleston RV Park meeting room at 6 pm. The PacifiCorp Day of Action will be held September 18th in downtown Portland beginning at 12 pm.
The September 18th PacifiCorp Day of Action is being planned by the Klamath Justice Coalition, a group of community activists from the Klamath River dedicated to restoring the Klamath, and is also co-sponsored by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, among other groups. The Klamath Justice Coalition is inviting the public to assemble at Holladay Park at the corner of NE Multnomah and 11th Street in downtown Portland at 12 noon on September 18th.
From there the group will march to PacifiCorp’s headquarters for a rally featuring speakers from Tribal, fishing, and conservation communities. The Klamath Justice Coalition humbly asks that groups interested in engaging in acts of non-violent direct action or civil disobedience hold such actions on days before or after the march on Thursday the 18th. The Klamath Justice Coalition asks that no groups engage in any acts of violence or property destruction.
"There is no better case for dam removal on the west coast than the four small, obsolete and fish-killing dams in the Klamath River that currently block the river," commented Glen Spain of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), a commercial fishermen's group and one of the sponsors of these events. "By far the best way to restore the Klamath-based salmon fisheries for northern California and southern Oregon would be to remove these dams. They have long since outlived their usefulness, and today they are nothing more than an ongoing disaster for large portions of the west coast and its salmon."
Klamath Riverkeeper says the Day of Action and related organizing meetings fit well into their PacifiCorp Ratepayer Campaign. Along with the Karuk Tribe and conservation group Friends of the River, Klamath Riverkeeper is working to inform PacifiCorp’s customers that it will cost more to keep the Klamath dams than to remove them and buy replacement power.
“Dam removal is a win-win for PacifiCorp’s customers and for commercial fishermen from Newport to San Francisco, and we hope to send that message loud and clear on the September 18th Day of Action,” said Klamath Riverkeeper Outreach and Science Director Malena Marvin.
The PacifiCorp Ratepayer Campaign organizes citizens to write the Oregon Public Utility Commission asking that unreasonable rate hikes associated with keeping the Klamath dams not be passed along to ratepayers through ‘cost recovery’. The groups sent 20,000 mailers to coastal PacifiCorp ratepayers this spring, and held film nights in Astoria, Newport, Coos Bay, and Brookings to educate ratepayers about Klamath dam removal.
More information is available at:
http://www.klamathriver.org
http://pacificorpdayofaction.org
http://www.salmonforsavings.com
http://www.berkshireshareholders.org
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NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, any copyrighted
material herein is distributed without profit or payment to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit
research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
For more information contact:
Malena Marvin – 541-821-7260
Un-Dam the Klamath Action Meeting for Commercial Fishing Community to be held in Coos Bay Area
Fishermen invited to plan for September 18th PacifiCorp Day of Action Demanding Dam Removal in Portland
Commercial fishermen and friends are invited to meet and discuss ways to be involved in a Day of Action demanding removal of four dams on the Klamath River. The organizing meeting will be held August 22nd at the Charleston RV Park meeting room at 6 pm. The PacifiCorp Day of Action will be held September 18th in downtown Portland beginning at 12 pm.
The September 18th PacifiCorp Day of Action is being planned by the Klamath Justice Coalition, a group of community activists from the Klamath River dedicated to restoring the Klamath, and is also co-sponsored by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, among other groups. The Klamath Justice Coalition is inviting the public to assemble at Holladay Park at the corner of NE Multnomah and 11th Street in downtown Portland at 12 noon on September 18th.
From there the group will march to PacifiCorp’s headquarters for a rally featuring speakers from Tribal, fishing, and conservation communities. The Klamath Justice Coalition humbly asks that groups interested in engaging in acts of non-violent direct action or civil disobedience hold such actions on days before or after the march on Thursday the 18th. The Klamath Justice Coalition asks that no groups engage in any acts of violence or property destruction.
"There is no better case for dam removal on the west coast than the four small, obsolete and fish-killing dams in the Klamath River that currently block the river," commented Glen Spain of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), a commercial fishermen's group and one of the sponsors of these events. "By far the best way to restore the Klamath-based salmon fisheries for northern California and southern Oregon would be to remove these dams. They have long since outlived their usefulness, and today they are nothing more than an ongoing disaster for large portions of the west coast and its salmon."
Klamath Riverkeeper says the Day of Action and related organizing meetings fit well into their PacifiCorp Ratepayer Campaign. Along with the Karuk Tribe and conservation group Friends of the River, Klamath Riverkeeper is working to inform PacifiCorp’s customers that it will cost more to keep the Klamath dams than to remove them and buy replacement power.
“Dam removal is a win-win for PacifiCorp’s customers and for commercial fishermen from Newport to San Francisco, and we hope to send that message loud and clear on the September 18th Day of Action,” said Klamath Riverkeeper Outreach and Science Director Malena Marvin.
The PacifiCorp Ratepayer Campaign organizes citizens to write the Oregon Public Utility Commission asking that unreasonable rate hikes associated with keeping the Klamath dams not be passed along to ratepayers through ‘cost recovery’. The groups sent 20,000 mailers to coastal PacifiCorp ratepayers this spring, and held film nights in Astoria, Newport, Coos Bay, and Brookings to educate ratepayers about Klamath dam removal.
More information is available at:
http://www.klamathriver.org
http://pacificorpdayofaction.org
http://www.salmonforsavings.com
http://www.berkshireshareholders.org
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, any copyrighted
material herein is distributed without profit or payment to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit
research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml