Tribes/RiverKeepers: Rally in Sacramento for a Clean Klamath on October 25

** RALLY AND TESTIFY IN SACRAMENTO FOR A CLEAN KLAMATH! **

MAKE OCT. 25 CLEAN THE KLAMATH DAY

Join Klamath Basin tribal members and other residents and the Klamath Riverkeeper on October 25th at 12 p.m. to ask the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to CLEAN UP THE KLAMATH AND SAVE THE KLAMATH SALMON. The board building is located at 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814.

The opportunity to ask state officials to deal with pollution through the Clean Water Act comes as a triennial review every three years. This is our chance to tell California water managers to UN-DAM THE KLAMATH and to protect our river and river-based economies. Cleaning up the Klamath is a key part of bringing the Klamath Salmon back.

Water boards have the power to not give the Klamath dams necessary permits, and to deal with poor water quality watershed wide. Currently, toxic algae is not addressed in the review, though the area with the toxic algae below Iron Gate Dam is.

We will have a peaceful demonstration for the Klamath River at 12:30 and testify on what the Klamath River and Salmon mean to us at the public forum at 1 p.m.

Written comments on the Triennial review are due on October 20th. Contact the Riverkeeper for sample comments. Check out http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/tmdl/303d_lists2006.html for more info.

For more information, to help, or to carpool call or email Regina, the Klamath Riverkeeper at 530 627-3280 or email at klamath [at] riseup.net.

TAKE ACTION FOR THE KLAMATH RIVER: SIGN ON TO A LETTER TO CLEAN UP TOXIC ALGAE.

All the people in the United States should have the right to swim and fish in a clean river without fearing for their heath. This is the premise of the Clean Water Act. However PacifiCorp's reservoirs Iron Gate and Copco experienced record blooms of Microcystis aeruginos ,a potent live toxin, this summer. These blooms where almost 4000 times what the World Heath Organization considers safe for recreational use, and the blooms traveled down river.

PacifiCorps reservoirs are creating these dangerous blooms, but little has been done by state agencies whom job it is to protect the public.

Take the time to sign on to the Klamath Riverkeeper's toxic algae letter, or write your own letter to to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Board asking them to make the Klamath safe by regulating toxic algae. To sign on send your name, address, and email to the Klamath Riverkeeper at klamath [at] riseup.net or call at 530-627-3280.

Read the letter at www.klamathrestoration.org or email and ask for a copy.

To get involved contact the Klamath Restoration Council at klamath [at] riseup.net or call (530) 627-3446 ext. 3020. To be removed from list or subscribe go to https://lists.riseup.net/www and type in klamath list then hit subscribe or unsubscribe.

Our mission is to restore and protect the uniquely diverse ecosystem and to promote substainable management of the natural resources of the entire Klamath Watershed. The Klamath Restoration Council is a special project of the Karuk Tribe's Department of Natural Resources.