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2008 - The Klamath Basin Water Crisis Continues

CA Farm Bureau:  Klamath farmers face continuing water questions  Jan 2, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Counterspin   2008: The year of Controversy  Jan 2, 2008
Herald and News:  Tulelake Irrigation District board discusses water settlement  Jan 3, 2008 Herald and News:  Snowfall boosts local water supplies  Jan 3, 2008  
Herald and News:  Water stakeholders meet today  Jan 3, 2008 Capital Press:  Experts foresee mixed weather  Jan 4, 2008
Capital Press:  It's the year of the potato  Jan 4, 2008 Herald and News:  No date set yet for water document  Jan 5, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Klamath farmers face continuing water questions  Jan 8, 2008 Herald and News:  A more reliable water supply  Jan 11, 2008
Capital Press:  Director is optimistic about Oregon ag  Jan 11, 2008 Capital Press Editorial:  The perils of farming in the West: What's normal?  Jan 11, 2008
Herald and News:  Senator slams water proposal  Jan 13, 2008 Capital Press:  Farm bill debate simmers at Farm Bureau convention  Jan 13, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Water settlement proposal deserves to be considered with an open mind  Jan 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Lawmakers keep quiet on settlement  Jan 15, 2008
Klamath Settlement Group Press Release:  Klamath Settlement Group Releases Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement for Public Review  Jan 15, 2008 Herald and News:  BREAKING NEWS: Water settlement released  Jan 15, 2008

Link to proposed agreement:  http://www.edsheets.com/Klamathdocs.html

Herald and News:  Summary of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Jan 15, 2008 Environmental News Service:  Klamath Water Deal Still Missing Dam Removals  Jan 15, 2008
AP:  Groups Offer Plan to Help Oregon Salmon  Jan 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Water agreement released  Jan 16, 2008
Herald and News:  Settlement addresses three main goals  Jan 16, 2008 Herald and NewsReaction to agreement varies in the Basin, beyond  Jan 16, 2008
Times-Standard:  Klamath River pact out of the gate  Jan 16, 2008 Oregonian:  Deal afoot to alter Klamath for users  Jan 16, 2008
Sac Bee:  Tentative Klamath deal reached  Jan 16, 2008 LA Times:  Klamath water deal reached  Jan 16, 2008
NY Times:  Deal on Dams on Klamath Advances  Jan 16, 2008 Crescent City Triplicate:  Groups agree on Klamath plan  Jan 16, 2008
Capital Press:  Dam removal key to Klamath pact success  Jan 16, 2008 Herald and News:  Water: What's next  Jan 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Merrill farmer sees water proposal as a good solution  Jan 17, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Study Basin settlement proposal, ask questions  Jan 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Group discusses proposed settlement  Jan 17, 2008 Herald and News:  Year of Potato celebrated here  Jan 17, 2008
Oregonian Editorial:  A Klamath settlement that isn't  Jan 17, 2008 Medford Mail-Tribune Editorial:  Dam-removal 'deal' has holes  Jan 17, 2008
Pioneer Press:  2008 Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Study  Jan 16, 2008 Sustainable Northwest Press Release:  Proposed Agreement in the Klamath Basin establishes a new paradigm for watershed management in the West  Jan 16, 2007
Capital Press:  Conservation of water is not enough  Jan 18, 2008

Herald and News:  Stakeholders field questions about pact  Jan 18, 2007

Herald and News:  Protesters object to proposed water settlement  Jan 18, 2007 Herald and News:  Water coverage and comments posted online  Jan 18, 2008
James Buchal:  A New Cloud Over the Klamath Basin   Jan 17, 2008 Marshall Staunton, Project Farmer:  Support Klamath Settlement  Jan 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Off-water Proposed settlement divides some Basin irrigators  Jan 19, 2008 Herald and News:  County plans public hearings  Jan 19, 2008
Oregonian:  Tribal land plan clouds dam deal  Jan 20, 2008 Herald and News:  Water settlement Q & A  Jan 20, 2008
Times-Standard Editorial:  Klamath's water war is over  Jan 21, 2008 Times-Standard:  Board reviews Klamath settlement  Jan 21, 2008
Klamath Water Users Association Press Release:  Irrigators to hold Two Public Meetings Regarding Proposed Agreement  Jan 21, 2008 Felice Pace Commentary:  Evaluating the Klamath Restoration Proposal  Jan 21, 2008
Redding Record Searchlight Editorial:  Klamath Basin settlement is far from a done deal  Jan 22, 2008 Herald and News:  Water deal proving divisive  Jan 22, 2008
Herald and News Point of View:  Keppen:  Former water users head says proposal better than status quo  Jan 22, 2008 Herald and News:  Tribes want to see agriculture flourish  Jan 20, 2008
Daily Astorian Editorial:  Maybe we can turn the clock back  Jan 22, 2008 Eureka Reporter:  Klamath settlement goes under the knife before board  Jan 23, 2008
Times-Standard:  No 'Kumbaya moment' on Klamath deal  Jan 23, 2008 Siskiyou Daily News:  Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement raises hackles, and hands, at first hearing  Jan 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Deal may ease conflicts - Proposed water may settlement ease could help with adjudication   Jan 23, 2008 Pioneer Press:  What Next?  It's a matter of trust  Jan 23, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Counterspin - The Settlement:  Just a bit more  Jan 23, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Impact on Retail?  Jan 23, 2008
Herald and News:  County meetings rescheduled  Jan 24, 2008 Herald and News:  Groups urge full reading of plan  Jan 24, 2008
Herald and News:  Water settlement perspectives  Jan 24, 2008 Herald and News:   County’s ag product sales up in 2007  Jan 24, 2008
Herald and News:  Local jobs linked to agriculture not just on farms   Jan 24, 2008 Grange-PFUSA Larry Toelle:  Just Plain Aggravating  Jan 24, 2008
Herald and News:  Power lawsuit resurrected  Jan 25, 2008 Herald and News:  Walden: Don’t rush review  Jan 25, 2008
Herald and News:  State Rep Bill Garrard:  Settlement called a ‘ransom note’  Jan 25, 2008 Capital Press:  Wetland vindication: Pasture wetlands help filter runoff  Jan 25, 2008
Herald and News:  Sparks fly in wake of talks  Jan 26, 2008 Herald and News:  Off-Project water settlement language subject of dispute  Jan 26, 2008
Herald and News:  Irrigation district members get look at water plan  Jan 26, 2008 Sacramento Bee Editorial:  Seal Klamath deal  Jan 27, 2008
Herald and News:  Working past old conflicts - Groups exchange opinions about water proposal at meeting in Merrill  Jan 27, 2008 Herald and News:  Questions and Answers about the water settlement  Jan 27, 2008
Herald and News:  Upper Klamath may get salmon  Jan 28, 2008 Herald and News:  Salmon once common near Klamath  Jan 28, 2008
Glen Spain & Troy Fletcher Opinion:  Hope in the Klamath Basin   Jan 28, 2008

Jim Foley:  Comment on Spain & Fletcher Opinion "Hope in the Klamath Basin "  Jan 28, 2008

Klamath Water Users Association Release:  Water Rights Settlements Between Basin Tribes and Klamath Reclamation Project  Jan 29, 2008
Martin Goebel, Sustainable Northwest Opinion:  A paradigm shift in resolving conflict  Jan 29, 2008 Farm Futures:  Senate Confirms New Ag Secretary  Jan 29, 2008
OWRD:  Water Resources Department Department Statement Regarding the Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement   Jan 2008 Pioneer Press:  Siskiyou residents speak up about Klamath settlement and dam removal  Jan 30, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Wong Potatoes:  The Right Potato  Jan 30, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Ag's Big Impact  Jan 30, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Walden cuts pressure for fast action on water pact  Jan 31, 2008 Herald and News:  Snowpack, precipitation up in the Basin  Jan 31, 2008
Herald and News:  U.S. potato stock up, Basin stocks unchanged  Jan 31, 2008 Klamath Water Users Association Issue Sheet:  Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Jan 31, 2008
Klamath Water Users Association Issue Sheet:  Power Resources Program of  Klamath River Basin Agreement  Jan 31, 2008   Herald and News Letter:  No one should ‘own’ water rights  Feb 1, 2008

Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Response to No one should ‘own’ water rights  Feb 1, 2008

Herald and News:  No end in sight - Seven inches of snow in the forecast today  Feb 2, 2008 Herald and News Guest Editorial:  Settlement plan not perfect, but better than more of the same  Feb 3, 2008
Herald and News Guest Editorial:  Taking it a few bites at a time better than a just gulping it down  Feb 3, 2008 Herald and News:  County could benefit from water pact  Feb 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Residents get chance to dig out  Feb 4, 2008 Herald and News:  County commissioners have first public hearing  Feb 5, 2008
Herald and News:  Off-Project users list demands - Groups seek changes to water agreement  Feb 6, 2008 Herald and News:  Snowfall not close to breaking records yet  Feb 6, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Klamath Deal Steals Middle Ground by Gary Lake   Feb 6, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Regarding the Klamath water settlement  Feb 7, 2008
Herald and News:  Reopening water settlement talks could be hard  Feb 7, 2008 Herald and News:  Potato seminar planned  Feb 7, 2008
Capital Press:  Where there's snow, there's water  Feb 8, 2008 Capital Press:  Retired vet teaches science in state Capitol  Feb 8, 2008
Capital Press:  Water quality threatens to swamp ag  Feb 8, 2008 Herald and News:  Support for further negotiations  Feb 9, 2008
Herald and News:  Upcoming meetings on the water settlement  Feb 9, 2008 Herald and News:  A tough season for calving  Feb 10, 2008
Herald and News:  County to hear public comments on water settlement  Feb 11, 2008 Siskiyou Daily News:  Snow depths and water content ’well above normal’  Feb 8, 2008
Felice Pace:  In the West, the water flows toward money  Feb 11, 2008 Herald and News:  Public airs opinions of water agreement  Feb 12, 2008
Herald and News:  Attorney says no to agreement  Feb 12, 2003 Frank Galusha:  Klamath River Restoration Settlement Settles Nothing  Jan 2008
Herald and News:  Water questions raised - More than 80 people speak at hearing about settlement  Feb 13, 2008 Herald and News:  Water users president pulls name - Horsley rescinds signature on letter seeking reopening talks  Feb 13, 2008
Pioneer Press Letter:  What do they think they're doing - the shocking truth by Larry Toelle  Feb 13, 2008 Julie Kay Smithson:  Brown, Elliott & Switzer, your attention is requested  Feb 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Water groups to meet, discuss differences  Feb 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Off-Project petition backs water plan  Feb 14, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Don’t make water issue worse than it needs to be  Feb 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Watermarks - A Herald and News special report: Part 1  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  Two and a half years in the making  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Elements of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  History Timeline  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Navigating the Klamath    Feb 15, 2005
Herald and News:  Four tribes sharing the river  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  From rangeland and lake beds to farmland  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and NewsIf not for the Project, what would there be?  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Marshall Staunton: Risk and survival  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  Proposal calls for removal of four Klamath dams  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Environmental law has a major influence in the Basin  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  Attorneys: No guarantees with pact  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Tim Evinger: Policing 2001 conflicts  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  Klamath stakeholder groups  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Definitions  Feb 15, 2008
Herald and News:  Watermarks: What’s next  Feb 15, 2008 Oregonian's In Action:  Land Use Forum Set For March 15, 2008   Feb 15, 2008
Klamath Irrigation District Press Release:  KID Passes Resolution in Support of the 2008 Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Appoint task force on local water issue  Feb 17, 2008
Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Off–Project water settlement within reach — let’s get to work by Becky Hyde  Feb 17, 2008 Herald and News:  More swans, geese than people - Birds will outnumber Basin’s human population  Feb 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Bald eagle Hotspot  Feb 17, 2008 AP:  More farms disappear in Oregon , part of national trend  Feb 17, 2008
Herald and News:  New studies change old ideas about area’s geology  Feb 14, 2008 Times-Standard:  County staff urges OK of Klamath Basin pact  Feb 18, 2008
Eureka Reporter:  Klamath settlement agreement back before supervisors  Feb 18, 2008 Herald and News:  Tribes get active about water  Feb 19, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  ‘Good science’ casts doubt on blame laid on Basin farms  Feb 19, 2008 Baker City Herald:  Bentz:  Klamath water deal could have ripple effects on E. Oregon   Feb 19, 2008
Herald and News:  Group backs water pact - Klamath Irrigation District votes in favor of settlement agreement   Feb 20, 2008 Times-Standard:  Supervisors conditionally approval Klamath agreement  Feb 20, 2008
Eureka Reporter:  Supervisors give tentative nod to Klamath River agreement  Feb 20, 2008 Capitol Hill Bulletin:  Klamath Settlement Group Gives Capitol Hill Briefing  Jan 25, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Cook: Klamath decision can’t be ’made lightly’  Feb 21, 2008 Oregon Sen. Doug Whitsett:  Comments on New Geology Phosphorous Report  Feb 19, 2008
Capital Press:  Oregon ag director says water is a top priority for governor  Feb 21, 2008 Herald and News:  Siskiyou County hears comments  Feb 22, 2008
Herald and News:  ‘A big step toward peace’  Feb 22, 2008 Herald and News:  Oregon Cattlemen’s Association opposes agreement  Feb 22, 2008
Capital Press:  Farm income stays ahead of input costs  Feb 22, 2008 Herald and News:  Natural resource council supports more negotiation  Feb 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Representative urges patience about water agreement  Feb 24, 2008 Herald and News Commentary:  The agreement would put less stress on the aquifer and leave more of the water in the ground  Feb 24, 2008
Grange-PFUSA Press Release:  Scott and Shasta Meetings on Dam Removal  Feb 24, 2008 Felice Pace:  What ever happened to the KLAMATH CONGRESS?  Feb 8, 2008
Marcia Armstrong:  Revised Settlement / Restoration Agreement Questions  Feb 25, 2008 Steve Pedery Opinion:  Tough questions for the Klamath settlement  Feb 25, 2008
Herald and News:  Question-answer session draws 100 people  Feb 26, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Bureau of Reclamation moving ahead on storage studies  Feb 26, 2 008
California Farm Bureau:  Irrigators clash over proposed Klamath deal  Feb 27, 2008 Herald and News:  Water settlement - Twelve districts sign on to pact  Feb 27, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Guest Opinion on Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement by Nita Still  Feb 27, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Words from Webster - The end-game  Feb 27, 2008
Herald and News:  Water roundtable  Feb 28, 2008 Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Conservancy group wants more negotiations  Feb 28, 2008
Herald and News:  Experts to teach farm forensics  Feb 28, 2008 Herald and News:  Watermarks - With and without a settlement Part 2  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  With and without a settlement:  With  Feb 29, 2008 Herald and News:  With and without a settlement:  Without  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  A water settlement primer  Feb 29, 2008 Herald and News:  Following the dollar  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  Water pressure:  Adjudication looms  Feb 29, 2008 Herald and News:  John Prosser: Uncertainty since 2001  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  The politics of water  Feb 29, 2008 Herald and News:  Lynn Pope: Lingering effects of 2001  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  An update on the settlement  Feb 29, 2008 Marcia Armstrong:  Looking closely at the costs and benefits offered by the Klamath Restoration Settlement Agreement  Feb 29, 2008
Herald and News:  County finds water facilitator  Mar 1, 2008 Herald & News Guest Opinion:  Water for Life opposes proposed water agreement  Mar 1, 2008
Herald and News:  A family town - Tulelake takes pride in its sense of community  Mar 1, 2008 Crescent City Triplicate:  All eyes on the river  Mar 1, 2008
Crescent City Triplicate:  The largest river restoration effort  Mar 1, 2008 Marcia Armstrong:  Benefits & Costs of Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement to the People of Siskiyou County   Mar 2, 2008
Herald and News Opinion:  Irrigators unlikely to be able to start over on water pact  Mar 2, 2008 NEC PR:  North Coast Environmental Center Rejects Klamath Agreement  Mar 3, 2008
SacBee:  Klamath water deal snags on environmental group's opposition  Mar 4, 2008 Times-Standard:  Concerns well up over Klamath agreement  Mar 5, 2088
AP:  Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement could be in jeopardy  Mar 5, 2008 Ore Rep. Bill Garrard:  Comments on Oregon public meetings law  Mar 1, 2008
Herald and News:  Oregon law could nix proposed water agreement  Mar 6, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Elliott earns respect for agreement work  Mar 6, 2008
Herald and News:  Record bids on lease lands  Mar 6, 2008 Capital Press:  Spud planting gets under way - Shortages prompt some growers to switch varieties  Mar 7, 2008
Capital Press:  Each drop counts for green pastures  Mar 7, 2008 Herald and News:  Workshops on the watershed  Mar 7, 2008
Felice Pace:  The Klamath Settlement Drama gets weird!  Mar 6, 2008 Herald and News Commentary:  Q&A session worries off-Project users  Mar 8, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Proposed agreement doesn’t reach problem  Mar 10, 2008 Tom Burns:  Evaluating the Klamath River Water Settlement Agreement  Feb 22, 2008
Visalia Times-Delta:  Farmers tear up as Klamath dams are torn down  Mar 10, 2008 KDRV TVKlamath agriculture experiences rise in sales  Mar 10, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Bergeron will run for county supervisor  Mar 12, 2008 Marzulla Law Press Release:  Federal Circuit Agrees to Send Klamath Water Issues to Oregon Supreme Court  Mar 11, 2008
Mount Shasta Herald:  River Exchange hosts Klamath watershed presentation  Mar 12, 2008 Pioneer Press Letter:  The start of a federal takeover  Mar 12, 2008
Pioneer Press Letter:  Powerful bureaucracies run by masters of deceit  Mar 12, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  They’re missing the point on pact  Mar 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Rising grain prices tempt farmers  Mar 13, 2008 Mount Shasta Herald:  Bergeron makes bid for Cook's District 1 seat  Mar 12, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Cook hopes to continue economic development work  Mar 13, 2008 James Waddell:  Powers of Control/Settlement Agreement  Mar 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Watermarks # 3 - Klamath River Points of View - Luther Horsley:  Working the Land  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Rick Sheppard: Fishing in decline  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Greg Williams: Improvements since 2001 water crisis  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Dave Solem: The A Canal  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Scott Seus: Power assurances will help agriculture  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Pablo Arroyave: A golden opportunity  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Richard Goche: Dealing with an ongoing disaster  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Craig Tucker: Manage for the ecosystem  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Becky Hyde: Settlement or more litigation  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Jim Cook: Hearing concern from all sides  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Joe Kirk: Restoring a tribal land base  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Bob Gasser: Involved in irrigation politics again  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Troy Fletcher: River part of social glue  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Toby Freeman: Dam issue a concern  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Chuck Bonham: Time for careful review  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Regina Chichizola: Improving water quality  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Roger Smith: Reintroducing fish  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Garrett Roseberry: Not enough guarantees  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  John Elliott: Finding an equitable solution  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News:  An update on the settlement  Mar 14, 2008
Herald and News:  Survey results: Water settlement questions  Mar 14, 2008 Capital Press:  Researcher helped save potato industry's skin  Mar 14, 2008
Capital Press:  Farmers brace for costly season  Mar 14, 2008 East Oregonian:  Outside investors buy acreage, grow problems   Mar 14, 2008
Crescent City Triplicate:  The future of the Klamath part 3: Into the breach  Mar 15, 2008 Oregonian:  Dry spell keeps deep snowpack in its place  Mar 15, 2008
Herald and News Full Page Ad:  An Open Letter to the Klamath Community from the Klamath Tribes Regarding Settlement of Off-Project Water Issues  Mar 16, 2008 Herald and News:  The heart of the homestead  Mar 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Farm to food forum planned  Mar 17, 2008 Siskiyou Daily News:  Pheasant Ranch - Dorris rancher decides to raise birds instead of cattle  Mar 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Tribes: No more water talks - Klamath Tribes will not negotiate with groups on water agreement  Mar 18, 2008 Oregon Water Resources Department:  Statement Regarding the Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Jan 25, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Counterspin:  Salmon problems will hit home - I guarantee  Mar 19, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Guest Opinion On The Klamath River Dams  Mar 20, 2008
Felice Pace:  Proposed Klamath Agreement would result in “take” of Bald eagles!  Mar 16, 2008 Crescent City  Triplicate:  No country for salmon - Chinook, coho aren't making it past dams; would river agreement bring them back?  Mar 22, 2008
Herald and News Opinion:  Water talks should bring us together, not pull us apart  Mar 23, 2008 AP:  The State of Jefferson - Mythical state still has independent streak 60 years after movement  Mar 24, 2008
Bend Bulletin:  A heavy snowpack's trickle-down theory - Lots of snow is good news for irrigators, area fish  Mar 26, 2008 Herald and News:  Sprague River solace - Town has an easygoing pace  Mar 26, 2008
Felice Pace Opinion:  Humboldt County's OK of Klamath settlement is misguided  Mar 26, 2008 Mount Shasta Herald:  USFWS official presents one view of agreement  Mar 26, 2008
Herald and News:  No-till drill program offered  Mar 27, 2008 Herald and News:  Watershed restoration funds available  Mar 27, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Supervisors reiterate opposition to dam removal  Mar 27, 2008 Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong:  Congressional style meeting of the Siskiyou Board of Supervisors on the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement  Mar 27, 2008
Herald and News:  Biological opinions on lake levels expected  Mar 28, 2008 Herald and News:  Lake levels lower than last year  Mar 28, 2008
Don Curlee:  Lack of appreciation threatens farm output  Mar 28, 2008 Capital Press:  Klamath Maps put basin's water, fertilizer in perspective  Mar 28, 2008
Capital Press:  Kulongoski: State needs broad approach to water  Mar 28, 2008 Times-Standard LetterWise decision by supervisors by Craig Tucker  Mar 28, 2008
SacBee Opinion:  Greg King: Any Klamath dam deal must provide water for fish  Mar 28, 2008 Crescent City Triplicate: The future of the Klamath - Part 5 - The dilemma downstream  Mar 29, 2008
Felice Pace:  Federal Officials, the Bush Administration and the proposed Klamath Water Deal - Who is telling the truth?  Mar 29, 2008 Herald and News:  ‘No’ on water deal likely - Siskiyou Board of Supervisors poised to vote against proposed water settlement  April 1, 2008
Herald and News:  Siskiyou supervisors oppose water proposal  April 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Stakeholders react to Siskiyou decision  April 2, 2008
Herald and News:  Stakeholder groups meet in Yreka  April 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Klamath County may go ahead with discussions without tribes  April 2, 2008
AP:  Southern Oregon snowpack breaks a record  April 1, 2008 Pioneer Press:  It's All About The Water  by John Martinez  April 2, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Fight ‘settlement,’ or lose rights  April 4, 2008 Herald and News:  Watermarks Part 4 - Questions and Answers  April 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the Water Settlement  April 4, 2008 Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the Dams  April 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the Negotiations  April 4, 2008 Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the economics  April 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About fish  April 4, 2008 Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About off Project users  April 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the Tribes  April 4, 2008 Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - Miscellaneous questions  April 4, 2008
Herald and News:  An update on the settlement  April 4, 2008 Capital Press:  Thieves make hay during the dark  April 4, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  We’ve made a mess; now let’s clean it up  April 5, 2008 AP:  Federal water managers begin review of canals in West  April 5, 2008
Herald and News:  Last water vote - Klamath County last party to take position on settlement  April 7, 2008 PFUSA California Grange #835:  Klamath Dam Removal Issue Statement  April 2, 2008
Klamath Basin Area Office - Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Klamath Project 2008 Interim Operations Plan Released  April 3, 2008 Herald and News:  New opinion - Report: Project not likely to impact suckers  April 8, 2008
Herald and News:  A Canal head gates opened  April 8, 2008 Times-Standard Opinion:  Klamath pact is key to recovering salmon  April 8, 2008
Barbara Peterson:  Klamath Basin Water Theft  April 9, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Tribes should be part of county’s water meeting  April 9, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Leo runs for supe  April 9, 2008 Pioneer Press Letter:  Investigate Supes secret meetings  April 9, 2008
Pioneer Press Guest Opinion:  Law of the river by Anthony Intiso   April 9, 2008 Pioneer Press Special Opinion:  The tip of the Green Spear  by John Martinez  April 9, 2008
Herald and News:  KCC labs could aid agriculture  April 10, 2008 Herald and News:  County-sponsored talks fall through  April 10, 2008
Herald and News:  County close to vote on water  April 10, 2008 Family Farm Alliance :  Update - Clean Water Act Legislation  April 10, 2008
Billings Gazette:  Water legislation inspires spirited debate at hearing   April 10, 2008 Herald and News:  Water settlement - Council voices concern with deal  April 11, 2008
Herald and News:  Klamath County Natural Resource Advisory Council members  April 11, 2008 Herald and News:  Students to study water issues  April 11, 2008
Capital Press:  Senators speak up in defense of potatoes  April 11, 2008 Capital Press:  Snow, rain delay spring grain planting  April 11, 2008  
Capital Press:  Snow, rain delay spring grain planting  April 11, 2008   Capital Press:  Weather puts planting on ice  April 11, 2008
Capital Press:  Sheep ranchers work hard just to break even  April 11, 2008 Organic Consumers Association:  Farm Bill is Loaded with Pork and Environmentally Disastrous Provisions  April 11, 2008
Oregonian:  Regulators alter tax bills of 2 utilities  April 12, 2008 AP:  Reid's bill designed to make aging Western canals safer  April 13, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  It looks like Basin got a break on water supply  April 13, 2008 AgNews:  Farm Bill: It All Depends on Pelosi and Rangel...And Some .  April 14, 2008
Reuters:  As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground  April 15, 2008 Herald and News:  County delays water decision  April 16, 2008
New West:  Federal Conservation Reserve Program doesn't work  April 16, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Guest Opinion by Nita Still on the Klamath Restoration Agreement  April 16, 2008
Pioneer Press Letter:  To our county supervisors  April 16, 2008 Oregon State University :  Farm succession workshops continue  April 18, 2008
Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife Press Release:  ODFW to Study Reintroduction of Salmon into Upper Klamath Basin   April 17, 2008 AP:  Congressional climate is tough for farm bill  April 19, 2008
Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Basin settlement proposal puts the cart before the horse  April 20, 2008 Siskiyou Daily News:  Board of supervisors continues work on Klamath resolution  April 21, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  These days, all natural gas pipelines lead to Malin  April 22, 2008 Friends of the River Press Release:  We Can Solve the Water “Crisis” in 3 Easy Steps   April  21, 2008
Herald and News:  Starting the day in Dairy  April 23, 2008 Herald and News:  Students to tour wetlands, farms as part of program  April 23, 2008
Family Farm Alliance :  House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing on H.R. 2421  April 23, 2008 Pioneer Press Letter:  Adopt coordination protocols NOW!  April 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Tulelake endorses deal - Klamath Basin Water Agreement  April 24, 2008 Herald and News:  Farms’ support of birds studied  April 24, 2008
Herald and News:  Doing fowl deeds to fields  April 24, 2008 Capital Press Letter:  Citizens risk losing water rights; fight back  April 25, 2008
Western Farm Press:  U.S. April potato stocks up 8 percent from last year  April 25, 2008 Herald and News:  Candidate criticizes water deal  April 28, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Federal subsidies a sign of socialism  April 28, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Farmers key to local economy  April 30, 2008
Herald and News:  Snow stalls plowing at Crater Lake   April 30, 2008 Congressman Doc Hastings:  Federal Control of Streams and Ditches is not the Answer  April 18, 2008
Pioneer Press Letter:  A special invite for you to join the Grange  April 30, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Basin Ag:  The BEST of Times?  April 30, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Water users bow to environmentalists  May 1, 2008 Herald and News:  Partnership restores watersheds  May 1, 2008
Herald and News:  How restoration projects are developed   May 1, 2008 Herald and News:  Local agriculture: A balancing act  May 2, 2008
Herald and News:  After delay, area planting begins  May 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Salmon closure worst in history - Shutdown is not related to Klamath issues May 2, 2008
Steve Pedery and Bob Hunter:  Don't rush toward flawed Klamath deal  May 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Water just needs to melt for irrigators  May 4, 2008
Felice Pace:  Environmental and fishing groups collect big bucks, get little done!  May 5, 2008 Times-Standard:  Feds weigh Trinity water shift  May 6, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Basin farming is a constant balancing act  May 8, 2008 Herald and News:  Water pressure grows  May 9, 2008
War On You:  Seizing Water:  The Water Restoration Act of 2007  April 2008 Capital Press:  Kulongoski weighs in on Clean Water Act bill  May 9, 2008
Times-Standard:  Feds pull plug on Trinity water shift  May 10, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Community support for a community agreement  May 11, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Top issues in the agreement  May 11, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Let’s move from posturing to collaboration  May 11, 2008
Herald and News:  Agricultural industry split on state of the economy  May 11, 2008 Herald and News:  Basin Issues - Obama, Clinton discuss what is important to Klamath  May 12, 2008
Klamath River Compact Commission:  Report of the Oregon Klamath River Commission on Water Resources and Requirements of the Upper Klamath Basin  Dec 1954 NEW Bob St. Louis Letter:   Re:  "Clean Water Restoration Act"  May 12, 2008
Herald and News:  Lawmakers support buyout of grazing lands  May 13, 2008 Los Angeles Times:  Farmers say costs, not crop prices, drive planting decisions  May 13, 2008
Felice Pace:  California Water Politics - the Water Buffaloes are back!  May 13, 2008 Salem Statesman Journal:  100th anniversary celebrations start Saturday  May 13, 2008
Times-Standard:  NEC weighs stance on Klamath agreement  May 14, 2008 Herald and News:  Water Settlement - Opponents now proponents  May 16, 2008
Capital Press:  Kulongoski backs bigger water act  May 16, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Proposed agreement offers real solutions  May 18, 2008
Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Proposed settlement won’t end court cases, nor guarantee water  May 18, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Farm bill socialism?  May 21, 2008
Herald and News:  The farm bill and the Basin  May 22, 2008 Herald and News:  Farm bill veto - Bill has money for programs that would help the Basin  May 22, 2008
North Coast Journal:  Drying Up - Is the Klamath Settlement Agreement dying?  May 22, 2008 Capital Press:  Klamath irrigators hang fire on July water  May 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Watershed Partnership endorses water settlement  May 23, 2008 Felice Pace:  Klamath Science Summit raises more questions than it answers  May 23, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Once-beautiful part of river now spoiled  May 27, 2008 Herald and News:  No strangers in Henley   May 28, 2008
Edmonton Journal:  Shades of grey appear in black-and-white green debate  May 28, 2008 Pioneer Press Letter:  We can't make a mistake on our vote, folks  May 28, 2008
Herald and News:  Irrigators warned not to water roads  May 29, 2008 Greg King, Northcoast Environmental Center:  On the Settlement Agreement  May 29, 2008
Herald and News:  Levee leaks concern  May 30, 2008 Crescent City Trip Letter:  Klamath River is important issue in District 5 race  May 30, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune : Plane crash in park claims 2 (former BOR head John Keys dies)  May 31, 2008 Herald and News:  Levee patch sought in Klamath Falls   May 31, 2008
Herald and News:  Basin well-suited for organic farming  June 1, 2008 Herald and News‘In danger of failure’ - Water leaking through levee at 40 gallons per minute  June 3, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Leaks point to importance of inspecting local levees  June 3, 2008 Herald and News:  Close call for levee  June 4, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Unrealistic to try to bring salmon back to Klamath  June 4, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Brave New Klamath  June 4, 2008
Herald and News:  Levee plugs holding   June 5, 2008 Herald and News:  Plan to help power rates - Water settlement proponents outline subsidies for irrigators  June 6, 2008
Felice Pace:  Climate Change – a Klamath Wildcard  June 6, 2008 Herald and News:  Levee dangers  June 8, 2008
Herald and News:  Levee dangers - Failure not imminent, but risk remains  June 8, 2008 Herald and News:  Engineers evaluate best fix for failing levee  June 8, 2008
Times-Standard Opinion:  Cotton versus salmon  June 9, 2008 Environmental Protection Agency Water News Release:  EPA Reaffirms Clean Water Permits Not Needed for Water Transfers  June 9, 2008
Herald and News:  Leaks in levee stabilized  June 10, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Water:  Our Common Crisis  June 11, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Counterspin - The Water Crisis is Real  June 11, 2008 Herald and News:  Late frost damages Basin crops  June 12, 2008
Herald and News: Late frost damages Basin crops  June 12, 2008 Capital Press:  John W. Keys III: Kindness, honesty, integrity will be missed  June 13, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Snow job? Film blames Basin Farmers for Fish Kill  June 18, 2008 Herald and News:  Letter: Project bad for salmon  June 20, 2008
Capital Press Guest Column:  Food grows where water flows  June 20, 2008 High Country News:  Peace on the Klamath  June 23, 2008
National Policy Center:  Clean Water Restoration Act Could Trigger Largest-Ever Expansion of Federal Powers Over Private Property  June 24, 2008 Herald and News:  Bureau: Water supplies adequate  June 26, 2008
Felice Pace:  When it comes to “collaboration,” the devil is in the details  June 27, 2008 Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Rationing signals grim times for water out West - Dan Keppen June 29, 2008
Herald and News:  Senator encourages water stakeholders  July 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Farming with a second income July 3, 2008
Herald and News:  Farming with a second income - Family works to build farming operation  July 3, 2008 Herald and News:  Key words: Size, scale and diversity  July 3, 2008 
Capital Press:  UC extension leaders tout fresh start  July 4, 2008 USA Today:  High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns   July 2, 2008
Felice Pace:  Answer to the Question of the Week  July 5, 2008 Herald & News:  Book looks at Basin water issues  July 9, 2008
Herald and News:  Klamath resident will testify before Congress  July 10, 2008 Capital Press:  Truck weight laws hurt farmers, AFB says  July 10, 2008
Herald and News:  Water still in limbo - Klamath dam removal issue critical to moving forward  July 11, 2008 Capital Press:  Oregon high court rules in favor of irrigation district  July 11, 2008
Felice Pace:  Agricultural water pollution on the line  July 13, 2008 Herald and News:  Fish study to alter Link River flows  July 16, 2008
Marcia Armstrong:  Congressional representation on issues  July 16, 2008 AP:  Study: Salmon do fine in Klamath waters  July 16, 2008
Herald and News:  Dam decision by Sept 30?  July 17, 2008 Herald and News:  Observers unsure what application withdrawal means  July 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Hay behind schedule  July 17, 2008 Herald and News:  Costs keep profit margins slim  July 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Link River Dam turbines off  July 18, 2008 ODF&W Press Release:  Commission adopts plan to reintroduce salmon into Upper Klamath Lake  July 18, 2008
AP:   State OKs salmon plan  July 18, 2008 Felice Pace:  NEC assumes leadership role on Klamath River issues  July 18, 2008
Frank D. Russo:  One of the Great Moral and Political Issue of Our Time in California — Water, Fish, and the Environment  July 20, 2008  Herald and News Editorial:  Dam decision time line a major step in river talks  July 20, 2008
Greg Addington, Klamath Water Users Association:  Written Comments to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission Regarding Salmon Introduction into the Upper Klamath Basin  July 18, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Salmon look like part of the future for Klamath  July 22, 2008
Herald and News:  Salmon plan gets look from officials  July 22, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Proposed agreement doesn’t make much sense  July 23, 2008
High Country News Letter:  A pitched battle on the Klamath  July 21, 2008 High Country News Letter:  Playground Politics  July 21, 2008 
Pioneer Press:  The Salmon are Coming  July 23, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Words from Webster - Why so silent?  July 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Klamath Basin growers not joining gold rush on wheat crops  July 24, 2008 Capital Press Editorial:  New Clean Water Act 'fix' needs fixing  July 25, 2008
Capital Press Editorial:  Your industry could be next  July 25, 2008 Siskiyou Daily News:  Supervisors head to Washington to protest Klamath dams removal  July 25, 2008 
AP:  Court dismisses Klamath farmers' bid for cheap power  July 25, 2008 AP:  Power case thrown out - Court dismisses farmers’ request for lower rates  July 26, 2008
Herald and News Commissioner headed to D.C. - Bill Brown to be part of fact-finding and lobbying trip about dams  July 27, 2008 Herald and News:  Irrigators disappointed by dismissal  July 27, 2008
Statesman Journal:  Farm bill includes funds for state programs and research  July 26, 2008 Herald and News:  Survey: Dams preferred - Majority of responses favor fish ladders over removal  July 28, 2008
Eureka Reporter:  Northcoast Environmental Center hires new director  July 28, 2008 Oregon State University:  Ag research farm opens minds, mouths  July 30, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Feds say no more cheap power  July 30, 2008 Herald and News:  Cattle crunch: High market, high costs  July 31, 2008
Oregonian:  Feds may restrict 37 commonly used pesticides  July 31, 2008 Oregonian:  Oregon publishes its first report on pesticide use  July 31, 2008
Seattle Times:  National Marine Fisheries Services to review effects of pesticides on salmon and steelhead  July 31, 2008 Capital Press:  Hay sells itself this year  Aug 1, 2008
Herald and News:  Water meetings delayed - State, federal officials postpone meetings with stakeholders  Aug 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Siskiyou supervisor pleased with delay  Aug 2, 2008
Herald and News:  BOR manager changing jobs  Aug 3, 2008 Julie Kay Smithson:  Klamath Basin Math Problem  Aug 1, 2008
Herald and News:  Horseradish grinds out its place in market  Aug 7, 2008 Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations Press Release:  Feds agree to review pesticide harm to ESA-listed salmon  Aug 4, 2008
Capital Press:  It's boom time for irrigators  Aug 8, 2008 Capital Press:  Pesticide settlement may tighten rules  Aug 8, 2008
Public Record:  How Karl Rove’s Plan to Kill Salmon Led to a GOP Senator’s Reelection  Aug 5, 2008 Redding Record Searchlight Opinion:  For birthday present, rid wildlife refuges of farms  Aug 11, 2008
Courtney White:  Ranching has something to teach us  Aug 11, 2008 Felice Pace:  Appeal Court Decision should kill the Klamath Water Deal - but will it?  Aug 11, 2008
Dr. Kenneth A. Rykbost:   Comments on the book Water War in the Klamath Basin  Aug 12, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Refuge centennial points to area’s uniqueness  Aug 14, 2008
Oregonian:  Oregon farmers design a breakthrough for fish, growers alike  Aug 14, 2008 Klamath Water and Power Agency Press Release:  Notice of Organizational Meeting  Aug 16, 2008
AP:  Klamath power costs to rise  Aug 15, 2008 Herald and News Opinion:  Too many questions remain on restoration agreement  Aug 17, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Words from Webster - Thank you and good night  Aug 6, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Counterspin - The Long Goodbye  Aug 6, 2008
Pioneer Press:  The Great Basin Debate  Aug 6, 2008 Herald and News:  County leaders talk water, dams  Aug 20, 2008
Herald and News:  New Klamath water agency to meet  Aug 20, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Water pact needs some PR savvy  Aug 21, 2008
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Bureau Of Reclamation Announces New Tribal Liaison Officer  Aug 22, 2008 Herald and News:  New group may run water bank  Aug 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Bureau head to leave - Reclamation area manager taking Sacramento job  Aug 25, 2008 Western Farm Press:  Harry Carlson steps down from the "best job in UC Cooperative Extension"   Aug 26, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Bureau’s new manager should give storage, Basin pact high priority   Aug 27, 2008 Herald and News:  Paisley: A place of generations  Aug 28, 2008
Herald and News:  Chiloquin Dam removed - Structure on Sprague River gone 69 days ahead of schedule  Aug 30, 2008 CattleNetwork.com:  Jolley: Five Minutes With The Rickert Family, Prather Ranch  Aug 30, 2008
Herald and News:  A farming legacy - Farming is a family affair  Sept 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Local century farms or ranches  Sept 2, 2008
Herald and News:  OSU Extension office working on succession planning  Sept 2, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Removal of Chiloquin Dam says agreements are possible  Sept 3, 2008
Herald and News:  Water agreement - Eight Months Later  Sept 4, 2004 Herald and News:   Water clarification:  PacificCorp   Sept 5, 2008
Siskiyou Daily News:  Fishing for solutions  Sept 10, 2008 Herald and News:  Adjudication: $5,000 a day - Sorting through Klamath Basin water rights is expensive, complex  Sept 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Adjudication and the Klamath water agreement  Sept 13, 2008 Herald and News:  About the water adjudication process  Sept 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Some prefer adjudication, others, the deal  Sept 13, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Bucket symbol of cutoff’s impact  Sept 15, 2008
AP:  Study: saving water profitable - Farmers say efficiency doesn’t address existing storage problems  Sept 12, 2008 AP:  Farm groups worried about labeling law  Sept 18, 2008
Herald and News:   The battle of the Bucket  Sept 19, 2008 Herald and News:  Land-use meeting set - Big Look Task Force to meet here on Tuesday  Sept 21, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Don’t forget 2001, but move ‘bucket’ to museum  Sept 21, 2008 Herald and News Guest Opinion:  Water agreement a chance to work together  Sept 21, 2008
Capital Press:  Family farmer fosters co-ops across Idaho  Sept 25, 2008 Frank Priestley:  Education efforts address misconceptions about agriculture  Sept 25, 2008
Herald and News:  Many locals would prefer land-use be handled by local and county officials  Sept 25, 2008 AP:  Idaho prof says individual farmers squeezed  Sept 29, 2008
Felice Pace:  Secrecy continues to poison Klamath Politics  Sept 29. 2008 UC Davis Press Release:  New Sustainable Ag Classes Begin, With New Major on the Way  Sept 30, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Family farms mean much to America  Oct 1, 2008 Herald and News:  Potato harvest time - A tradition of superlative spuds  Oct 2, 2008
Herald and News:  Farm prices not small potatoes - Fewer potatoes mean profits as other crops lure farmers   Oct 2, 2008 Capital Press:  (Tulelake) Farmer takes on rodent pests with automated invention  Oct 3, 3008
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Climate, Streamflow Predictions For Winter 2008-2009? Hard To Say  Oct 3, 2008 Oregonian:  U.S. Senate race: Smith's record defies easy labels  Oct 4, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle:  A move to secede on California-Oregon border  Oct 5, 2008
Herald and News:  Community breaks ground for reservoir tank, waterlines  Oct 5, 2008
Herald and News:  Good returns for farmers, but profits have dropped  Oct 6, 2008 Herald and News:  Cutting costs comes in variety of changes  Oct 6, 2008
Herald and News:  Economist: It’s a unique time in agriculture history  Oct 6, 2008 Herald and News:  Farmers express uncertainty about the future  Oct 6, 2008
Herald and News:  Water agreement - Stakeholders get birds-eye perspective  Oct 6, 2008 Yes! Magazine:  Turning a Farm and Farmer Green, Changing from Conventional to Organic Farming  Fall 2008
Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett:  The Rhetoric of the Bucket  Sept 20, 2008 Oregon State University:  You say potato, I say potato tour  Oct 8, 2008
U.S. Congress:  Concurrent Resolution:  Expressing the Sense of Congress regarding the proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Draft  Sept 9, 2008 Herald and News:  Digging Deep - Area FFA students take part in soil-judging contest  Oct 9, 2008
Herald and News:  Potatoes show different colors - OSU researchers experiment with ways to improve potato crops  Oct 9, 2008 Michael Pollan, New York Times:  The Food Issue: An open letter to the next Farmer in Chief  Oct 8, 2008 
Capital Press Editorial:  Prosperity before protection  Oct 9, 2008 Herald and News:  Water pact work remains - Efforts to drum up support continue, as do disagreements  Oct 12, 2008
Felice Pace:  Klamath Parochialism - What the region’s Mainstream Media are not reporting and why  Oct 12, 2008 Eureka Reporter:  NEC hosts presentation on Klamath Basin  Oct 14, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Sustainable Northwest has many components  Oct 18, 2008 Felice Pace:  Is it time to disband the Klamath Settlement Group?  Oct 18, 2008
Herald and News:  The perfect day for a Potato - Merrill celebrates 71st annual Klamath Basin Potato Festival  Oct 19, 2008 Herald and News:  Basin ag focus of harvest tour  Oct 20, 2008
Capital Press:  Metal thieves hit farms and ranches  Oct 20, 2008 Oregon Public Broadcasting:  Rendering Crisis Hits Oregon Livestock Industry  Oct 21, 2008
Capital Press:  Potato farmers pleased by above-average harvest  Oct 23, 2008
Capital Press:  Slowing economy stunts hay prices  Oct 23, 2008 Herald and News Viewpoint Restoration agreement has local support  Oct 26, 2008
Felice Pace:  Why is “The Environment” not on the ballot?  Oct 26, 2008  Capital Press Opinion:  Tuesday's vote important for agriculture  Oct 30, 2008
Times-Standard:  NEC leadership shifts  Nov 1, 2008 AP:   State Awards Grants for Conserving Oregon Species  Nov 2, 2008
Oregonian:  Task force finds Oregon's land-use laws need reworked  Nov 3, 2008 Herald and News Opinion:  Restoration agreement will pain many in Klamath River area  Oct 3, 2008
William Ganong, Attorney:  Notice of Klamath Project District Joint Board Meeting  Oct 31, 2008 Herald and News:  Basin leaders cautious, but hopeful about Merkley - Concerns raised over loss of Sen. Smith’s knowledge of water issues  Nov 7, 2008
Herald and News:  Water storage options - The Long Lake basin holds promise for area  Nov 8, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Local officials must make Merkley aware of Basin issues  Nov 9, 2008
SW Iowa News:  Vilsack possible ag chief?  Nov 11, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Long Lake could help Basin when water’s short  Nov 13, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Report calls for water permits  Nov 12, 2008 Pioneer Press:  Public meetings to be held for Shasta, Scott River Watershed  Nov 12, 2008
Tom Chandler:  A Brief History of the Contentious Klamath River Issue  Nov 13, 2008 Capital Press:  Klamath dam removal plan unpopular with farmers  Nov 13, 2008
Herald and News:  Who's at the table? - Water stakeholders likely to have seat as discussions on dams continue  Nov 15, 2008 Herald and News Editorial:  Settlement has long way to go before dams are gone  Nov 16, 2008
Herald and News:  Guest opinion: Restoration proposal unfair to many in Basin  Nov 16, 2008 Bear Bait:  Klamath Suckers  Nov 16, 2008
Scripps News Service:  Stenholm eyed for D.C. post  Nov 17, 2008 National Geographic Magazine:  Reuniting a River - After fighting for years over its water, farmers, Indians, and fishermen are joining forces to let the troubled Klamath River run wild again  Dec 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Task force recommends a move to center on land use  Nov 19, 2008 Educational Solutions Press Release:  High School Students Work on Klamath Water Problems and Solutions  Nov 19, 2008
Herald and News:  Klamath River featured in magazine  Nov 20, 2008
Herald and News:  From farms to wetlands - Walking Wetlands program benefits farmers, refuges and wildlife  Nov 20, 2008
Herald and News:  From Farms to Wetlands - A partnership with agriculture  Nov 20, 2008 Herald and News:  From farms to wetlands - Transforming tracts of farmland to wetlands  Nov 20, 2008
Herald and News Letter:  Where’s the chair for the taxpayers?  Nov 20, 2008 Capital Press:  Dam deal still stokes controversy - Critics from all sides assail new deal on Klamath Basin water  Nov 20, 2008
Capital Press:  Commuter TB-tests eased - Cattle crossing state border into Calif. pose negligible risk
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Times-Standard Editorial:  Thompson a good fit for Interior Department  Nov 22, 2008
Redding Record Searchlight Editorial:  Stream is half full for state’s wild fish  Nov 22, 2008 Statesman Journal:  Plan boosts local input on land use - Task force will present ideas to 2009 Legislature  Nov 22, 2008
Herald and News:  Finding a hay king - Annual contest puts growers to the test  Nov 23, 2008 Margaret Goodwin:  Oregon’s Big Land Use Swindle  Nov 24, 2008
Capital Press Editorial:  Klamath deal a step in right direction  Nov 27, 2008 Capital Press:  Pesticide restrictions challenged  Nov 27, 2008
Herald and News:  Irrigator seeks water meeting - County asked again to facilitate discussion among groups   Nov 28, 2008 Oregonian:  Oregon's Land Use - Is There a Middle Ground?  Nov 27, 2008 
Julie Kay Smithson:  Memory Lane / New Road to Freedom  Nov 29, 2008  Capital Press:  Economists predict credit will tighten for farmers  Dec 1, 2008
OR Senator Doug Whitsett:  Citizen Participation in Government  Dec 2. 2008 Jack Swift:  Surrendering Sovereignty in Rural Oregon  Dec 2, 2008
Oregonian:  Conflicting rulings leave rural landowners caught and confused  Dec 2, 2008 Herald and News:  Visiting the birthplace of the Potato - Klamath extension researcher visits Peru to see tuber crop from a new perspective  Dec 4, 2008
Denver Post:  Colorado congressman under consideration to be ag secretary  Dec 4, 2008 Washington Post:  Obama faces challenge of revamping U.S. Dept. of Agriculture  Dec 4, 2008
Capital Press:  Irrigator favors agreement  Dec 4, 2008 Capital Press:  Big Look irritates two sides  Dec 4, 2008
Capital Press:  November brings little snowfall  Dec 4, 2008 KDRV - Medford,OR:  Dry weather means low water levels for S. Oregon reservoirs  Dec 5, 2008

Capital Press:  Proposed permits heat up California water wars (Siskiyou County)  Dec 6, 2008

 

California Department of Fish and Game:  Shasta River Watershed-Wide Permitting Program -- Draft Environmental Impact Report  Oct 10, 2008

California Department of Fish and Game:  Scott River Watershed-Wide Permitting Program --Draft Environmental Impact Report  Oct 10, 2008

Herald and News:  Water Lessons - High school students studying Klamath River watershed  Dec 6, 2008

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Western Farm Press:  Survey demonstrates efficiency in farm water deliveries  Dec 5, 2008
Herald and New's Editorial:  Set firm goals for water meeting, work in advance with participants  Dec 7, 2008 Herald and News:  Commissioners unsure about attending (water) meeting  Dec 7, 2008
Dan Bacher:  Karuk Tribe Joins with Conservation Groups in Supporting Thompson for Interior Secretary  Dec 8, 2008 Oregonian:  Opposition develops to Thompson for DOI job  Dec 8, 2008
Idaho Statesman:  Kempthorne reviews his tenure as interior secretary  Dec 9, 2008 Capital Press:  Farmers advised to buy fuel, fertilizer now  Dec 9, 2008
Capital Press:  Delegates affirm benefits of livestock grazing  Dec 9, 2008 AZ Daily Star:  130 groups push for Grijalva to fill Interior post  Dec 9, 2008
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Herald and News:  County to skip water meeting - Commissioners won’t attend session, based on legal advice   Dec 10, 2008 Times-Standard:  Thompson still top contender to head Interior  Dec 10, 2008
Dan Bacher:  Klamath Riverkeeper Endorses Mike Thompson for Interior Secretary  Dec 10, 2008 PolitickerCA:  Replacement names surfacing if Obama tabs Rep. Thompson  Dec 10, 2008
Pioneer Press:  Words from Webster ~ Beware of the cow and pig farts  Dec 10, 2008 Herald and News:  ’Tis the season for financing - Farm credit services agency having no problems with funding  Dec 11, 2008
Capital Press:  California's water wars heat up in Siskiyou County  Dec 11, 2008 Capital Press Guest Comment:  Basin agreement may be farming's spotted owl  Dec 11, 2008
Capital Press:  Roundup Ready alfalfa may be released in 2009  Dec 11, 2008 Capital Press:  Alfalfa growers face hard choices, adviser says  Dec 11, 2008
Capital Press:  USDA organic rules draw heavy opposition  Dec 12, 2008 EPA Press Release:  Better Approach to Reporting Hazardous Substances from Farm Animal Waste   Dec 12, 2008
Herald and News:  Water meetings: Mum’s the word - Stakeholders must sign confidentiality, protocol agreements  Dec 13, 2008
EPA Press Release Lisa Jackson Nominated Next EPA Administrator  Dec 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Congressman passed over for post - Interior secretary to be named by Obama this week  Dec 16, 2008 
Family Farm Alliance Press Release:  Nomination of Senator Salazar Applauded by Family Farm Alliance President  Dec 17, 2008 Dan Bacher:  Obama Nominates Salazar for Interior Secretary, Vilsack for Agriculture  Dec 17, 2008
Felice Pace:  Does no Dam Removal Agreement mean no Water Deal?  Dec 17, 2008 Herald and News:  Local voice on national program - Dan Keppen asked about Interior  Dec 17, 2008
Oregon Rep Greg Walden:  Interior Secretary and Ag Secretary appointments  Dec 17, 2008 Capital Press Opinion:  Felice Pace: No deal better than a bad deal in the Klamath Basin  Dec 18, 2008
Capital Press:  Family operation gives strawberries head start   Dec 18, 2008 Trust for Public Land Press Release:  Trust for Public Land and Klamath Tribes to Buy Mazama Forest Land  Dec 18, 2008
Oregonian:  Land deal returns slice of Klamath tribal homeland  Dec 18, 2008 Herald and News:  KCC partners with OSU for ag - Students will pay KCC’s lower tuition for their first two years   Dec 18, 2008
Capital Press:  Grower passionate to save agriculture  Dec 18, 2008