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Instream Water Supply Issues:

Klamath Distribution Model
 Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - Effects of ESA Requirements. General ESA Effects Above Klamath Lake. General ESA Effects Below Klamath Lake. General ESA Effects on Lake Levels. 

SFGate:  Wilderness group lists top 10 endangered California wildlands March 30, 2005

 
Abstracts from the: F&WS Third Klamath Basin Ecosystem Restoration Research and Restoration Coordination Meeting - March 1999 Time-Standard:  Trinity water shift condemned April 13, 2005
US Water News:  Oregon State to begin harvesting watershed study area April 2005 USGS:  Scientists Document Widespread Increases in Streamflow and Changes in the Timing of Snowmelt Over the Past 50 Years  May 5, 2005
Dan Bacher:  Bush Backs Down on Trinity River Water Raid  May 6, 2005 Time Standard:  High Trinity: Big water aimed at salmon restoration  May 10, 2005

River Flow Schedule (October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005)  .pdf 

LA Times:  Trinity - A River Rises to Reclaim Its Past May 16, 2005 Pioneer Press:  State agency will address “problems” on Scott and Shasta Rivers June 8, 2005
Clifford Lyle Marshall, chairman of the Hoopa Valley Tribe:  After 50 years, Trinity River gets its water (From the May 15th Eureka Times-Standard) Oregonian:  John Day River status, law reviewed  June 16, 2005
Times-Standard:  A river rising - The Trinity July 15, 2005 Times-Standard:  Waste not one drop of Trinity water  July 22, 2005
Pacific News Service:  Bringing a River Back to Life -- When Water Is More Than a Commodity - The Trinity  Aug. 9, 2005 Pioneer Press:  California agency going after Scott River water  August 10, 2005
SacBee:  Agencies target overgrown juniper  August 18, 2005
Link to the Western Juniper Management Strategy or visit the Modoc National Forest webpage for more information: 
Times-Standard:   Trinity River projects to be aired  Oct 11, 2005 Klamath Courier:  Fisheries Task Force stirs up health concerns  Oct 26, 2005
Pioneer Press:  Siskiyou water meeting packed  Oct 26, 2005 Oregonian:  Murkier waters to flow with new rules  Oct 31, 2005
Times-Standard:  Trinity, Klamath get big bucks  Nov 11, 2005 Pioneer Press:  Klamath water quality questioned  Feb 8, 2006
Yreka's Siskiyou Daily:  Citizens voice concerns over water demands  March 21, 2006 Times-Standard:  Lots of rain, but not a record   April 6, 2006
Times-Standard:  Trinity River tensions simmer   April 29, 2006 Times-Standard:  Trinity torrent   May 10, 2006
Siskiyou Daily News:  Adoption of Shasta River Plan stalled   May 23, 2006 Times-Standard:  Trinity River higher than ever before   May 24, 2006
Herald and News:  Sprague tributary finds new life   May 29, 2006 Pioneer Press:  SOSS challenges state board   May 24, 2006
Marcia Armstrong:  Scott Valley accomplishments & needs   June 16, 2006 BEEF:  Water and the West   Aug 1, 2006
Thomas:  S. 895 - Rural Water Supply Act of 2005   April 25, 2005 House Resource Committee:  HR 4418 - Rural Water Supply Act of 2005   Nov 18, 2005
John W. Keys, III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation:  Statement to the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on S. 895   May 12, 2005 Dan Keppen, FFA:  Written Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Water and Power re:  The Rural Water Supply Act of 2005 - S. 895  July 27, 2006
Herald and News:  Rancher aids watershed   July 27, 2006 Capital Press:  West still wild over water - Resource needs to be managed and surface water storage added   July 28, 2006
Bigfork Eagle:  Success of stream restoration projects go largely unknown   Aug 3, 2006 Times-Standard:  Governor's Klamath approach questioned   Oct 14, 2006
Utah State University:  Hardy II Study Results - Evaluation of Instream Flow Needs in the Lower Klamath River – Phase II Final Report   July, 2006 Herald and News:  Coalition pushes for storage   Oct 22, 2006
Felice Pace:  Pumping the Klamath Dry   Nov 7, 2006 Oregon State Senator Doug Whitsett:  Oregon's water management plan   Nov 27, 2006
Klamath Echoes:  Link River  1967 San Diego Union:  Governor to push for new dams despite long-standing resistance   Jan 7, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle:  Governor's new state water plan to include 2 dams   Jan 9, 2007 Capital Press:  Governor's $6 billion water plan is welcomed by farmers, water officials   Jan 10, 2007
USGS Press Release:  First Annual Stream Flow Summary Available   Jan 12, 2007 Times-Standard:  Lower water, less fish   Jan 25, 2007
Siskiyou Daily News:  Snow surveys show levels well below average   Feb 5, 2007 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Oregon Considers Water Initiative; Tapping Columbia River   Feb 9, 2007
Siskiyou Daily News:  Shasta Valley RCD board to meet   Feb 13, 2007 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Streamflow Forecast Models Will Help Manage Water   Feb 23, 2007
Marcia Armstrong:  Scott River Water Trust   April 27, 2007 Marcia Armstrong:  Scott River Water Balance   May 11, 2007
Times-Standard:  Thompson turns out Trinity River bill  June 16, 2007 Klamath Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Seeks Klamath River Watershed Restoration Projects  June 18, 2007
Eureka Reporter:  Hoopa Valley Tribe commends legislation to restore Trinity River   June 20, 2007 Eureka Reporter:  Hoopa Valley Tribe cautions Congress  July 23, 2007
Eureka Reporter:  Congress to hear testimony regarding Trinity River issues  Sept 14, 2007 Family Farm Alliance :  Testimony on the Trinity River Restoration Bill  Sept 18, 2007
Eureka Reporter:  Trinity River restoration supporters go before Congress  Sept 19, 2007 Hoopa Valley Tribe Press ReleaseHoopa Valley Tribe Chairman Testifies in Congress in Support of Trinity River Funding  Sept 21, 2007
National Research Council Press Release:  More comprehensive analysis of Klamath River basin needed to aid decision makers  Nov 28, 2007 National Research Council Report:   Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin  Nov 28, 2007  
AP:  Report: Klamath fish need more water  Nov 28, 2007 SacBee:  Report supports higher Klamath flows  Nov 28, 2007
Times-Standard:  Top scientists: Klamath salmon need more water  Nov 29, 2007 LA Times:  Broader study of the Klamath River Basin urged  Nov 30, 2007
Eureka Reporter:  State water board drafts policy responding to new legislation for in-stream flows  Dec 29, 2007 DOI/USGS:  Upper Klamath Lake Basin Nutrient-Loading Study—Assessment of Historic Flows in the Williamson and Sprague Rivers Water-Resources Investigations Report 98–4198  1999
Herald and News Letter:  Bureau of Reclamation moving ahead on storage studies  Feb 26, 2 008   Mount Shasta Herald:  River Exchange hosts Klamath watershed presentation  Mar 12, 2008
Herald and News:  Fish study to alter Link River flows  July 16, 2008 Felice Pace:  There's a new Klamath Riverkeeper and an Opportunity to help the Scott River  Oct 28, 2008
Felice Pace:  California Department of Fish and Game proposes sweeping Coho “Take” and “Stream Alteration” local-control permits for Shasta and Scott River Ag  Nov 5, 2008 Times-Standard:  For want of water:  Another dry winter could push Trinity River too far  April 12, 2009
Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Announces 2009 Trinity River Flow Schedule  April 24, 2009 The Trinity Journal:  $4.5 million for Trinity River  April 22, 2009
The Trinity Journal:  Little hope for lake levels  May 13, 2009 Felice Pace:  The Shasta and Scott are going dry – Will anyone take action?  Aug 15, 2009
Siskiyou Daily News:  Program pays voluntary water diverters on Scott Valley streams  Aug 20, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Schwarzenegger Pushes Canal As Salmon Rivers Are Sucked Dry  Aug 20, 2009
Klamath Riverkeeper Press Release:  Agencies Do Nothing As Scott and Shasta Rivers Go Dry  Aug 20, 2009
Siskiyou Daily News:  National Research Council: Basin-wide study needed to assess water flows in Klamath  Aug 25, 2009 Times-Standard:  Hoopa Tribe back at the table  Aug 27, 2009
Mount Shasta Herald Shasta river irrigation project: good news on the Klamath  Sept 2, 2009
Felice Pace:  Another salmon disaster in the making!  Sept 6, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle:  Key salmon spawning rivers all but dry (Shasta, Scott)  Sept 13, 2009 Carolyn Pimentel, Interim Scott River Watershed Council Coordinator:  Letter to Mr. Fimrite, Staff Writer of the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, September 13, 2009 “DROUGHT Parched river endanger fabled Klamath salmon run”  Sept 17, 2009
Klamath RiverKeepers Press Release:  Fish Kill Conditions Brewing on Shasta River  Sept 24, 2009 Mount Shasta Herald:  Stranded Shasta salmon prompt fish kill concern  Sept 24, 2009
Felice Pace:  The California Department of Fish and Game: Is it corrupt or just clueless?  Sept 26, 2009 Siskiyou Daily News Letter:  Man-made surge would create danger to salmon  Sept 29, 2009
Mount Shasta Herald:   Fish kill fears subside on Shasta as water levels rise  Sept 30, 2009 The Trinity Journal:  BOR:  Trinity water releases will be for temperature control and fishing report  Sept 30, 2009
Siskiyou Daily News Letter:  Something is not right on the rivers  Oct 5, 2009 Siskiyou Daily News:  Fish kill fears subside on Shasta as water levels rise  Oct 6, 2009
Trinity Journal:  County protests water rights request  Oct 7, 2009
Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Comments on Felice Pace's Death of a Lady - the history of the Scott River's destruction  Oct 11, 2009
Redding Record Searchlight:  Salmon stranded by low north state river levels  Oct 23, 2009
Oregon Public Broadcasting Groups Sue California Over Coho Protection Rules  Oct 22, 2009
Redding Record Searchlight:  Suit seeks to block state plan for water use on north state rivers  Oct 23, 2009 Times-Standard:  Feds looking for extension on Trinity water permits until 2030  Oct 27, 2009
Trinity Journal:  Coalition challenges state's proposal on key Klamath River streams  Oct 28, 2009  Earthjustice, Klamath Riverkeeper, Quartz Valley Indian Reservation, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association, Environmental Protection Information Center, Sierra Club, Northcoast Environmental Center, and Institute for Fisheries Resources vs California Department of Fish and Game:  Lawsuit for Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate Against the Farmers and Ranchers in the Scott and Shasta River Watersheds  Oct 2009
Times-Standard:  Water bond presents puzzle for North Coast  Nov 6, 2009 Trinity Journal:  Diversion factor - More water flows east than into Trinity River  Nov 11, 2009
Crescent City Triplicate:  Water deal has some on the alert  Nov 11, 2009
Felice Pace:  A tale of two ditches….and a water trust  Nov 14, 2009
Herald and News:  Project will help keep tabs on water supply - Watershed viewer to be unveiled soon  Nov 19, 2009
 
Herald and News:  Upper, lower basin hydrology differs  Feb 7, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  First measurements of 2010 indicate above-average snowpack  Feb 10, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  SSRT discusses flows, fisheries data  Mar 30, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  Meeting addresses Shasta Valley water diversions  April 14, 2010 Pioneer Press:  Endangered water rights - This has nothing to do with fish  April 14, 2010
Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong:  Coho ITP and 1602  April 14, 2010 Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Announces 2010 Trinity River Flow Schedule  April 23, 2010
Times-Standard:  Big fines for unreported water use: State Water Board requires regular filing for stream diversions  May 25, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  Yreka residents to hear presentation on Shasta River water  May 25, 2010
Redding Record Searchlight:  Shasta River's salvation becomes group's mission  June 19, 2010 Felice Pace:  A new chapter in Klamath River Water Wars  June 19, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  County may support water case against California Fish and Game  June 21, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  Water diversion statements due July 1  June 21, 2010
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations Press Release:  Fishermen, Conservationists Sue to Protect Scott River  June 24, 2010
Pioneer Press Letter:  Fears for his boys' opportunities  June 25, 2010
Pioneer Press Letter:  Pray for God's intersession  June 25, 2010 Pioneer Press Letter:  The Fish & Game  June 25, 2010
Pioneer Press Guest Opinion:  Permit fees are outrageous  June 26, 2010 Protect Our Water in Scott Valley Press Release:  Grass roots WATER meeting - Etna  June 26, 2010
Redding Record Searchlight:  Groundwater permits spur suit in Siskiyou  June 26, 2010 Pie and Politics:  Scott Valley farmers under new attack  June 28, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  Lawsuit alleges county failure to monitor groundwater  June 29, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle:  Watery Balancing Act - Scott River's coho salmon by Linda Sheehan, California Coastkeeper  July 1, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  Letter alleges Fish and Game threats, extortion  July 2, 2010 Pioneer Press Guest Opinion:  SOSS Policy Statement  July 2, 2010
Pie N Politics:  Summary of the June 30th meeting of the Scott Valley POW  July 3, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  County requests DFG assistance in pending lawsuit  July 6, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News:  Supervisors want clean water across the border  July 8, 2010 Herald and News Commentary:  More water for farmers, but not birds, fish  July 11, 2010
Pie N Politics:  The Water War and Civil Disobedience Rebuttal to Mark Stopher of the CDFG  July 11, 2010 Protect Our Water, Scott ValleyNewsletter  July 15, 2010
Pie N Politics:  City of Etna stands for its Water Rights  July 23, 2010
Mark Baird, Vice Chairman, POW:  Civil Disobedience, The Quiet before the Storm  Aug 10, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  DFG seeks to combine water cases in S.F. court  Aug 19, 2010
North Coast Journal:  Water Snakes  Aug 19, 2010 Siskiyou Daily News:  National law firm provides support in Farm Bureau case  Aug 24, 2010
Herald and News:  Scientists: Toxic blue-green algae a growing problem in Klamath Basin lakes and rivers  Aug 26, 2010
Siskiyou Daily News: Protect our Water’ rally kicks off Saturday  Aug 27, 2010
 
Siskiyou Daily News Fairgrounds overflows with water rights activists  Aug 30, 2010
Times-Standard:  Tribes join county's bid for Trinity water  Aug 31, 2010  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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