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February 10, 2012 - The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved  a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announcing its intent to sue the federal government over the potential removal of dams on the Klamath River.  “The County of Siskiyou is convinced legal action is necessary to challenge a decision that is contrary to science and the stated goals for the Klamath River and which will be inimical to the interests of the people of Siskiyou County,” the letter states. “If you do indeed press forward at this time and issue the Secretarial Determination, Siskiyou County intends to challenge the decision in federal court.”  Salazar is scheduled to issue his secretarial determination regarding Klamath dam removal by the end of March. The determination will designate that Klamath dam removal either is or is not in the best interest of the fishery and the communities affected.  Read more from yesterday's Yreka SSiskiyou Daily News article County intends to challenge Klamath dam decision in federal court. 
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Herald and News:  Water report  Feb 9, 2012
Capital Press Opinion:  Ranchers preserve environment, economy and way of life  Feb 9, 2012
Jim Cook, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Fred Kelly Grant planning legal strategy press release  Feb 9, 2012
Siskiyou Daily News:  Ag preserves reviewed  Feb 10, 2012 
 
PNW Salmon News:
Natural Resources Defense Council:  It is Time to Restore Salmon to the San Joaquin River  Feb 8, 2012
New York Times:  Hatcheries vs. Wild Salmon  Feb 8, 2012
The Bay Citizen:  Effort to Boost Salmon Numbers Weakens Wild Fish  Feb 8, 2012
PhysOrg.com:  Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations  Feb 8, 2012
Seattle Times:  OSU students to haze Columbia River seabirds  Feb 8, 2012        
NW Fishletter:  Ocean Researchers Defend Projects In New Report  Feb 9, 2012
NW Fishletter:  Corps Tries To Outsmart Cormorants  Feb 9, 2012 
NW Fishletter:  Science Panel Says FPC Bypass Analysis Leaves A Lot Out  Feb 9, 2012
NW Fishletter:  Canada Can't Confirm ISA Virus In Latest Samples  Feb 9, 2012
eNews Park Forest:  Groups Petition To Ban GE Salmon As an Unsafe Food Additive  Feb 9, 2012
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine:  Suit Filed To Block Elwha Hatchery Programs  Feb 9, 2012
Important Reading:
East Oregonian:  Wallowa seeks $30000 from wolf fund  Feb 9, 2012
Salem Statesman Journal:  We need to find a balance in living with wolves  Feb 9, 2012
Stockton Record:  Rules, money blocking dam projects, officials say  Feb 9, 2012
Tom DeWeese:  Major New Weapon in the Fight Against the UN  Feb 9, 2012 

 

February 8, 2012 -  To date, the Klamath Basin has had about 4.5 inches less precipitation than normal this year — a common shortage around the region, but especially worrisome for Basin farmers and ranchers who rely on snowpack for irrigation water through the warm months. There are no significant weather fronts on the horizon, said Jay Stockton, senior forecaster at the National Weather Service in Medford.  “We’re scared, to put it simply,” said Gary Wright, president of the Klamath Water Users Association, which represents Klamath Reclamation Project producers. “This is a lot like 2010. The lake level is a little better, but really with no snowpack to count on, it doesn’t do us a lot of good.  Read more from yesterday's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Snowpack is concerning irrigators - Areas that feed Upper Klamath Lake at average snow depth of 68 percent of normal.
 
The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund was established by Congress in FY 2000 to protect, restore, and conserve Pacific salmon and steelhead populations and their habitats. Under the Fund, NOAA Fisheries manages a program to provide funding to states and tribes of the Pacific Coast region -- Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Alaska. The thousands of Fund projects that have been implemented throughout the region have made important contributions to improve the status of Endangered Species Act-listed species, prevent extinctions, and protect currently healthy populations. These accomplishments are summarized in independent reviews and annual Reports to Congress. The 2011 Report is now available online.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Herald and News Letter:  Bucket reminds us of remaining work  Feb 7, 2012
Herald and News Letter:  If you weren’t there, be quiet  Feb 7, 2012
Siskiyou Daily News:  Not enough signatures on Armstrong recall petition  Feb 7, 2012
Siskiyou Daily News Letter:  Prove private ownership of the dams  Feb 8, 2012
 
PNW Salmon News:
Medford Mail Tribune:  Oregon Wild sues to secure Rogue water for coho salmon  Feb 7, 2012 
 
Important Reading:
Capital Press:  Clem expects wolf bills to clear House (OR)  Feb 6, 2012
Dennis Cuddy:  The Disarmament of America, Part 3  Feb 6, 2012
Bloomberg News:  Americans gaining energy independence  Feb 7, 2012
USDA Press Release:  A New Tool for Mapping Water Use and Drought  Feb 7, 2012  
East Oregonian:  Wolf collar fails on Imnaha's alpha male  Feb 7, 2012
OPB News:  OR Senate passes marine reserve bill  Feb 8, 2012
Redding Record-Searchlight:  Raising Shasta Dam would force some businesses to move  Feb 8, 2012

 

February 6, 2012 - Looking Back: This week in Klamath Basin history Week of Feb. 4-10, 2002:  The National Academy of Sciences concluded federal biologists had “no substantial scientific justification” for cutting off water to Klamath Project irrigators in 2001 to protect endangered and threatened suckers and coho salmon.  An academy committee reviewing studies that led to irrigation restrictions in the Klamath Reclamation Project concluded government scientists lacked evidence that the cutoff would help endangered and threatened fish.  There is no substantial scientific foundation at this time for changing the operation of the Klamath Project to maintain higher water levels in Upper Klamath Lake for the endangered sucker populations or higher minimum flows in the Klamath River main stem for the threatened coho population, the committee concluded.  Interior Secretary Gale Norton called for the review in the face of allegations by farmers that “junk science” had prompted the irrigation cutoff.
 
The past week's Klamath River Basin USGS Flow Graphs are posted and showing a week of  dry winter weather. The Williamson River flow this morning is at 642 cubic feet per second (cfs) after starting the week at 716 cfs. Upper Klamath Lake elevation come up to 4,141.18', from 4,141.01' last week.  Flows through Link River dropped to 321 cfs .  Releases from the Keno Dam went down is at 533 cfs this morning. The Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam is at 1,000 cfs today. The Scott River has dropped to 346 cfs. The Salmon River has dropped to 1,540 cfs. The Trinity River has dropped to 4,050 cfs. The Klamath River at the mouth gauge show a drop to 13,800 cfs this morning.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Times-Standard:   Condor conservation  Feb 5, 2012
 
Important Reading:
Eugene Register-Guard:  EDITORIAL: Kill anti-wolf legislation  Feb 4, 2012
Kathleen Marquardt:  Agenda 21, the end of Western Civilization, Part 2  Feb 4, 2012
Summit County Citizens Voice:  Oregon ranchers declare war on wolves  Feb 5, 2012
Peninsula Daily:  Lead-contaminated soil found at Elwha Dam site  Feb 5, 2012

 

February 3, 2012 - Opponents of water rights of the Klamath Tribes are predicting more litigation despite six proposed orders recently issued by an administrative law judge favoring the tribes. The complex adjudication began 36 years ago.  The decision covered who has water rights and in what quantities for the Williamson, Sycan, Sprague and Wood Rivers along with many of their tributaries, as well as the Klamath Marsh and springs scattered throughout the former Klamath Reservation. Cases involving Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River are expected to have decisions handed down in April.  Doug Whitsett, the Oregon State Senator who represents the area, said there were several more steps before the final orders were written. The final orders might follow Allen’s proposed orders, change them significantly or be totally rewritten.  Sen. Whitsett, in an email to Two Rivers Tribune, wrote, “I anticipate substantial further legal activity. A number of very learned water law attorneys hold serious reservations regarding both the content of the proposed orders as well as the process and legal precedents that the administrative law judge followed or failed to follow in reaching his proposed orders.”  Read more from the February 1st article Judge Favors Tribes in Upper Klamath Water Rights Adjudication - More Litigation Expected. 
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Times-Standard Opinion:  Klamath legislation jeopardizes rights and resources  Feb 2, 2012  
Herald and News Letter:  Dam removal draft ignores public say  Feb 3, 2012
Herald and News Letter:  Bucket a reminder, should stay put  Feb 3, 2012
 
PNW Salmon News:
 
Important Reading:
Jim Beers:  Catholics & Wolves  Feb 1, 2012

 

February 1, 2012 - Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to decide, as legally required, whether upper Klamath River chinook salmon deserve protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. In response to a January 28, 2011 petition from the groups, the Fisheries Service determined in April 2011 that the salmon may warrant protection and began a status review that was supposed to be completed within one year of the petition. The petition review comes at a perilous time for Klamath salmon as fears of a major drought linger.  “Klamath River chinook have suffered severe declines in the face of a century of dam building, logging, hatcheries, massive water withdrawal and pollution,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “These magnificent fish need Endangered Species Act protection if they’re going to have any chance at survival and recovery. We very much hope protection will be provided in the next 60 days so we won’t have to file suit.”  To learn more see today's Center for Biological Diversity's Press Release Government Delay, Drought Prompts Renewed Push for Protection of Klamath River Chinook Salmon. 
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin News:
Pie N Politics:  Violation of the "Wild and Scenic Rivers Act"  Jan 27, 2012 
Center for Biological Diversity Press Release:  Government Delay, Drought Prompts Renewed Push for Protection of Klamath River Chinook Salmon  Feb 1, 2012
Herald and News Letter:  The right plan for Klamath dams  Feb 1, 2012 
 
PNW Salmon News:
OPB News:  Salmon Go To School  Jan 30, 2012
OPB News:  Crooked River Irrigation Deal Benefits Farmers And Fish  Jan 30, 2012
 
Important Reading:
Family Farm Alliance:  January Monthly Briefing  Jan 30, 2012

 

January 30, 2012 - Looking Back:  This week in Klamath Basin History - Organizers of three relief convoys that brought aid and attention to the Klamath Basin last summer have started planning three convoys for this spring. Although plans are still preliminary, Klamath Bucket Brigade Inc. and the Nevada-based Jarbidge Shovel Brigade intend to put together convoys that will depart from Maine, Virginia and Florida this spring, said Bill Ransom, a bucket Brigade organizer. The convoys would deliver shovels and buckets to governors of 30 states. Last August, the organizers put together convoys in Montana, California and Nevada that traveled through seven Western states and visited 20 communities. That effort raised about $150,000 as well as donations of livestock feed, food and other items for farm families.
 
A pair of documentary films on research projects aimed at saving salmon will broadcast on Southern Oregon Public Television in early February. The hour-long documentaries, “Sustaining Salmon: Fishermen, Scientists and Project CROSS” and “Saving Salmon: Bringing C. shasta Back Into Balance,” were scripted, directed and produced by Judith Jensen, director of Educational Solutions, a Klamath Falls nonprofit.  Jensen said “Sustaining Salmon” is about ongoing work at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, where scientists are trying to develop ways to use genetic stock identification to sustain salmon populations and the commercial salmon industry.  “Saving Salmon” is about research at Oregon State University, where associate professor Jerri Bartholomew is leading studies on C. shasta, a lethal salmon parasite that can infect up to 80 percent of out-migrating Klamath River juvenile salmon.  Read more from Saturday's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Documentaries focus on salmon in Klamath River.  
 
The past week's Klamath River Basin USGS Flow Graphs are posted and showing another week of winter weather. The Williamson River flow this morning is at 716 cubic feet per second (cfs) after raising to 810 cfs on Friday. Upper Klamath Lake elevation come up to 4,141.01', from 4,140.72' last week.  Flows through Link River dropped to about 458 cfs on Wednesday and stayed there.  Releases from the Keno Dam went up and down all week and is at 851cfs this morning. The Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam jumped to 1,500 cfs Wednesday and slowly dropped back down to 1,030 cfs today. The Scott River rose to 1,700 cfs late Thursday and has since dropped to 639 cfs. The Salmon River gauge rose to near 9,500 cfs Thursday and has since dropped to 2,730 cfs. The Trinity River gauge is showing a jump to nearly 18,000 cfs Thursday and has since dropped to 6,750 cfs. The Klamath River at the mouth gauge is showing all the extra water coming from up-river:  near 65,000 cfs early Friday morning, and a slow drop to 24,000 cfs this morning.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
PNW Salmon News:
Coos Bay World:  Fishermen demand federal repayments  Jan 28, 2012
Oregon Natural Resources Report:  Oregon sets spring chinook, sturgeon seasons  Jan 28, 2012
 
Important Reading:
Redding Record-Searchlight:  Wally Herger: 'Let's not be distracted by Agenda 21'  Jan 27, 2012
Oregonian:   Wolves: The view from the ranch  Jan 29, 2012
San Jose Mercury News:  Wolf apparently gives up search for mate in Nev.  Jan 29, 2012 

 

January 27, 2012 - Justice Blacksun, a member of the Klamath Tribes’ Forest Warriors, a crew that works on restoration projects around the region and earlier this month, the crew was clearing invasive trees from the Sycan Marsh, north of Bly.    The Forest Warriors program was established in 2010 to create a tribal workforce for restoration and forest management projects. It provides job training and employment in a community where both are hard to come by.  The crew works on a contractual basis, performing restoration work for private landowners, public agencies and environmental groups. The project at the Sycan Marsh is a partnership between the Forest Warriors; the Nature Conservancy, which manages a 30,000-acre preserve there; and Lomakatsi Restoration Project, an Ashland nonprofit that develops and oversees restoration projects.  Read more from yesterday's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Forest Warriors - Tribal group conducts restoration projects, gets on-the-job training.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Regional water planning faces uncertain future  Jan 25, 2012
 
PNW Salmon News:
NBC Bay Area:  Weekend Rain Spawns Salmon Run  Jan 25, 2012
The Columbian:  Spring chinook forecast good for Wind, Drano  Jan 25, 2012 
Important Reading:
AgInfo.net:  Gray Wolf Management  Jan 25, 2012
Sacramento Bee:  Experts weigh in on wolf's journey into California  Jan 25, 2012
Capital Press:  Wolf issues raise hackles in session  Jan 26, 2012
Capital Press Letter:  Most Californians welcome wolves  Jan 26, 2012
Capital Press Letter:  Wolves should be relocated  Jan 26, 2012
OPB News:  EPA chief hosts town hall at UW  Jan 26, 2012 

 

January 25, 2012 - The Interior Department yesterday published a draft report summarizing two years of scientific and technical studies conducted to help inform the Secretary of the Interior on a forthcoming decision on whether to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, per the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA) of 2010. The comprehensive draft report, entitled Klamath Dam Removal Overview Report for the Secretary of the Interior: an Assessment of Science and Technical Information (Overview Report), and each individual study conducted on the environmental and economic impacts of the potential dam removal, are available at www.KlamathRestoration.gov.  The draft report presents in plain language a summary of dozens of peer-reviewed reports that have been prepared by the federal government and made public as part of the effort to fill important data gaps prior to a Secretarial Determination.  Read more from Interior's Press Release Interior Issues Draft Overview Report on Klamath Dam Removal Studies.
 

Removing four Klamath River dams would provide $14 billion in short- and long-term economic benefits, according to a draft economic analysis released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The study estimates the low-range net economic benefit of $14.1 billion over a 50-year period, even with losses that would result from the elimination of hydropower, white water boating and other recreational activities. Public input on the report will be taken through Feb. 4. Copies are available online.  “Klamath Dam Removal Overview Report for the Secretary of the Interior: An Assessment of Science and Technical Information” was prepared as part of an ongoing process to provide Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar with information on whether to recommend removal of four Klamath River hydroelectric dams. A recommendation is expected this spring.  Read more from today's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Klamath River Dam Removal - Economic benefit at least $14 billion.

 

A draft report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Interior says a landmark agreement to remove dams in the Klamath Basin will restore salmon and sustain irrigation for farmers in Southern Oregon and Northern California. The findings seem to support a bill recently introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkeley, D-Oregon, and North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, that would authorize the Interior Department to decide whether to remove the four Klamath River dams. Thompson issued a statement on Tuesday urging his colleagues in Congress to act on the bill, which dam-removal proponents claim is being held hostage by the partisan rancor that is enveloping the Capitol. ”The synthesis of studies released today scientifically confirms that the agreements in place represent the best way forward for the Klamath River Basin and its communities,” Thompson said in the release. “Years of scientific and technical studies have concluded that the dam removals will not only benefit our river basin by restoring fish and wildlife habitats, it will strengthen our economy by creating thousands of jobs. The time for Congress to act is now.”  Read more from today's Times-Standard article Klamath draft report released; Thompson: 'The time for Congress to act is now'.

 
A series of winter storm systems swept through the Northwest last week, dumping snow and rain on the Klamath Basin. But the area will need a lot more precipitation before spring, forecasters say, to pull out of a deficit that has irrigators concerned.  “This last storm was putting things in the right direction, but we’re still a long ways from even average,” said Greg Addington, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association.  Conditions affecting water usage this year could leave irrigators “no room for error,” he said.  Irrigators have no water reserves. Additionally, government requirements on river flow and lake levels mean irrigators are the last to see water.  Read more from today's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Precipitation levels leave irrigators ‘no room for error’ - Recent storm systems turn snowpack in right direction. 
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Herald and News Letter:  Merkley, Wyden aren’t working for the Basin  Jan 25, 2012
Pie N Politics:  Jenner Ranch meeting canceled  Jan 25, 2012 
 
PNW Salmon News: 
Oregonian:  Columbia River ranch to be restored  Jan 23, 2012
Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program  Jan 24, 2012
The Columbian:  Letter: Hunting season for sea lions needed  Jan 24, 2012
 
Important Reading:
The American Spectator:  Now Playing: The Sustainability Con  Jan 18, 2012
National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA):  RNC Adopts Resolution Exposing Agenda 21  Jan 18, 2012 
Capital Press:  Group sues over herbicide use on federal land  Jan 23, 2012
Western Farm Press:  EPA hunting bullfrogs with shotgun in Sackett case  Jan 23, 2012 
Jim Beers:  Once Upon a Time - Bamboozling America  Jan 24, 2012
Senator Doug Whitsett's Newsletter:  The United States Constitution  Jan 24, 2012
Deutsche Welle:  World's dams reveal a mixed environmental record  Jan 24, 2012
ODF&W:  December 2011 Wolf Update  Jan 24, 2012
LA Observed:  Wolf OR7 still in California and moving fast  Jan 24, 2012
NBC Bay Area:  Cali's Lone Wild Wolf Stops Wandering  Jan 25, 2012   
Grist:  Can healthy food come from unhealthy workers?  Jan 25, 2012  

 

January 23, 2012 - The saying goes, whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting. For more than 35 years water stakeholders in the Klamath Basin have been fighting for water in court as part of Klamath Basin Adjudication. Tens of millions of dollars, 730 water claims, 5,600 contests to those claims, and 724 settlements later, the Basin is nearing a landmark: at the end of the year, a judge likely will give a final order of determination, establishing water rights for permit holders and for the first time giving the Oregon Water Resources Department the authority to regulate Basin water.  Representatives from the Oregon Water Resources Department, the Klamath Tribes, Upper Klamath Water Users, and Klamath Reclamation Project contestants on Thursday gave their perspectives on the adjudication process.  The talk was the first of PROSPER’s Klamath Conversations speaker series. Upper Basin contestants who were affected by the most recent adjudication in December declined to offer a representative, organizers said.  Read more from Sunday's Klamath Falls Herald and News article PROSPER water talks - 35-year adjudication process nearing end. 
 
The past week's Klamath River Basin USGS Flow Graphs are posted and showing the weeks winter weather. The Williamson River flow this morning is at 773 cubic feet per second (cfs). Upper Klamath Lake elevation come up to 4,140.72', from 4,140.38' last week.  Flows through Link River rose to 650 cfs on Thursday and were dropped to 540 cfs today.  Releases from the Keno Dam jumped to 1,000 cfs last Thursday, dropped to 800 cfs late Friday night, jumped back up to over 1,000 cfs Saturday morning and dropped to 905 cfs this morning. The Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam jumped to 1,800 cfs early Wednesday morning and slowly dropped back down to 1,160 cfs today. The Scott River rose to 2,500 cfs Saturday and has since dropped to 629 cfs. The Salmon River gauge rose to near 6,700 cfs Saturday and has since dropped to 3,210 cfs. The Trinity River gauge is showing a jump to nearly 25,000 cfs Saturday and has since dropped to 9,120 cfs. The Klamath River at the mouth gauge is showing all the extra water coming from up-river:  over 70,000 cfs early Friday morning, another jump Saturday to 90,000 cfs and a slow drop to 41,400 cfs this morning.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Herald and News:  Merkley visits Basin; talks funding, policy  Jan 21, 2012
Siskiyou Daily News:  River clean-up  Jan 23, 2012
 
PNW Salmon News:
 
Important Reading
East Oregonian:  Wolves 'probable' cause in mule death  Jan 20, 2012
Center for Biological Diversity Press Release:  More Than 40000 Square Miles Protected for Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles  Jan 21, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle:  Leatherback turtle sanctuary set up on West Coast  Jan 21, 2012 
Kathleen Marquardt:  Agenda 21, the end of Western Civilization  Jan 21, 2012 
Las Vegas Review-Journal:  Forget the landowner -- save the fish!  Jan 22, 2012
OPB News:   Video: The dirt on the Elwha  Jan 22, 2012
Grist:  A Farmvillesque game that helps save wetlands  Jan 22, 2012
Oregonian:  OR flooding may give native fish a break  Jan 22, 2012

 

January 20, 2012 - Construction of a hydroelectric project in the Klamath Irrigation District’s C Canal is on schedule and the facility should be online by irrigation season.    Most of the facility’s concrete has been poured and its generator should arrive from China early next month, said KID manager Mark Stuntebeck.  The project — a small dam and generator in the irrigation canal — is expected to produce about 3,000 megawatt -hours of power a year, Stuntebeck said. That’s enough to power about 113 homes a year. The plant should be generating electricity by April.  Read more from yesterday's Klamath Falls Herald and News article Hydroelectric project on schedule for April finish - KID’s C Canal project will sell power to grid.
 
If there’s one accomplishment President Obama can take credit for during his first term in office, it’s expanding the size and reach of the federal government. While this may be good for government bureaucrats, the policies and regulations imposed by the Obama Administration are hurting American businesses and impeding economic recovery.  Instead of focusing on creating new jobs, the administration has instead allowed the federal government to insert itself in places it’s never been and doesn’t belong.  One prime example of this, which has largely flown under the radar, is the President’s new plan to zone and regulate our oceans. Done unilaterally through Executive Order, the President’s National Ocean Policy will change how all federal agencies regulate activities impacting the ocean and Great Lake ecosystems. Without clear statutory authority, it sets up a new level of top-down federal bureaucracy with authority over the way inland, ocean and coastal activities are managed.  Read more of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings Guest Opinion: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea.
 
Articles Posted Today:
 
Klamath River Basin Issues:
Siskiyou Daily News:  Supervisors hear salmonid conservation program update  Jan 19, 2012
Siskiyou Daily News Letter:  Board has not supported the people  Jan 19, 2012 
Herald and News:  Dam removal charge on bills  Jan 20, 2012 
Herald and News Letter:  Sage grouse listing would destroy industry  Jan 20, 2012
 
PNW Salmon News:  
 
Important Reading: 
American Farm Bureau Federation:  Farmers warned: We’re all one regulation away from jail or bankruptcy  Jan 13, 2012
USDA.gov Press Release:  California Welcomes Wild Wolf for First time in 87 Years  Jan 18, 2012
AP:  OR wildlife officials think wolves killed mule  Jan 18, 2012
Wallowa County Cheiftain:  Wolves kill mule east of Joseph  Jan 18, 2012
OPB News:  A tax credit for wolf kills in OR?  Jan 19, 2012
Capital Press:  Vilsack defends cuts to USDA  Jan 19, 2012
Capital Press Editorial:  EPA actions disregard due process  Jan 19, 2012 
The Columbian:  Letter: Revise Endangered Species Act  Jan 19, 2012
 House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings:  Guest Opinion: Ocean policy reaches far beyond the sea  Jan 20, 2012
Dr. Laurie Roth, Ph.D:  All who signed the NDAA bill should be impeached  Jan 20, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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