[env-trinity] A river with too many troubles

[Josh Allen]

A river with too many troubles
http://www.times-standard.com/searchresults/ci_3051982
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The Times-Standard 

 

 

Overfishing, logging, water diversions, dams, fish kills. Now, toxic
algae has been causing concerns on the Klamath River. 

Blooming in Iron Gate and Copco reservoirs is a species of algae that
can be extremely harmful to humans and dogs if ingested. The problem may
also exist in the slow-moving stretches of the lower river. 

Amazingly, Pacificorp, the dam owner trying to renew its license to
operate the dams that create the reservoirs in which the conditions
persist, hasn't performed a comprehensive study on the blue-green algae
problem. Without a doubt, that inquiry should be made as part of the
federal relicensing project. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must have the information it
needs to weigh the benefits of the project in light of its apparent
exacerbation of a public health nuisance. It needs to add that to the
costs to salmon -- which have been taxed for decades, unable to reach
once far more extensive spawning grounds because of the dams. 

If Pacificorp won't voluntarily look into the blue-green algae problem,
FERC must make the utility analyze it. 

The river has too many problems already. 

 

 

 

 

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