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Klamath Riverkeeper eNews               June 5th, 2009

Headlines & Action Alerts 

Keep up the fight on 670 

Klamath Calendar 

Suction mining bill moves forward 

Activists drop banners over river 

More Omaha coverage 

Tribes & Irrigators settle 

Savage Rapids dam goes down 

Pacificorp delays dam removal 

Oregon dam bill moves ahead 

Open houses on KNF "motorized travel" 

Keep up the fight for SB 670 & limits on suction dredging

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h_LnfM9etNdDinu8Wp3Ed2JVbHUgdJTnwQt8L1bLqeAs0UTDwG6Op4h-Ts> Suction Dredge
Miner on the Klamath Salmon River

Let California's State Assembly know that it's time to stop suction mining
until appropriate regulations are developed.  Send a one-click letter on our
website!
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Stand up for salmon in the White House!

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qmMNjwKt7MWMJKhXQksbpj-Vko> SalmonAid Festival

Take 10 seconds to send an email
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qmMNjwKt7MWMJKhXQksbpj-Vko>  through the SalmonAid Festival
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BXLgLExrmvCg08yIMJgledUILxTI6K-Xxx-6yEzfX6rlWHmFnsVUwGn8hPl-yt-iWbEwx2BLW9YS
qmMNjwKt7MWMJKhXQksbpj-Vko>  website asking Pres. Obama and NOAA Chief Jane
Lubchenco to restore West Coast salmon.  You can also support KRK and the
SalmonAid Festival by joining our Facebook cause
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and of course, rockin' out with us at Oakland's Jack London Square June
20-21
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Klamath Calendar

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rU1RV_RBJ9gF0ViXp50N6-V_XI> Clean water

6/20-6/21 SalmonAid Festival
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June-July KRK Upriver|Downriver Outings
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iPO4l9iRznZcQFRn0S2d1OHTQh>  program continues

6/27 Tree of Heaven Rafting
7/11 Paddle Upper Klamath Lake
7/25 Kayak Lake Ewauna

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iPO4l9iRznZcQFRn0S2d1OHTQh> Two Step rapid on the Mid-Klamath River by
ScottHardingPhoto.com

Two Step Rapid on the Mid-Klamath River.  Join us for our final Spring
Outings
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iPO4l9iRznZcQFRn0S2d1OHTQh> : Klamath River rafting June 27, Upper Klamath
Lake kayak July 11, and Lake Ewauna kayak July 25.

Greetings! 

Thanks to over 300 of your letters, California SB 670 shot through the
Senate last week and is on to the Assembly.  Your help is needed to urge
Assembly members to support the bill with equal speed and enthusiasm -
please take 10 seconds to send a new one-click letter
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h_LnfM9etNdDinu8Wp3Ed2JVbHUgdJTnwQt8L1bLqeAs0UTDwG6Op4h-Ts>  supporting
limits on harmful suction dredge mining.

I'm also inviting all you Bay Areans to volunteer at the 2009 SalmonAid
Festival
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qmMNjwKt7MWMJKhXQksbpj-Vko>  in Oakland's Jack London Square June 20-21st.
Rumor has it a fun-filled four-hour shift at this festival of fish, food,
and music could result in free beer for you!  Send me an email if you can
help out...

Keep up the good work everyone!

Malena Marvin
Outreach and Science Director
Klamath Riverkeeper

Bill limiting suction mining breezes through CA Assembly

Showing its concern for the state's ailing fisheries, the California Senate
passed SB 670 with a 31-8 bipartisan vote. Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa
Rosa) introduced the bill that places a moratorium on recreational suction
dredge mining until a scientific review of the mining practice is completed
and new rules protecting fisheries, water quality and public health are in
effect.
Mt. Shasta Daily News - 6/3/09
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Eureka Times-Standard - 5/27/09
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Sierra Fund on suction mining & mercury
Grass Valley Union - 5/30/09
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Hobby miner blames "enviros and Indians" need for control
Grass Valley Union - 5/27/09
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Klamath activists grab Obama administration's eye

Klamath Justice Coalition activists took matters into their own hands when
they learned that Obama administration officials and a host of other
negotiators would be touring the river, dropping banners off a local bridge
near the mouth of the Klamath to send their message to the settlement group.
The banners demanded dam removal.
Indymedia - 5/20/09
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Indian Country covers Un-Dam the Klamath in Omaha

For the third year, the tribes sent representatives to Omaha. Last year, the
tribes aimed at disrupting the meeting. They clogged question-and-answer
lines for the "Oracle of Omaha." They dropped banners in the massive
auditorium. And the convention center's security ejected more than half of
the 24 representatives.
This year, the tribes came with a different message: "The salmon isn't in
the smokehouse, yet." 
..."We want to let the company know that the dams are destroying our
culture, they are destroying our people, destroying our watershed," said
Georgiana Myers, with the Klamath Riverkeeper organization.
Indian Country - 5/30/09
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Tribes and irrigators settle Upper Klamath water rights issue

One of the most contested issues between irrigators and American Indian
tribes in the Upper Klamath Basin has effectively been resolved, potentially
simplifying talks on a much larger dam removal and restoration deal. 
On Thursday, Klamath water users and the Klamath Tribes announced a
settlement of water rights claims that stretch back nearly 30 years. 
Eureka Times-Standard - 5/22/09
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5/22/09
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Demolition of Rogue's Savage Rapids Dam begins

Construction crews this week are literally doing to Savage Rapids Dam what
wild salmon advocates have been doing figuratively for decades - punching
holes in the Rogue River's biggest fish-killer.Workers unceremoniously began
the demolition of the 88-year-old dam Monday, jackhammering away part of one
of the dam's eight concrete bays and trucking away the debris.
Medford Mail Tribune - 6/03/09
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Breaching Northwest dams: Push comes to shove
Crosscut - 5/29/09
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Pacificorp delays Condit Dam removal

PacifiCorp is delaying plans to remove Condit Dam on southwest Washington's
White Salmon River until next year. The utility owns and operates the dam
built in 1913 about three miles upstream of the confluence of the White
Salmon and Columbia rivers. It wants to remove it rather than pay for
expensive upgrades needed. 
Seattle Times - 5/29/09
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House panel moves dam removal bill forward

A House committee on Thursday moved forward a bill that sets in motion a
plan to remove four Klamath River dams. Senate Bill 76 authorizes the dams'
owner, PacifiCorp, to raise rates to acquire funds to pay for removing the
structures. Under the bill, the monthly rate for an average residential
customer is expected to increase $1.50 to $1.80.
Eastern Oregonian - 5/30/09
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Open houses scheduled for KNF motorized travel DEIS

The Klamath National Forest will release a Motorized Travel Management Draft
Environmental Impact Statement on June 5, beginning a 45-day comment period
for the KNF proposal to designate roads, trails and areas for motorized use.
The public may review maps and discuss the alternatives for motorized travel
with Forest resource specialists at open houses around the basin... 
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