[env-trinity] Huffman Klamath Forum 8/18th will be livestreamed via Youtube -- see link in email

[Tom Stokely]

August 14, 2020

Media Contact:

Mary Hurrell (Rep. Huffman), (202) 225-5187, mary.hurrell at mail.house.gov

 

Livestreamed Committee Event August 18: “Examining the Impact of the Klamath Dams on Tribes, Fisheries, the Environment, and Downstream Stakeholders”

 

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee, will lead a livestreamed forum at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, August 18 titled “Examining the Impact of the Klamath Dams on Tribes, Fisheries, the Environment, and Downstream Stakeholders.” The event will focus on four aging dams on the Klamath River owned by PacifiCorp and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, which have made millions for PacifiCorp’s shareholders, but to the detriment of native communities and cultures, and those who depend on the river’s fish.

 

The event will be live on Youtube here


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. It will also be broadcast by Eureka, California's PBS affiliate, KEET-TV.


 

Speakers

Chair Jared Huffman

 

California State Senator Mike McGuire

 

California Assemblymember Jim Wood

 

Other Member attendees TBA

 

Panelists

Panel 1 (Tribal Representatives)

Mr. Joseph L. James

Chairman, Yurok Tribe

 

Mr. Russell “Buster” Attebery

Chairman, Karuk Tribe

 

Panel 2 (Fisheries)

Mr. Glen Spain

Northwest Regional Director, Salmon Protection Program Director

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations

 

Dr. Jacob Kann

Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences, LLC

 

Dr. Jerri Bartholomew

Department Head of Microbiology

Professor & Director, J.L. Fryer Salmon Disease Laboratory

Oregon State University

 

Panel 3 (Government and Private Sector Witnesses)

Mr. Scott Bolton

Senior Vice President of External Affairs

Pacific Power, a division of PacifiCorps and a part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy

 

Mr. Joaquin Esquivel

Chair

California State Water Resources Control Board

 

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Congressman Jared Huffman represents California’s 2nd Congressional District, which spans the North Coast of the state from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, and includes Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte counties. He currently serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. In the 116th Congress, he chairs the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. He is the founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus.

United States House of Representatives

1527 Longworth House Office Building⬝Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5161⬝Fax: (202) 225-5163
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