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Environmental Lawsuits Rake in Billions for Lawyers, Idaho Farm Bureau News, posted to KBC 10/30/09.

"Isn't the only hope for the planet that the
industrialized civilizations collapse?
Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?"

Maurice Strong, Head of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro

"We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists, and their projects... We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers, and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres of presently settled land." David Foreman, EarthFirst! member


Think about it.......look what is happening in the Klamath Basin...look what is happening in Oregon, in the Western US, in America.  How many civilizations have survived when their food source has been eliminated?

In this section, we will look at what is happening in the Klamath Basin and other areas to try to gain understanding into the agenda that seeks to eliminate our communities....our productivity, our work ethics, our way of life. 

Links that begin to explain the FACTS and AGENDA that is leading deception:

* The Nature Conservancy table of contents
* 2001-2002 Environmental News Collection

* The United Nations and their control over our land use table of contents
* Who is George Soros?
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In Depth Profiles of Anti-Consumer Activist Groups, forwarded from a KBC visitor 9/16/06
* Anti Animal Activist Groups: https://aleph-2020.blogspot.com/2020/08/ideologies-and-vested-interests.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR1n0263ceK-XDP8Z4BArggrI5cCyyR72TqNELnYU8VoRFEuMLeonP1uaGY
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The truth about Trout Unlimited, a stakeholder at the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Table, by Toni Thayer, posted on our discussion forum 4/21/09. "The people running the show and the decision makers are some of the world's richest people involved in the Trilateral Commission, the Federal Reserve, global markets of energy, real estate, investments, computers and Burger King. The group's scope has expanded to include managing all of America's physical resources and land uses - rivers, fish, grazing, agriculture, logging, mines, roads, electricity, coastal waters and every square inch of the U.S. since it all drains into a watershed somewhere."
*North Coast Water Network directory, including many Friends of the River groups, Klamath Riverkeeper, PCFFA/Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen, Institute for Fisheries Resources/IFR (invented by PCFFA and shares the same office: each has a vote in the KBRA), Klamath Forest Alliance (Tucker founded Riverkeeper under KFA's umbrella-KFA has vote on KBRA), Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center advocates locking up resources in government-owned 'wildlands', NorthCoast Environmental Center-suggests studying taking out ALL the Klamath River dams, including Keno Dam which provides Klamath Project irrigation, Yurok Tribe, voting member on KBRA.

Doug of our Discussion Forum recommends these videos regarding earth worship, enviros, PETA, UN, Sustainable Development, etc.

Commentary by Dr. Kenneth A Rykbost on: Water War in the Klamath Basin, by Holly Doremus and A. Dan Tarlock. "I believe you, as many others, do a disservice to the local community as well as the scientific community by publishing one-sided material such as this. It will no doubt serve as additional fodder in the future by those wishing to obscure facts and promote an agenda."

 

Current articles

KBC Farm Bill Page

Environmentalist lawsuit targets post-fire tree removal, Capital Press 5/25/21. "The project is expected to generate about 30 million board-feet of timber — enough to fill 6,000 logging trucks.." KBC NOTE: Klamath Forest Alliance is the NGO that shut down mills and logging towns for the spotted owl. They also helped found Klamath Riverkeeper, with a board of Klamath River Tribes, that has sued Klamath irrigators regarding water quality, PacifiCorp to rip out dams, and they shut down suction dredge mining.

25 Years ago: Converting 3000 acres Tulana Farms to wetland to improve UK water quality, H&N May 1, 2021 This week in Klamath Basin History. "...Mark Stern, project coordinator for the Nature Conservancy, said a general agreement has been reached for the purchase of Tulana Farms, a 4700-acre tract at the mouth of the Williamson River. Most of the land would be flooded..."  KBC NOTE: 97,160 acres of agricultural land has been converted into wetlands from ag as primary water usage through 2006 above Klamath Lake. Wetlands use nearly 2ce as much water as ag lands. 

Earthjustice plays fast and loose with the truth about the Klamath Project, SDFU / Shut Down and Fed UP 6/13/2020. "One of the biggest challenges about Klamath Basin agriculture are the false narratives that get treated as fact. Maybe it’s accidental, but in most cases it’s calculated misinformation to push an agenda. When these bits of fiction get pushed out to the public, it creates an atmosphere that makes it hard for everyone up and down the Klamath River to find a solution to save fish and farms...."

Lawsuit renews attack on grazing in Oregon national forest, Capital Press 4/18/19.

Klamath Riverkeeper history & accomplishments, 7/31/16. "Our successful lawsuits, nonstop policy advocacy, and targeted grassroots pressure forced PacifiCorp to sign a stakeholder agreement to un-dam and restore the Klamath River in 2010...we continue to partner with the Karuk Tribe in their ongoing and highly successful battle to end harmful suction dredge gold mining on California rivers..."  KBC NOTE: several members of Klamath Riverkeepers board of directors are leaders of the Karuk tribe

Environmentalists sue for more rules to protect sage grouse, H&N 2/26/16.  

Groups sue to stop logging from 2013 fire, H&N, posted to KBC 8/9/14. "A dry lightning storm on July 26 (2013)...eventually burned across more than 75 square miles of private and federal timberlands in southern Douglas and northern Josephine counties...environmental groups have gone to court to block the plans, alleging 24 northern spotted owls are at risk."

How George Soros Attacked Cliven Bundy – And Lost, The Ulsterman Report 4/14/14.

The Nature Conservancy supports 2013 Farm Bill, posted to KBC 5/14/13: "Improve the conservation of wetlands, grasslands and private forests by maintaining funding for easements, with a special emphasis placed on permanent easements and the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) and Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP)..."

Groups to file suit over Klamath River flows, H&N, posted to KBC 5/4/13.

Environmental groups abuse ESA, Hastings says, Capital Press 2/25/13

A Letter to The Wall Street Journal by Jim Beers, No sucker like an urban sucker 2/25/13, regarding The Nature Conservancy, easements and land conservancies.

Conservation groups oppose timber sale; Proposed cut on Umpqua National Forest abuts Crater Lake National Park, H&N, posted to KBC 1/11/13. "...the D-Bug proposes to manage bark beetle outbreaks and reduce hazardous fuels in areas of high human use..."

Environmentalists seek to halt Oregon road work, H&N, posted to KBC 1/11/13. "...The roads are needed for livestock maintenance and fire response, he said, adding that the work appears to be normal maintenance..."

Liz Writes Life; "I am Felice Pace’s #1," Liz Bowen in Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 8/16/12. "I was video-recording Felice when Carolyn was asking questions. He said he didn’t like being filmed and then gave me the #1 hand-signal – you know — the bird. I believe Felice was holding a meeting as part of the criteria for obtaining a grant, which is how he is continuing to make his living. According to the Klamath Forest Alliance information on-line, Felice’s total revenue in 2008 was $166,050." KBC NOTE: Greencorp-trained Craig Tucker is Karuk Tribe spokesman. He was on the steering committee of Klamath Riverkeeper before it spun off from umbrella group Klamath Forest Alliance, and he’s presently on the Riverkeeper board. He is also part of the KBRA/Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement negotiations demanding Klamath dam removal.

Let the River Run: Strategies to Remove Obsolete Dams and Defeat Resulting Fifth Amendment Taking Claims, by Christopher Scoones, Seattle Journal of Environmental Law, 2012. KBC EDITOR: the message is how to deny claims of communities and resource users when they destroy dams, and use the ESA to force dam removal. "The Endangered Species Act (ESA) can be an effective tool for the removal of public and private hydropower and nonhydropower dams..."

Equal Access to Justice Act, EAJA, neither equal or just, Mt. States Legal Foundation, posted to KBC 8/6/12. "After spending years researching court documents—the federal government keeps no records of EAJA disbursements—Ms. Budd-Falen found that environmental groups have amassed tens of millions of dollars in EAJA awards. The EAJA was written for nobler purposes, however, which was to allow Americans forced to litigate against the federal government to be paid their attorneys’ fees and expenses if they prevail and if the government’s legal position is not “substantially justified.”

Radical environmentalists push to destroy (Klamath) dams to reopen salmon spawning habitat, Human Events by Audry Hudson, posted to KBC 8/5/12. " 'This is not about saving the salmon. This is about this bizarre new religion of the left, which reasons that mother Earth is suffering a terrible infestation of human beings and must be restored to its pristine, pre-historic condition. The only practical problem with that is it requires restoring the human population to its pristine, pre-historic condition. And that is not going to end well,' (Congressman) McClintock said."

Siskiyou Under Seige, Parts 1, 2 and 3: Coho Recovery Plan, Black Bear Commune, and Cast of Characters, series posted to KBC 6/24/12. Mark Baird reporting for KSYC 103.9 FM radio in Yreka, CA. Baird discusses Black Bear Commune, Karuk Tribe, Klamath Riverkeeper, lawsuits, and connects them all, with names.

KS Wild incites fear once again, PieNPolitics, posted to KBC 7/18/12.

Oregon Wild sues to secure Rogue water for coho; group also suing BOR for failing to adopt BO on how agency will protect wild coho, Mail Tribune, posted to KBC 2/10/12.
Oregon Wild Sues Bureau of Reclamation, KDRV, posted 2/10/12. "...Talent Irrigation District ... relies heavily on water from those reservoirs."

AUDIO - Attorney Karen Budd-Falen interviewed by Kirk McKinzie about Equal Access to Justice Act / EAJA, "The ESA does not require the agency to know how many species there are before it's listed...What the Obama administration is proposing is, let's include critical habitat in places where the species may feel like living someday..." Karen explains how the federal government reimburses environmental groups and litigants like Earthjustice and Center for Biological Diversity for attorney fees suing the federal government, however individuals or small groups rarely are reimbursed when trying to save their farms or property. The government does not account for how much money it gives these groups for fees.

Environmentalists control California's Karuk Tribe, Its all about Drugs, not Fish nor Jobs, NWV, by investigative reporter Barry Clausen 12/14/11. "Goodwin became a friend of Hillmans when Hillman became Director of Karuk Natural Resources in Orleans during the late 1980s…. Together they boasted of being the best marijuana growers in Orleans."

Attorneys Fees Reform Passes the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Budd-Falen Law Offices 11/21/11. "...literally tens of millions of dollars that have been pouring into the coffers of multimillionaire groups like the Sierra Club, the Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity and countless others. The purpose of the legislation is to bring accountability and transparency for the payment of attorneys fees to the American public. Since 1995, there has been no accounting of this money; money that by the smallest of estimates is in the hundreds of millions of dollars..." KBC NOTE: These groups are directly involved with the environmental groups, voting "stakeholders", in the KBRA / Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.

Center for Biological Diversity Kierán Suckling,  how he gets agencies to play by his rules, Ted Williams, posted to KBC 11/22/11

The $206,098,920 Endangered Species Act settlement agreement; Budd-Falen Law Offices 7/21/11. "On July 12, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced “an historic agreement” which will require the American taxpayers to pay $206,098,920 to just process the paperwork deciding whether to include over 1000 plants, bugs, worms, and other assorted creatures on the Endangered Species list. None of this money goes to on-the-ground conservation; this taxpayer funding is just to process petitions filed by only two, out of dozens, of radical environmental groups..." and "...the Justice Department ...will pay their attorney fees..." (KBC NOTE: these same environmental groups, and USFWS, are involved in taking agriculture out of the Klamath Basin.)

Environmental groups urge Klamath water quality regulations; Klamath settlement parties anticipate legislation this month, Times-Standard, posted to KBC 5/16/11

Environmentalism on taxpayers' dime, Victorville Daily Press Opinion April 18, 2011. "... the Center is one of four environmental groups seeking to protect the “spring run” of the Upper Klamath chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act by submitting a petition seeking to designate the fish as a “distinct species....between 2000 and 2009, eight environmental groups — led by the Center for Biological Diversity — filed at least 1,596 federal court cases against the federal government....These same environmental groups are receiving billions of tax dollars in attorney fees for settling or ‘winning’ cases against the federal government.”

"...MEMORANDUMKLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER v. GRANTHAM
Plaintiffs appeal the district court's denial of their motion for preliminary injunction to halt post-fire salvage logging in Klamath National Forest"
posted to KBC 3/29/11. (KBC NOTE: each plaintiff,
KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER; KLAMATH FOREST ALLIANCE; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY" is supported by Earthjustice, supported by George Soros. They oppose salvage logging trees burnt up in a fire. Same force behind the NGO's in the KBRA.)

Citizens vs. government by Russ Kennefick, Siskiyou Daily News Letter to the Editor, posted to KBC 3/27/11.

(Lincoln) County commission stands strong against federal 'land grab', Ruidoso News, posted to KBC 3/26/11. "Over the past 15 years, the environmental group continues to file lawsuits to close roads, to ban logging and to prohibit energy development..."

Politicians Grill EPA Administrator, House Ag Committee Questions EPA About Lawsuits, The Progressive Farmer by Todd Neeley, posted to KBC 3/22/11. "Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., suggested EPA has allowed environmental groups to dictate regulations that most often harm farmers...Cardoza then asked Jackson whether she was aware of EPA agency employees asking outside groups to file lawsuits..."

California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project
Here is a 313 page doc about how the mapping of all the wildlife corridors in California will be done. It lists all regions with maps of all currently owned public land and how they plan on taking the rest of our land.
There is absolutely no mention of compensation or regard for private property rights!http://www.scwildlands.org/report/CEHC_Plan_MASTER_030210_3.pdf
Thank you to:
ukiahvalleypatriots@gmail.com

* Another box car in the environmental gravy train?   Environmental groups rake in bucks, better spent elsewhere, suing the government, by Dan Keppen, Klamath Falls, Executive Director Family Farm Alliance, 3/11/11. (KBC NOTE: George Soros funds Center for Biological Diversity through funding Earthjustice.)
* Family Farm Alliance March 2011 Newsletter  (KBC Note: FFA supports ag groups' alliances with environmental groups: Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, American Rivers, Trout Unlimited, all supported directly or indirectly by George Soros/Earthjustice. FFA also supports regulations for human-caused Climate Change
* Family Farm Alliance writes the benefits of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement/KBRA in their 2010 newsletter, "permanent limitation on the amount of water that would be diverted from Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River for the Klamath Reclamation Project...conservation easements, forbearance agreements, conjunctive use programs, efficiency measures, land acquisitions, water acquisitions, groundwater development, groundwater substitution..." The article fails to mention that 50% Klamath County, 80% Siskiyou County, and 77% Tulelake oppose this closed-door "agreement," largely drafted by George Soros-supported radical environmental groups bent on demolishing Western hydro-dams. Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen, is on Wild Salmon Board of Directors, and is an author of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, demanding removal of Klamath River Dams.  Wild Salmon is focused on destroying Snake River and Columbia Basin dams. Groups such as "Zero Population Growth" are in their coalition.
* Activist Green Lawyers billing U.S. millions in fraudulent attorney fees, posted to KBC 3/11/11. (KBC NOTE: These are also George Soros funded groups, and attorneys for the KBRA environmental groups.)

Follow the GAG  money / Green Advocacy Group, 2/22/10. (You will discover several GAGs who will be your new landlords from the multi-billion dollar tax-funded Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement). Check out The Nature Conservancy conquests in your neighborhood.

Conservation groups buy working forests, Capital Press, posted to KBC 12/30/09. (KBC Note: now that the nonprofit organizations have bankrupted the logging companies by shutting down timber harvest, the nonprofits are buying up the forests so they can log them. Also, the Klamath Tribe acquisition will include taking 92,000 acres off the tax rolls, possibly trading for National Forest Land, acquiring off-project land, building power plants since they want to tear out Klamath dams, and building a casino.)

Environmental Lawsuits Rake in Billions for Lawyers, Idaho Farm Bureau News, posted to KBC 10/30/09.

Why you can't trust the trust, Range Magazine, by Toni Thayer, environmentalist activist. Toni, a past regular on our discussion forum, reminded us of her 2003 article. If you question what's happening to our land, rights, and communities, this is a must read. She was forced into hiding from exposing the truth. WHO ARE the "environmentalists"? HERE is her recent forum post.

Effort against dams tries to ‘re-wild’ area, letter to H&N by Nita Still, 4/3/09

Obama signs bill protecting wilderness acreage, Capital Press 3/31/09

Letter to KBC by Nita Still, Montague, Calif, near the Klamath River, regarding the United Nations' plan for us detailing wilderness areas, depopulation, endangered species taking of land, dams,"sustainability.." 3/28/09. (KBC NOTE: Watch the film she sent. Most of us can't handle the thought of this massive power controlling us, they feel helpless, so they avoid the subject of the UN and it's agenda, passing it off as a conspiracy theory. Hitler's nation felt the same way. Thank you Nita for your diligence in sharing documentation to teach us where these land grabs, locked up resources, regulations, etc are coming from)

Wilderness protection bill gets Congress' OK, LA Times 3/26/09. "In California--which now has 14 million acres of wilderness (second only to Alaska, which has more than 57 million acres) -- the bill would protect about 700,000 additional acres from new roads and most commercial uses such as new mining, logging and energy development...Boxer is working to protect an additional 1.4 million acres of wilderness in California, including areas in the Angeles, Klamath, Lassen and Los Padres national forests."

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Note:
"The establishment of an American Soviet government will involve the confiscation of large landed estates in town and country, and also, the whole body of forests, mineral deposits, lakes, rivers and so on." - William Z. Foster, National Chairman of the Communist Party USA, 1932)

Democrats Use Heavy-Handed Tactics to Pass Massive Lands Bill, House Natural Resources Committee Congressman Doc Hastings 3/26/09

Public lands bills gain steam, H&N, posted to KBC  1/15/09,  followed by Whitsett pleased with boost for OSP

Omnibus public land Management Act of 2009, Senate Bill S22, 1/14/09. Includes 449 pages of proposed wilderness, land swaps, Tule Lake Segregation Center as National Park, ...This will restrict access to parts of Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA. 

Omnibus bill to get new life in Senate, 1/9/09. (these bills would lock up vast areas into wilderness-no people, no healthy forests, no firefighting)Environmental groups send detailed wish list to Obama, 11/25/08

Enviro groups 'wolves in sheep's clothing', Report reveals Earth-friendly organizations funnel money to Democratic Party, World Net Daily, posted to KBC 9/26/08

Commentary by Dr. Kenneth A Rykbost on: Water War in the Klamath Basin, by Holly Doremus and A. Dan Tarlock. "I believe you, as many others, do a disservice to the local community as well as the scientific community by publishing one-sided material such as this. It will no doubt serve as additional fodder in the future by those wishing to obscure facts and promote an agenda." (KBC Note: Rykbost speaks of suckers and salmon, fish die-off, Glen Spain, Trinity diversions, Dr. Hardy, algae--this is a Must Read. Rykbost is a research scientist who from 1987 to 2006 served at the Oregon State University Klamath Experiment Station as Superintendent and agronomist responsible for row crop research. He has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in Agricultural Engineering, a master’s degree from Cornell University in Agronomy, and a doctorate degree from Oregon State University with a major in soil science and a minor in civil engineering with emphasis on water quality and hydrology.)

Why so silent? Pioneer Press 7/24/08."Daily, harmful chemicals are being dumped en mass in our rivers and their tributaries...environmentalist" didn't seem to care. Literally, they didn't care and couldn't be bothered with the harm the marijuana growers are having on our region. Which begs the question: why would a tribe be so concerned about a landscaping company and yet our tribes don't give a flying rip about the drug cartels?"

CEI Fights Sierra Club Demands for CO2, CEI posted to KBC 4/13/08. "If Sierra Club wins the litigation, potentially hundreds of thousands of previously unregulated small- to mid-sized farms, factories and buildings would have to go through the costly and time-consuming PSD permitting process, because the statutory threshold for regulation under PSD is 250 tons a year."

Comments regarding creating more Nature Conservancy wetlands on USA Today website, posted 11/1/07

Mount Ashland ski growth blocked, H&N, posted to KBC 10/29/07. "The ruling is another setback for efforts spanning 20 years by the Mt Ashland Ski Association."

       River delta to be blasted, Dike will be removed to create wetlands along the Williamson, H&N, posted 9/16/07. "Barry acknowledges some people may feel nostalgic about farming in the delta area, and hate to see it come to an end..."
      
Grant funding goes to wetland restoration in Basin, H&N, posted to KBC 9/16/07. (KBC NOTE: EPA administrator Ron Kreizenbeck presents $800,000 to several groups to convert  Wayne Ranch on Sprague River to wetlands. The Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust is the lead partner on the project, along with, Klamath Basin Ecosystem Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited.)
      
The Nature Conservancy Page 
       Upper Klamath Basin Government Land Acquisitions.
       Dr. William Lewis, former Chairman of the National Research Council Committee, said "that we should not count on retiring agricultural land land for saving suckers." He supported removal of Chiloquin which blocks 95% of sucker habitat.

Everglades of the West? Environmentalists' vision for the Klamath Basin could spell economic ruin, by Lance Waldren, Pioneer Press  September 12, 2007

Group seeks to overturn jury verdict; Environmental center says it did not libel rancher, AZ Central, posted to KBC 9/13/07. "Brammer said jurors heard from both sides and concluded the information was false or at least misleading...the group (Center for Biological Diversity] admitted that four of its 21 photographs do not even depict the public lands at issue."

Sten, (Andy) Kerr, McGuire Sign on to Clinton Campaign, Portland Willamette Week, 9/4/07. (KBC Note: According to Enviro-activist Andy Kerr's website, he wants to put salmon in the Upper Klamath Basin, litigate over logging on federal lands, take 100-150,000 MORE acres from Klamath Basin irrigators and make more public land, list more endangered species in Klamath Basin. He's stated: "This nation has more farmers than it needs", farmers have "narrow-minded intolerance", "grazing of any kind is the ecological problem." In Wild Earth he states: loggers, road-builders, miners, grazing permittees, and off-road vehicle users are the primary destroyers of wildlands."

Grant to restore Basin watershed, H&N, posted 8/31/07. "Ducks Unlimited received a $789,563 federal grant to help restore t he Upper Klamath Basin watershed."Groups involved in the project include The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Watershed Council, KBEF/Klamath Basin Ecosystem Foundation, and Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust." For KBEF board of directors go HERE. KBEF and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center are both members of Orion Network.  

8/24/07 - Today's special chat is with George Sexton, Conservation Director of the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. HERE for full interaction. He brought to our attention that it was not Earth First, EF (the eco-terrorist group demonstrating for removal of Klamath Dams, but rather Earth Liberation Front, ELF, whose members are all in prison for burning Vale, Colorado resort. What we learned today is that ELF sprung from EF and is still an arm of EF. "(EF!) is a "warrior society" that takes a "by any means necessary" approach to "defending mother earth." The group declines to participate in the democratic process, preferring instead to damage, disable, and destroy the property of its ever-growing list of enemies. EF! targets include, but are by no means limited to, loggers, ranchers, and farmers -- especially those who grow genetically modified crops. Earth First!ers' crimes include assault, arson, and untold acts of sabotage."

 

Thorn meeting's worth our time, Blue Mountain Eagle, posted to KBC 08-21-07, "A major employer in Grant County has closed its doors for lack of timber and a declining lumber market. There will be many men and women and their families directly affected by this, but Mr. Riverwind (Sierry Club) feels that the meeting would be a waste of his time."

Chapter closed, H&N  posted 8/1/07. "Radical Environmentalism Failed."

Clergy, BHS confront ‘the hardest issue (suicide)’  Siskiyou Daily News, posted 6/23/07. (Note by Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor: "The article about Alaska reminded me of our child abuse rate: Substantiated child abuse reported in 2005 - 2.8% of the population 0-17 years old of Siskiyou County vs. the state average of 1.14%. We also have a high suicide rate when you consider our total population is only around 45,000")

Lance Waldren, Pioneer Press writer, responds to criticism by Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Project advocate George Sexton regarding the Human cost of feel good environmentalism 6/22/07.

In May we published an article: Because We Live Here, The human cost of feel good environmentalism, by Lance Waldren.

George Sexton from Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Project sends his response, followed by a response from Alaskan logger Jerry Jones, Chiloquin, 6/22/07 - GO HERE.

PRESS RELEASE: Bill To Allow Isolated Aleut Villagers In Rural Alaska Access To Region's Airport Introduced In U.S. House, 6/21/07.  "The Aleut people have lived in King Cove for more than 4,000 years, yet they have been completely isolated from the rest of the region since 1980 when the federal government created a wilderness area between King Cove and Cold Bay," Young said...unfortunately, several people have been killed trying to fly from King Cove to Cold Bay during inclement weather because no road currently exists."

Capitalizing on sustainable development - making gold out of green, News with Views 4/19/07. (KBC Note: This is a long read, but comprehensive on the big picture, where Klamath, LA: where America headed and how.)

Wilderness Areas Proposed in the California Wild Heritage Act, California Wilderness Coalition, posted to KBC 4/22/07

Films examine forest, rivers' ecology Documentaries? Three films inspect ecosystems in Oregon and Southeast Asia, posted 2/14/07, The Oregonian. (KBC NOTE: These films blast salvaging Siskiyou burnt forests, and blast Klamath dams. The review celebrates the film made with the tribes and Klamath Water Users. In this review it states "that the dams create unpredictability in water supplies for farmers, deplete fish stocks for coastal fishermen...", however, KBC watched the film and does not find any case for unpredictable water supplies being caused by the dams. Actually, the Klamath Project provides predictable regulated flows for fish and power in the Klamath River. And the coastal fishermen we have talked with say that the government's depleting hatcheries is a cause of 'depleted fish stocks'. They contend the new rule on "natural spawned fish" is the weapon used to shut down fishing, as there are lots of fish spawned in the hatchery, fish genetically equal to natural spawners. And HERE is KBC review of the film.)

Reclamation Proposes New Grounds to Fire E-Mailing Biologist, posted 1/16/07. (KBC Note: here is an interesting scenario that has nothing to do with Klamath.  Rex Wahl was executive director of Forest Guardians, a radical environmentalist group in NM that has unconditionally opposed logging. Then the Bureau of Reclamation made him a GS-12 Environmental Specialist earning between $55,000 and &72,000 pay plus benefits.)

Globalized Grizzlies, New American by Michael Coffman, PhD. From Doug on our Discussion Forum,  "The best read I have ever read on the wildlands project is a write by Dr Michael Coffman. It should shock the eyes open of anyone who reads it."

Range Magazine: The Greening of America, by Michael Coffman Ph.D. Fall issue

FEC fines Sierra Club, The Hill, posted to KBC 11/21/06

The Tip of the Green Spear, The Economic Ruin of the Klamath and Its Tributaries a future “Model” for American Industry,, by John Martinez, Happy Camp, Pioneer Press, posted to KBC 9/20/06m republished from Sept 24 2003

In Depth Profiles of Anti-Consumer Activist Groups, forwarded from a KBC visitor, posted 9/16/06

Oregon Suckers Seize 2,200-Acres Of Irrigated Klamath Farmland - Wacko Enviros Overjoyed, Oregon News Online, posted to KBC 6/22/06.

The latest from Jim McCarthy in response to article regarding the broken dike and flood in Klamath Lake. McCarthy is from ONRC, Oregon Natural Resources Coalition environmental group, who takes every opportunity to advocate taking farmland and ranches out of production to create more wetlands, evaporating 2ce as much water as irrigated ag land. More than 100,000 acres ag land in Upper Klamath have been converted to government-acquired or Nature Conservancy wetlands. KBC 6/13/06.

Earth Day Network Program credited with Cincinnati School Board Decision to Build Green Schools, Earth Day Network 6/6/06

The Bureau of "Nature Conservancy,"  Joyce Morrison, posted to KBC 5/25/06.

Nature Conservancy partners with feds for Klamath wetlands, Capital Press 2/24/06
Lands taken out of irrigated agricultural uses and converted to wetlands as the primary usage above Upper Klamath Lake, "Wetlands use over 2ce as much water as ag lands."

Environmental Disinformation 101, Campus Report Online, posted to KBC 11/7/05

DOI PRESS RELEASE: Interior Leaders to Promote New Environmentalism at White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation, DOI Cosponsors National Summit to Spur Citizen Stewardship, posted to KBC 8/21/05

Marijuana eco-disaster, and Pot ‘field study’, Pioneer Press posted to KBC 8/19/05 "The billion dollar marijuana industry in Siskiyou County is causing massive destruction to our wilderness environment"

 

Enough is Enough, Illinois Leader regarding Klamath Basin, Oregon and Wildlands Project 6/9/05.

 

Decommissioning the Dams is Not Enough, A Golden Opportunity for Justice on the Klamath by Felice Pace  4/8/05 After Felice Pace physically assaulted too many people in the Shasta Valley, he is now employed by the Yuroks at the mouth of the Klamath River.  His allegations about the farmers are false. For Klamath Irrigator's presentation of facts regarding power rates, see POWER PAGE. A MEDIA CEASEFIRE WOULD BE NICE!!! Last month the tribes and irrigators were trying to find solutions, not war. 

 

PRESS RELEASE: Congressmen Doolittle, Herger, House Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte Blast Radical Environmentalists, 9/30/04. "It's clear that these so called 'environmentalists' are intent on turning our communities into charred shrines to their cause," stated local Representative John T. Doolittle.  "The obstructionists who filed this baseless lawsuit are inviting destruction on the very forests they claim to protect.  In order to return our forests to a healthy state we need to expedite these forest restoration projects and not allow these radical eco-marxists to hijack the process."

 

Liberty for All, Felice Pace Wrong Again, Pioneer Press posted to KBC 9/9/04.
Following are some archived Pioneer Press articles regarding Felice: Salmon River Drug Industry, 5/21/04,
KFA violates rules, 4/14/04 Pioneer Press. This article is regarding Felice Pace, Klamath Forest Alliance KFA. For KFA influences, go HERE. KFA connections, go HERE.   Salmon river pot raid, Pioneer Press posted to KBC 9/9/04. "Marijuana raid nets over 5000 plants" (It's interesting that environmental activists bend on shutting down our forests to the public and logging, demolishing our economy, are also affiliated with pot growing in the same areas. KBC)

 

NRDC: Biting the taxpayers who feed them, 9/5/04. "The Natural Resources Defense council is the most effective litigation group in the environmental movement. But why should we taxpayers support an advocacy group that raises millions from scare campaigns and lawsuits?"

 

Monument ranchers seek buyout, The Oregonian August 23, 2004. Andy Kerr was in Klamath in 2001 advocating buying out the farmers--go HERE.. He helped destroy Oregon's logging industry (helping Oregon be the highest unemployment in the nation). His tactic, as he spells out very straightforward, is lawsuits, endangered species, whatever it takes in threats and bullying, like, you will lose everything when we are done with you, so now is your chance to take government money and go away. Read  Kerr's 'Don't Try to Improve Grazing; Abolish It!'.  He moved to Wallowa to destroy the agricultural community there. This week, according to a local government agency, Kerr is back in the Klamath Basin to meet with Congressman Blumenauer, the Portland Congressman trying to force Klamath farmer buyouts called "willing sellers".

 

*Email interaction between Humboldt University Professor Gearhard, Klamath Water Users Dan Keppen, and Waterwatch/American Land Conservancy RichMacintyre regarding river conditions.081704

 

Occasionally someone sends us names of donors to activist groups who are typically anti-farming, anti-timber industry, anti-utilization of American natural resources. For the latest list sent 8/11/04, go HERE.

 

Washington Post goes off its rocker, H&N 8/2/04. Commentary by H&N editor followed by original Washington Post article.

 

'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT' THE EVIL FACING AMERICA Part 1 by Tom DeWeese, August 6, 2004
NewsWithViews.com

 

ONRC using Basin issues, H&N 8/2/04

OTHER PLACES: Save the Dolphin scam exposed by Coos County Commissioner John Griffith, posted to KBC 8/1/04

 

The Basin and the Bay , 07/28/04. Washingtom Post hits new low in credibility. "...in 2004, was mass bankruptcy, as farmers' livelihoods literally dried up."  (It must be easier to make up news now than do even basic research. KBC)
     
Klamath Water Users' Response to Washington Post, 7/28/04
     
Another letter to Post editor,7/28/04. Gaelwolf has followed the Klamath crisis from the beginning, and a long time contributor to the forum. "The one part that is correct is the bit about the Klamath River Basin being located in Oregon and Northern California."
     
Washington Post goes off its rocker, H&N 8/2/04. Commentary by H&N editor followed by original Washington Post article.

Local economy hit by greens, Pioneer Press 6/24/04. 'Greens want to stop the Biscuit fire salvage timber harvest and used a smaller sale to their advantage stopping it in mid-June.'

Salmon River Drug Industry 5/24/04 Pioneer Press regarding Klamath Forest Alliance activist Felice Pace.

Environmentalists sue over Medicine Lake geothermal plans, 5/20/04

Land and Water Rights, by Sprague river residents Penny Jarvis, Tony Putman, and Ed Cushman, posted to KBC 5/19/04.  We tend to avoid learning about the United Nations plan for the Klamath Basin because we don't want to believe it,  however here is a great article giving you the resources and links to see the plans for yourself. "The International Biosphere Reserve has 3 phases. They are now in their 3rd and final phase. (1) The Northern California Coastal Forest Ecoregion; (2) The Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion; (3) The Klamath Basin Headwaters Ecoregion. These three Ecoregions, when joined together are a single International Biosphere Reserve (IBR). Subject to International Environmental Governance."


attorney Glen Spain, of PCFFA's Eugene office
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen isn't what it claims

AP article and photo by Kehn Gibson, Tri-County Courier, 5/21/04: "the membership rolls of the Oakland, California-based Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations has dropped by half since 2001, and its leader says he knows why."

 

 

Project Shorts Refuges, H&N ONRC letter posted to KBC 5/5/04
Response by Dan Keppen, KWUA Executive Director  to Herald and News letter by ONRC 5/5/04

Ted Turner facts, along with resource caretaker information, compiled by Julie Smithson 5/10/04.

Scottish Power Attempts to Foreclose on Klamath Restoration Options,ONRC Alert 180, 4/23/04.  It appears ONRC, along with the Tribes, are using the expiring license of PacifiCorp to pressure them into introducing more endangered fish into the Klamath Basin. It seems they yelled drought in 2001 and shut down the farmers, and the NAS (National Academy of Science) said it was unjustified.  They blamed us for a Trinity fish die-off and the NAS said it was not the irrigator's fault. Then they wanted the NAS best available science on lake levels and river flows, and the NAS said that lake level/river flow management is unjustified. So they've thrown out the NAS and are trying to insert a new endangered species which would further downsize agriculture in the Klamath Basin. jdk

On Earth Day, don't forget the victims of environmentalism, 4/23/04, Pacific Legal Foundation. "For instance, in the Klamath River Basin along the Oregon-California border, the feds came close to wiping out century-old farming communities two years ago, when they cut off irrigation in order to supply more water for sucker fish and salmon. As a federal district court recently recognized, the government has been systematically underestimating fish populations by refusing to count those born in hatcheries. When hatchery fish are added, the claim that salmon are “endangered” goes away."

Pacific Legal Foundation Releases Earth Day List of Top 5 “Human Costs” of Environmental Extremism, PLF 4/21/04."Klamath farmers lost their crops and the local economy lost an estimated $200 million in crop and property value, devastating the region. Some families lost farms that had been in their families for generations."

Sustainable Florida, 4/28/04 News with Views Erica  Carle: "It is quite remarkable, but sad, to observe how easily people of all ages, occupations, intellect and description fall into line when they take part in facilitated discussions." Following these links will take you to websites explaining the United Nations agenda for you.

Get used to the word 'unethical', by Bob Fanning, WorldNet posted to KBC 4/28/04: "State politicians who own large blocks of land put them in "conservation easements," declare those easements to be "predator corridors" and take tax benefits and other payoffs -- and then make public policy like wolf management plans. Your neighbors who cooperate are given sweetheart grazing and water deals."

KFA violates rules, 4/14/04 Pioneer Press. This article is regarding Felice Pace, Klamath Forest Alliance KFA. For KFA influences, go HERE. KFA connections, go HERE.

Abandon the religion of environmentalism, Times Standard, posted to kbc 3/29/04: "The romantic view of the natural world as a blissful Eden is only held by people who have no actual experience of nature. Those of us who live and work in nature are not romantic about it at all, but we love and value it. We hold spiritual beliefs about the world around us, we have a sense of the unity and living nature of all things. But we still kill the animals, uproot plants and haul in the fish in order to eat. If we don't, we -- and you -- will die. "

***Separating people from their water, by Dr. Michael S. Coffman Ph.D, Ecologic Powerhouse, posted to KBC 2/16/04. Take time to read this concise article that explains how our government is getting away with closing millions of miles of roads and controlling our water. It is only one page, but it is important to know.

Ford, sugar daddy of the greens, 1/19/04 frontpagemag.com. This article itemizes some of Ford Foundation's donations and also donations going to many environmental groups.

Tools of land-grabbers, WorldNetDaily posted to KBC 1/12/04

Return to Eden, The man behind the Wildlands Project defends his plans, by Tim Findley, Range Magazine fall 2003 edition. posted to KBC 12/06/04.  This is happening in Modoc, Siskiyou, and Klamath Counties.  We are on their map. This effects more than our irrigation water...this means 'byebye' humans, and it is not just somewhere else. KBC

Perception vs Truth, Part 1, Illinois Leader, posted on KBC 10/15/03. This is the clearest article we have seen on explaining how my farm and your farm are directly effected by U.N. mandates and our proper rights are being taken."There is no conspiracy theory - there is no paranoia - it is just reading the information that is readily available to know what to expect next that could destroy the security of your family and your home. It is not perception."

Environmental Lies, Hypocrisy, Arrogance and an Escalating Lack of Credibility in Today's Environmental Movement.   http://www.off-road.com/enviro_lies.html

Environmentalism is Marxism 'Environmental' groups and 'environmentalists' targeting the Klamath Basin to retire farmland (in the guise of storage, more-water-to-go-around, happier geese),  let fires burn,  devastate our refuges, exterminate grazing, and the list goes on..........................and on..................................

ONRC announces its ideas for tribal lands, H&N 10/9/03. "The proposal calls for the government to purchase lands or, when necessary, use eminent domain to acquire private lands within the boundary of the reservation as it existed in 1954, when the Klamath Tribes were terminated."
ONRC Proposes Equitable Alternative to proposed Klamath Land-for-Water Deal; Conservationists oppose White House-driven billion-dollar National Forest transfer, 10/09/03


    
Buster Keester--from the discussion forum KBC's confusion regarding the "title" for..Rich McIntyre
Mon Sep 22 2003 "Mr McIntyre is somewhat understandable; here's a sampling of some descriptions (as presented in each link's article"):
(1) Sports lodge owner working for American Land Conservancy: Lodge Owner/ALC worker
(2) American Land Conservancy Consultant (scroll down a few articles at link to read): ALC Consultant
(3)American Land Conservancy Coordinator: ALC Coordinator
(4)Oregon Trout/Lodge Owner (scroll to nearly end of article to read): Oregon Trout/Lodge Owner
(5)Water Watch Board of Directors (Vice President; scroll to end of article): Water Watch Board of Directors Vice President  "Wearing many hats seems quite the norm anymore...
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Folks wonder why the Oregon economy is destroyed, fires rage, Oregon unemployment is highest in the USA. Read on for details: Andy Kerr, 'Don't try to improve grazing, abolish it', outlines how he and the environmental groups will litigate to break the ranchers.

" Better grazing is also boring to work on. Abolition is much more interesting."

"We must make it more expensive for elite welfare ranchers. On forests west of the Cascades, the timber industry used to expend X amount of effort for Y amount of timber. Today, while they still aren't run off the public forests within the range of the Northern spotted owl, they do have to spend 10 times the effort for maybe one-tenth of the timber."

Kerr tells how the ONRC are using the ESA to end timber, and tells which species they plan to use to reach their goals.
Grazing: A property right? Ranchers believe so, but the federal BLM says it’s just a lease, The Mail Tribune posted to KBC 9/16/03 Study to decide fate of grazing - September 14, 2003
Kerr spells out how the ESA will be used to decimate the Klamath Community by downsizing the Klamath Project.

Medicine Lake agenda

The ONRC, Oregon Natural Resources Coalition just sent the landowners a lying, cruel, threatening letter which has devastated our people, especially the aged.. "It makes me feel like they are going to take our water and we don't have any choice!" said a tearful elderly woman to me today.  Read the ONRC LETTER!!

 

 

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