Investigators not told about Cheney contact, official says, Capital Press 7/31/07

Comment by retired government scientist who wants to remain anonymous, "I do not understand why someone is not standing up and pointing out that Mike Kelly's (whistleblower) conclusions were probably wrong in the first place. 
   There have been 3-4 years, in the Klamath River, where water conditions were worse than those that occurred in 2002 when the fish were KILLED!  During these other years there was not a fish die-off.  But, of course, those that are willing to look at the circumstantial evidence are aware that the salmonids were indeed killed (murdered) by meth lab idiots.
   Furthermore, Dave Vogel clearly established that the water upstream at Iron Gate was warm and would not help the salmon if sent downstream to them."
 

Klamath River hearing won’t help settlement group’s efforts, H&N, posted 7/30/07

Water hearing stirs up debate, H&N, posted to KBC 7/30/07

Klamath-Cheney tale is all fiction, Register Guard 7/20/07, By Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance, and Todd Kelstrem, Klamath Falls Mayor.

Blaming Cheney for die-off is far-fetched, H&N Letter, 7/12/07. "But what was Cheney’s “secretive meddling?” At the request of Republican Congressman Bob Smith, Cheney contacted someone in the Interior Department and asked them to get a second opinion from the National Academy of Sciences. Holy Moley!! How could he get away with that? And even worse, the NAS found no scientific foundation for cutting off the water. How dared they disagree with government biologists, environmentalists and commercial fishermen?"

Washington Post article plows partisan ground, by Greg Addington, Klamath Water Users Executive Director 7/15/05 Herald and News. "...it claims that Mr. Cheney gave personal attention in early 2001 to Klamath Basin water policy issues. On the other hand, it fails to report that just a few months later, this same administration announced there would be no water for irrigators in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Project – the first time that this water supply had been shut off in the Project’s 100-year history."

Klamath water pact said at risk, Sacramento Bee 7/14/07

(KBC Note: Kandra says there is no finger pointing in settlement talks; Hoopas seem to claim otherwise: )
Solving the Klamath River fisheries issues requires true and wise leadership by Steve Kandra, Klamath Water User, "The farmers, tribes and fishermen are solving problems, not pointing fingers." And Fish and Farmers Both Need Water, by Hoopa Tribal Chairman Clifford Marshall, "fish in the Trinity and Klamath rivers are still fighting for their lives as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation starves the Trinity River for restoration funding and aged dams block natural propagation on the Klamath River," Washington Post, posted to KBC 7/10/07.

Stakeholders, not Cheney, Will Determine Klamath’s Fate, Craig Tucker Karuk Tribe spokesman, posted 7/7/07, and sent to the Register Guard.

Lawmakers urge Klamath hearing for vice president, H&N, posted to KBC 7/2/07

Request letter from Congressmen Walden, Doolittle and Herger regarding Democrats blaming Dick Cheney for fish die-off in the Klamath River 5 years ago, 6/29/07.

{KBC COMMENT: After the following hearing, dozens of green media reporters did not mention the statements of Dr William Lewis, National Academy of Science Committee Chairman, during the 2002 fish die-off review, yet the democrats and the press are determined to nail Cheney regardless of the fact Lewis said the NAS science by the top scientists was not influenced by politics. We will spare you.}