I don’t believe it is enthusiastic support for the agreement, it is a choice between no water deliveries (because of tribal calls) or reduced irrigation deliveries under the proposed agreement.

   A bad decision was made to list the suckers under the Endangered Species Act in upper Klamath Lake followed by high lake level requirements. These water requirements were not supported by the National Academy of Sciences, but a bureaucratic decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries was handed down.

   The result, is the KBRA and the UKCA, which will deliver substantially less water to agriculture. Our community will be impacted by millions of dollars annually through production loss due to less irrigation water. I believe there will be a loss of jobs and businesses, as well as lost tax revenues to the county in reduced land values.