Klamath Dams 2021 Articles Table of Contents

Klamath Hydroelectric Dams Destruction
Articles, Press Releases, Newsletters
2021

Settlements, and Dam Removal PAGE HERE FOR AUDIO / VIDEO PAGE	Strategy to form the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement: Cal/EPA Environmental Justice Action Plan May 18, 2005. Lead Agency: State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
KBC's KRRC / Klamath River Renewal Corporation (Dam Destruction Group) Page
Herald and News Poll Results: Will you benefit from Klamath dam Destruction? 1/29/19
WARNING: Stephen Koshy Page: Clay-Core Dam Engineer Stephen Koshy's scientific reports, letters, and government correspondence regarding his prediction of the imminent catastrophic collapse if the Klamath Hydroelectric Dams are destroyed.

KRRC/Klamath River Renewal Corporation's reply to FERC regarding comments on scoping document/Klamath Dam Removal 9/29/21. Or HERE for text. A preplanned attempt to circumvent a full NEPA study.
Letter from U.S. Congressman LaMalfa to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding Klamath Dam Removal, 8/19/21. "...This silt has been estimated4 at 20.4 million cubic yards but, given the recent issues of sediment underestimation on the Condit Dam and other dam removal projects, it could be as high as 60 million cubic yards...In 2009, the complete clean up of this sediment was estimated to cost more than $4 billion. Sediment issues become even more severe6 and likely to cause mass fish mortality during dry water years, which the entire Klamath Basin has faced in 2020 and 2021...County officials have informed me that revenues will decrease between $600,000 and $800,000 per year, and effectively require at least one school district to be shut down...It is unconscionable to require the public to cover the liability for dam removal, rob them of the ability to fund their education system, and ignore their votes against this proposal..."
After destroying the California Klamath Dams, eco warriors are coming for you, The New American 8/5/21. "The effort to blow the dams, which is proceeding even though 80 percent of voters rejected it, will destroy life in the area—not to mention the environment. But the scheme aligns well with the United Nations and its “sustainable development” plans in Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030. Their fight is your fight.." SEE VIDEO
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-5153 / CPUC agrees to transfer ownership of Klamath Dams from Pacific Power to KRRC, 7/19/2021.

Compelling Facts Condemn KRRC’s Proposed Klamath River Dam Removal Plan - PCFFA Director Glen Spain's contradictions regarding fish and dam removal, Wildhorse Ranch Productions 7/19/21. "Economics Not Salmon Is the Reason PacifiCorp is Removing the Dams” KBC's Glen Spain page

County of Siskiyou Request for Rehearing FERC's Klamath Dams license transfer approval 7/16/21.

FERC News Release: FERC Approves License Transfer for Lower Klamath Hydro Project 6/17/21.

Court upholds Klamath Tribes' water rights, irrigators plan to challenge, H&N 2/27/21. "...Paul Simmons, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association, said Klamath Project irrigators are largely unaffected by the decision, as a settlement prevents the Tribes from using water rights in Oregon to curtail deliveries to the Project from Upper Klamath Lake..."
Oregon Court Affirms Klamath Tribes’ Water Rights, Klamath Tribes News Release 2/25/2021. "Wednesday's order...affirmed the senior priority date of the Klamath Tribes’ water rights in the Klamath Basin, and upheld the need to maintain a healthy and productive habitat to meet the Tribes’ treaty right to fish, hunt, trap, and gather..."
Upper Klamath Lake forecast looking poor for fish and farms, H&N 2/19/21. "Klamath Tribes have filed a notice of intent, saying they will sue the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for violating the Endangered Species Act if Upper Klamath Lake dips below levels outlined in the 2020 biological opinion this spring...'We know that we’re in a very serious situation,' (Klamath Tribal Chairman) Gentry said. 'It looks like there’s going to be very little water, if at all, for irrigation.' ”
PRESS RELEASE and letter to FERC - Opposition to Transfer of Klamath River Hydropower Dams and Their Destruction, by E. Werner Reschke, Oregon St Rep District 56 2/14/21. "Rep. Reschke has opposed dam removal from beginning concept, as local elections in Siskiyou County, California (2014) and in Klamath County, Oregon (2016) show that 75% of the people directly effected by dam removal oppose this action."