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KBRA PAGE
includes links to
previous year's letters, opinions and speeches of the The People, Whose Who KBC's KRRC / Klamath River Renewal Corporation (Dam Destruction Group) Page |
AUDIO: Must Listen: 5 1/2 minute summary of Upper Basin's Klamath Settlement Agreement; audio by Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett, Local News with Paul Hanson on KFLS News/Talk Radio 1450, 4/1/13. "The nearly 100-page agreement has seven objectives..." |
| 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. | |
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* Instructions for writing to FERC regarding Klamath Dam removal |
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***Removing
Klamath River dams caused more harm than good, H&N
by
Joan F. Riker, the
former CEO and president of Klamath Consulting Service,
Inc.
"If any of you have seen photos of the Klamath River below Copco 1 and 2 and Iron Gate, you may cry with me for the devastation their removal has done to the environment, to the ecosystem, to the animals, to the fish and the fishermen, to the farmers and to the people who live there (including those of Native American heritage)....All of the Native Americans were duped by the environmental info they were given. My heart breaks for them. Klamath Consulting Service, Inc. worked for the Klamath Tribe over several years to improve fish habitat, and we had some good projects..." |
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Letter from U.S. Department of the Army to Ms. Felicia
Satterwhite, Administrative AssistantLos
Angeles Superior Court regarding Stephen Koshy's letter
of imminent collapse concerns over proposed Snake River
dam removal, posted to KBC 10/25/22. Here for dam engineer Stephen Koshy page and bio and his letters regarding Klamath Dam catastrophic collapse if dams are removed. |
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 CDFW Director Chuck Bonham's Statement On FERC Release Of EIS On Klamath Dam Removal, and, Who is Chuck Bonham, posted to KBC 8/26/22. |
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| FERC Staff Issues the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Klamath and Klamath Projects, FERC, 8/26/22. "...The primary issues associated with license surrender and removal of project works are: potential effects on aquatic biota, including Chinook salmon, Endangered Species Act-listed coho salmon and suckers, and other fish and wildlife species; adequacy of measures proposed to restore vegetation on formerly inundated lands; effects on riverine and reservoir-based recreation; effects on local property owners due to effects on waterfront access, wells, firefighting/prevention, slope stability, reservoir aesthetics, and property values, as well as effects on traffic, emergency response times, air quality, and noise during construction; effects of dewatering on culturally important sites and removal of historic project features; and socioeconomic effects on disadvantaged communities...." | |
 Klamath Dam destruction group KRRC deceives citizens concerning fire protection, by Rex Cozzalio from Hornbrook, on the Klamath River 7/24/22
FOLLOWED BY KRRC Commentary in the Herald and
News touting fire protection after dam removal.
"...The only deep water lakes on the Klamath,
by sheer fire barrier size and volume, have
irrefutably protected and very likely saved
regional Copco, Iron Gate, and
‘monument’ residents 4 times in the past 5 years alone.
Just ASK THE RESIDENTS and volunteer FIRE DEPARTMENT
KRRC ignores..."
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| Letter from FERC to US Congressmen Bentz and LaMalfa regarding Klamath hydroelectric dam destruction, FOLLOWED BY: letter from Congressmen Bentz and LaMalfa to FERC, posted to KBC 7/24/22. "...I take very seriously our obligation to ensure that any action the Commission takes is in the public interest..." | |
| Ag stakeholders reject White House draft reports on (Columbia/Snake) dam breaching, Capital Press 7/13/22. "...Only Congress has the authority to order the dams to be removed," said Sean Ellis, a spokesman for the Idaho Farm Bureau. "The president can have his own opinion on the matter, but Congress will be the one deciding..." KBC NOTE: In the case of Klamath River hydroelectric dams, Congress did not support dam destruction because the Klamath and Siskiyou counties overwhelmingly rejected the idea, so the states of California and Oregon bypassed our Congressional representatives and promised taxpayer money to support dam destruction, defying the will of the constituents. Their goal is hoped-for benefits to salmon and environment despite the economic and environmental devastation caused by 20 million cubic yards of sediment behind the dams decimating any fish or habitat. | |
| OSU, Yurok Tribe partner to study Klamath River after dam removal, Capital Press 7/9/2022. "the project was recently awarded $870,000 from Oregon Sea Grant to conduct the research, including outreach among five key stakeholder groups — tribes, irrigators, commercial fishing, recreation and conservation organizations." | |
| Dams are critical for reliable energy grid in Pacific Northwest, Capital Press commentary , posted to KBC 7/5/22. | |
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Comments as an intervener to FERC regarding their Draft
Klamath EIS by
Hornbrook, California rancher Rex Cozzalio FOLLOWED BY Corruption of KRRC and FERC regarding Klamath dam removal, letter to FERC by Rex Cozzalio 4/25/22. "It has become excruciatingly clear that KRRC/KHSA special interest and policy directing Signatories have NO interest in protecting the affected public against damages from forcibly imposed devastation, and in fact have gone to extreme lengths to EVADE it, not only fabricating a convoluted cloak of self-benefitting unaccountability and ‘post destruction approval’ deferred ‘Plan’ certainties, with FERC’s consent they have managed to effectively place ALL loss and burdens upon those most harmed and UNREPRESENTED within the so-called ‘Agreement’. |
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 "Planting
of USFWS hatchery tagged chinook salmon in the Sprague
River to see if they could 'adapt' to that environment...to
see if they will survive for 'after Project (dam)
destruction' ...and/or to try and get a resident
population of hybrids in place to suddenly 'identify'
Upper Basin salmon shortly after Project destruction."from Rex Cozzalio, Hornbrook, CA on the Klamath River 4/30/22
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KWUA / Klamath Water Users Association Response to Draft FERC/Federal Energy Regulatory Commission EIR/Environmental Impact Statement regarding the destruction of the Klamath River Hydroelectric dams 4/18/22. "...The DEIS appears to have ignored the potential, and currently likely, negative impacts of dam removal related to agricultural communities. Those impacts will flow from regulatory demands and constraints that decrease the ability to divert and deliver water for irrigation..."
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| Siskiyou County comment letter to Draft EIR/Environmental Impact Statement to FERC/Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding Klamath River Hydroelectric dam destruction 4/18/22. "The existing DEIS is insufficient to meet the requirements of NEPA to analyze the “environmental impact of the proposed action” and “alternatives to the proposed action.” 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C). These provisions have been interpreted to require FERC and other agencies to carefully consider detailed information concerning significant environmental impacts and to significant alternatives when an action may has significant impacts. Reliance on out of date information that does not reflect the actual impacts of the action is unlawful and is, by itself, a basis for recirculation." | |
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Letter
from SCWUA / Siskiyou County Water Users Association to
FERC and California Coastal Commission 1/31/22. "...nearly
80% of the electorate have the following comments to
make in this matter...The releasing of 20 million cubic
yards of sediments and pollutants retained behind the
dams down river equates to sediment 3 feet thick all the
way from Iron Gate Reservoir to the ocean, assuming that
the River is 150 feet wide and 190 miles to the
estuary....3 feet thick on 4000 acres..."
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