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Friday, May 28, 2021
Headgate camp draws
attention to Klamath crisis
Forest Service
defends grazing by
Diamond M ranch
Concerns over tactics
Nielsen also said he
doesn’t feel supported by
Klamath Water Users Asso-
ciation, which represents
many of the irrigation dis-
tricts in the Project.
Ben DuVal, president of
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
OREGON BEEF COUNCIL PROPOSED BUDGET
As required by ORS 576.416, the Oregon Beef Council (OBC) will hold a public
meeting for the purpose of receiving comments on the Commission’s proposed
budget for the next fiscal year. Those who wish to attend can join via Zoom.
Date: June 4, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm
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Meeting ID: 912 9391 7673
Call-In number: 1-253-215-8782
Copies of the proposed budget are available at the commission office, 1827 NE
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the Oregon Beef Council office at 503-274-2333.
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The Farwest Show, the
biggest nursery and green
industry wholesale show in
the West, is back in person
this year.
The event will take place
Aug. 18-20 at the Ore-
gon Convention Center in
Portland.
The show had been
canceled in 2020 due to
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Nielsen hosted a large,
$25-a-plate private dinner
for Ammon Bundy in Klam-
ath Falls last summer. Niel-
sen had also met Bundy at
a similar event in Siskiyou
County in 2018. Knoll has
also met Bundy.
Bundy led an armed
group to occupy the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge in
Burns, Ore., in 2016. He was
later acquitted on charges
related to the 41-day stand-
off with federal authorities.
Dan Nielsen said he is in
regular contact with Bundy.
“We talk to him regu-
larly,” he said.
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For accommodations for per-
sons with disabilities, make
a request at least 48 hours
(Monday-Friday) before the
meeting by contacting the
Commission at 503-982-7600
or info@oregonhops.org
The Bundy Connection
the association and also a
full-time farmer in Tulelake,
is aware of the “water crisis
info center.”
DuVal said the headgates
are a focal point of the Proj-
ect and setting up next door
will effectively draw atten-
tion to the irrigator’s cause.
He said he appreciates the
enthusiasm and willing-
ness of Nielsen and Knoll
to want to lead this effort to
stand up for water rights for
irrigators.
But DuVal sees the effort
as being led by a small seg-
ment of the Klamath Project
agricultural community.
“Most of the people that
depend on the Klamath Proj-
ect for a living this year don’t
have money to go out and
buy land just to set up a big
tent like that,” DuVal added.
“It’s a little ridiculous in my
opinion ... We don’t have
much time for theatrics.”
DuVal said he has some
concerns about the effort.
“I don’t want anybody
to do anything stupid or …
you know, cause a problem,
a civil problem. That’s just
not going to be productive
in the long-run. But, people
also have a right to protest.”
DuVal said he knows that
emotions are running high
and shares frustrations about
the zero water allocation
by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion and the tumultuous year
being experienced Klamath
Project-wide.
event’s location, will be
Courtyard by Marriott Port-
land Downtown Convention
Center, Doubletree by Hil-
ton Portland and the Hyatt
Regency.
Trade show guests and
staff can receive reduced
room rates, complimentary
Trimet passes and free
Wi-Fi by booking the hotels
through Farwest’s website
at https://farwestshow.com/
hotel-travel/.
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The meeting location is acces-
sible to persons with disabili-
ties.
day ahead.
“We’re gonna do what we
gotta do,” he said.
Nielsen and Knoll have
long been vocal advocates
for irrigators’ water and
land rights. Both took part
in a demonstration along the
Link River Dam in late April
2020, when farmers pro-
tested the amount of stored
water in Upper Klamath
Lake being sent down the
Link River to help juvenile
coho salmon.
Industry leaders and
growers say they’re excited
the event will resume this
summer.
Specific details about
exhibit options, speakers and
educational sessions have not
yet been announced.
On May 21 Oregon
Association of Nurseries
announced hotel reservations
for the show are now open.
This year’s hotels, within
walking distance of the
By SIERRA DAWN MCCLAIN
Capital Press
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Copies of the proposed bud-
get are available at the Com-
mission office, 3467 Third
Street, Hubbard Oregon 97032
and online at www.oregon-
hops.org
our water feed the Earth.”
Nielsen said he and Knoll
decided to buy the property
so they have a place to gather
where they can’t be “run off”
by the federal government.
The location next to the
headgates is significant, as
well.
“The only thing separat-
ing us from the headgates
is a chain link fence,” Niel-
sen said, adding, “It’s good
access, all right.”
The headgates are essen-
tially a massive spigot that
controls the flow of water
stored in Upper Klamath
Lake and releases it to farms
and ranches via a network
of canal ditches throughout
the Klamath Reclamation
Project.
In 2001, after most irri-
gation water was cut off
to protect endangered fish,
thousands of demonstrators
formed a symbolic “bucket
brigade,” passing buckets
of water from Lake Ewauna
and emptying them into the
“A” Canal that runs through
Klamath Falls.
Over the course of sev-
eral days in early July 2001,
protesters cut and climbed
the fence to the headgates
and three times forced open
the gates to allow water into
the canal. Federal marshals
showed up 10 days later and
didn’t leave until Sept. 11.
Nielsen wouldn’t directly
answer if he or others would
take similar actions in the
COVID-19.
The last in-person Farwest
Show, in 2019, drew about
400 exhibitors and more
than 5,000 attendees from 44
states and 20 countries.
Jeff Stone, executive direc-
tor of the Oregon Association
of Nurseries, called last year’s
event cancellation “a huge
loss” and said nothing can
replace face-to-face, hand-
shake-agreement interactions
in the nursery industry.
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The public budget hearing
will be held at the above date,
time, and location.
By HOLLY DILLEMUTH/For the Capital Press
Signs posted by members of People’s Rights Oregon along Nevada Street in Klamath
Falls. The organization’s local volunteers are calling the area the “Water crisis info center.”
Farwest Show to be back in person in 2021
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LEGAL
PUBLIC NOTICE
OREGON HOP COMMISSION
BUDGET HEARING
JUNE 17, 2021
12:00 PM
Xicha Brewing
576 Patterson Street NW,
Suite 140
Salem, OR, 97304
As required by ORS 576.416,
the Oregon Hop Commission
will hold a public hearing for
the purpose of receiving pub-
lic comments on its proposed
budget for the fiscal year
2021-22.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
— Twenty years after a shut-
off of most irrigation water
in the parched Klamath Proj-
ect brought the competing
needs of farmers, fishermen
and tribes to a head, a new
drought — and a fresh fed-
erally-ordered water shut-
off — is triggering a sense of
déjà vu.
Now, two Klamath Proj-
ect irrigators with ties to
activist Ammon Bundy have
purchased property located
next to the headgates of
the “A” Canal in Klamath
Falls, which would normally
deliver water to area farms.
And along with local
members of the Oregon
chapter of People’s Rights,
a group founded by Bundy
in 2020, they’ve set up an
information center and gath-
ering place to talk to the pub-
lic about the brewing water
crisis in the Klamath Basin.
On May 12, as the ongo-
ing drought led to low water
levels in Upper Klamath
Lake, Bureau of Reclama-
tion shut off water from the
lake that irrigators use for
watering crops and live-
stock. The move was made
to protect two fish species
that the Klamath Tribes con-
sider integral to their cultural
heritage and survival during
the worst recorded drought
in Klamath Basin history.
In April, Dan Nielsen
and Grant Knoll jointly
bought several lots adjoin-
ing the “A” Canal for a total
price of $30,000, according
to a Klamath County deed
of sale. Both men are land-
owners and Project irriga-
tors. Knoll is also a mem-
ber of the Klamath Irrigation
District board of directors,
which represents the major-
ity of land served by the
Klamath Project.
A large, red-and-white
canvas tent was set up on the
property on May 14, where
people have painted signs
and posting them along the
asphalt path along Nevada
Street above the prop-
erty, with messages such as
“Ammon Bundy coming
soon” and “Tell Pharaoh let
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By HOLLY DILLEMUTH
For the Capital Press
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The U.S. Forest Service
asked a federal judge Mon-
day to dismiss a suit filed
by wolf advocates who
want to drive the Diamond
M Ranch’s cattle out of the
Colville National Forest in
northeast Washington.
The wolf population
grows annually, undercut-
ting claims that forest offi-
cials are shirking their duty
to prevent attacks on cattle
that lead state wildlife offi-
cials to kill wolves, U.S.
attorney Emma Hamilton
said.
The suit tries to hold the
Forest Service responsi-
ble for the state’s actions,
Hamilton told U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Rosanna Malouf
Peterson in Spokane. “The
Forest Service does not par-
ticipate in lethal removal in
any way,” she said.
WildEarth Guardians,
Western Watersheds Proj-
ect and Kettle Range Con-
servation Group claim the
Forest Service has failed to
evaluate how cattle graz-
ing affects wolves. The suit
specifically targets graz-
ing by the Diamond M, the
region’s largest cattle ranch.
The Diamond M has
grazed cattle in the Colville
forest since 1945. The
ranch has permits to turn
out 736 cow-calf pairs, or
1,472 head of cattle.
Wolf packs saturate the
region, and wolves began
attacking Diamond M cat-
tle in 2008. The Washing-
ton Department of Fish and
Wildlife has killed wolves
in an attempt to stop chronic
attacks on Diamond M cat-
tle several times.
The groups bringing
the lawsuit claim lethally
removing wolves causes
their members psychologi-
cal harm.
In a court filing, West-
ern Watersheds state direc-
tor Jocelyn Leroux said
she went camping in the
national forest, saw large
piles of bear scat and was
excited to think about
the possibility of nearby
grizzlies.
She said she also found
ample signs of livestock,
including cow manure.
“Yet, this is not why I —
or most other members of
the public — visit public
lands,” she said. “I visit for
the aesthetic and spiritual
values of being in vast, wild
spaces that are increased by
ecological integrity.”
Previously, wolf advo-
cates have sued in state
courts, alleging Fish and
Wildlife’s lethal-removal
protocol violates state
environmental laws. State
courts have upheld the
department’s mandate to
handle dangerous wildlife
and kill wolves as a last
resort.
The federal suit claims
the Forest Service’s alleged
inattention to how graz-
ing affects wolves violates
the National Environmen-
tal Policy Act, National
Forest Management Act,
Endangered Species Act
and Administrative Proce-
dure Act.
Wolves are not a fed-
erally protected species.
The Forest Service said it
relies on Fish and Wild-
life to determine whether
a rancher has done enough
to prevent wolf-livestock
conflicts.
Federal land manag-
ers lack the information to
do more to keep cattle and
wolves apart, according
to a Forest Service brief.
“WDFW often keeps den
and rendezvous sites con-
fidential or shares informa-
tion only with producers,”
the agency stated.
The Diamond M has
intervened in the law-
suit. The ranch’s attorney,
Chris Montgomery, told the
judge that the ranch agreed
with the Forest Service’s
arguments.
Peterson said she will
consider the arguments and
issue a written ruling.
At the end of 2020,
Washington had at least
178 wolves, according
to a combined count by
Fish and Wildlife and the
Colville tribe on its reserva-
tion in northeast Washing-
ton. The wolf population
has increased 12 straight
years by an average of 26%
a year, according to Fish
and Wildlife.
Tribal hunters killed
eight wolves in 2020, while
Fish and Wildlife removed
three wolves.
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By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
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