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Dams: ‘The Klamath River is a precious resource’
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ranchers from rising power
and water prices as the various
interests work to end long-run-
ning water wars in the drought-
stricken Klamath River basin.
7he dams now block ¿sh
from migrating to their historic
spawning grounds and also
degrade water quality, spread-
ing ¿sh diseases and algae
blooms. Salmon are sacred to
some Native American tribes
that use them for subsistence
and ceremony.
³2ur allocation of ¿sh this
year doesn’t meet half of our
subsistence for our people,”
said Yurok Tribe Vice Chair-
man David Gensaw. “This is a
threat to our culture, our reli-
gion and the economic sur-
vival of our people.”
Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian
Jene McCovery, an elder with the Yurok Tribe, speaks to a
group of about 50 people, mostly from the Klamath River
Tribes, in Portland, about the push to restore a fishery on
the Klamath River, remove four dams, and balance.
Jeff Barnard/AP Photo
Tense disputes
The Klamath basin has
been the site of tense disputes
between tribes, environmen-
talists, farmers and ranchers
for nearly two decades.
In 2001, water deliver-
ies to farmers and ranch-
ers were severely curtailed.
Adult salmon suffered a major
die-off a year later. Salmon
harvests have been sharply
reduced for the tribes as well
as recreational and commer-
cial ¿shers.
The latest deal is spelled
out in two agreements signed
at the mouth of the river in
Northern California in a cer-
emony attended by Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown, Califor-
nia Gov. Jerry Brown, federal
of¿cials, tribal leaders, con-
servation groups, large-scale
water users and dam-owner
3aci¿Corp.
Iron Gate Dam spans the Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif.
“This is a huge exercise of
humankind ¿xing some of the
mistakes of the past,” Jerry
Brown said.
The agreements include
promises to keep working on
a six-year-old settlement pro-
cess that went dormant when
Congress failed to approve it
last year. In addition to remov-
ing dams, an initial settlement
would have restored tribal
lands and provided more water
for farmers and ranchers.
By removing the dams
without
congressional
approval and providing price
assurances to farmers, backers
hope to make the larger deal
more palatable for Congress.
Funding for the $450 mil-
lion project would come from
3aci¿Corp customers in Cali-
fornia and Oregon, along with
a water bond approved by Cal-
ifornia voters in 2014.
Not everyone is celebrat-
ing. Dam removal is a major
improvement, but the guaran-
tees for farmers and ranchers
don’t belong in the agreement,
said Jim McCarthy of the con-
servation group WaterWatch.
Stakeholders
The 3aci¿Corp utility has
supported a dam-removal
agreement because it offers
the company liability protec-
tions and caps the costs to its
customers.
Several studies have
shown that dam upgrades
likely to be required would
signi¿cantly reduce electric-
ity generation and would cost
millions of dollars more than
dam removal and replacement
of hydropower with other
sources.
The company will trans-
fer ownership of four Klam-
ath River dams to a nonpro¿t
corporation recently created in
California, which will petition
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission for approval to
tear them down beginning in
2020. Two others will be trans-
ferred to the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, which will con-
tinue operating them with-
out raising prices for farmers
and ranchers who irrigate their
¿elds.
One of the tribes already
has obtained senior water
rights through the courts, lim-
iting water available for farm-
ers and ranchers, and the oth-
ers could pursue that process.
Klamath Basin agriculture is
Jeff Barnard/AP Photo
An algae bloom in the reservoir behind Iron Gate Dam on
the Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif.
valued at about $670 million
annually.
Scott White, head of the
Klamath Water Users Asso-
ciation, said the agricultural
interests he represents had no
stake in the dam removal but
he hopes the efforts to boost
water rights don’t get lost.
“The Klamath River is a
precious resource,” White
said. “There is much left to
be done to preserve the inter-
ests of the communities that it
serves.”
Klamath Tribes Chairman
Don Gentry said the c’iyaal’s,
which means salmon, were
placed in the river by the cre-
ator and have been essential in
sustaining the tribes.
“We won’t be whole, and
we won’t be complete as a
people until we can once again
¿sh for our c’iyaal’s,” Gentry
said.
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witnessed untreated sewage
discharged over the drain ¿eld
and noted another failure to ¿x
the issue.
Kevin Luby, an attorney
for Hick, said the park has
had trouble meeting the per-
mitted sewage Àow, even
while shutting down the
park’s laundry and showers,
installing low-Àow toilets,
putting meters on the lots
to track usage and pumping
1,000 gallons a day out of the
drain ¿eld.
He said Hick is sending
bids out for a contractor to
build an additional drain ¿eld
at the park, which would help
the old one rehabilitate.
“I anticipate it being
resolved without the neces-
sity of a trial,” Luby said,
adding that Hick’s money is
better spent improving the
park.
The Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality’s lawsuit
was filed last week. A hear-
ing on the state’s motion
for a preliminary injunction
against Resources North-
west is scheduled next week.
Second lawsuit
The state’s lawsuit comes
as Clatsop County tries to
remove Hick as owner and
replace him with a receiver, a
person appointed to adminis-
ter property under litigation.
The county filed suit
against Hick about three
years ago to enforce a 2011
compliance order for the
park to lower occupancy
from 60 to 43, including 18
mobile homes and 25 RVs,
along with 38 spots for
visitors.
Resources Northwest and
the county differ on whether
the park has satisfied the
occupancy restriction. Luby
said a month ago that the
park was within one evic-
tion of 43 occupants. County
staff claim the park is mov-
ing permanent residents
around within a 30-day time
frame to make them seem
temporary.
The county’s case is
scheduled for trial in June.
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