RELEVANT ARTICLES
The Whole Dam Story
THE AG MAG
PUBLISHED WINTER 2022
Congressman LaMalfa estimates sediment could be upwards of 60 million cubic yards, not the 20 million cubic yards predicted by KRRC. . . .
Are we getting The Whole Dam Story? Big money groups remain determined to remove four dams on the Klamath River, regardless of cost or if it becomes an environmental disaster. And taxpayers, not the multi-million dollar groups pushing for the removal of Oregon’s J.C. Boyle Dam, California’s Copco Dams 1 and 2, and Iron Gate Dam, will ultimately be stuck with the bill. How did this happen?
Read the full story (pages 8-11)
Crops fallowed, herds reduced as drought deepens
AgAlert CA Farm Bureau
PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 2022
California farmers and ranchers affected by a third consecutive year of drought and related emergency curtailments of water deliveries have planted fewer acres, fallowed fields or reduced livestock herds to make it through the season.
California Law Makers Mull Buying Out Farmers to Save Water
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED JUNE 5, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After decades of fighting farmers in court over how much water they can take out of California's rivers and streams, some state lawmakers want to try something different: use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.
Farmers Across State Face New Water Cuts
AgAlert CA Farm Bureau
PUBLISHED MAY 18, 2022
With 60% of the state now in extreme drought conditions, state officials are warning water-right holders that they should expect more curtailments during peak irrigation season in June and July. In a statement last week, the state Division of Water Rights said "curtailments are expected to increase progressively through the spring and summer and continue through the early fall until significant precipitation occurs."
Central Valley Farmer's Bold Water Experiment Setting Example for California
NBC BAY AREA
PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2022
A Central Valley farmer, whose bold experiment of flooding his vineyards and orchards with floodwaters in order to replenish the underground aquifer, has led other farmers in the drought-ravaged region to follow suit……To protect against further damage and to offer potential solutions, the State of California in 2014 passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Cameron's farm has become one of the models for the program -- even garnering a personal visit from Governor Gavin Newsom.
SCWUA Comment: Siskiyou Ranchers/Farmers have been practicing replenishing the aquifer for years!
Judge halts curtailment for Siskiyou County irrigators
AgAlert CA Farm Bureau
PUBLISHED APRIL 6, 2022
Irrigators in Siskiyou County have won a court ruling to temporarily block a state water curtailment order that would have prevented area farmers and ranchers from tapping into percolating groundwater supplies they have relied on for decades. Citing "imminent, irreparable harm and waste," attorneys for Big Springs Irrigation District argued that the State Water Resources Control Board, in issuing the drought emergency curtailment order for the Shasta and Scott rivers last year, exceeded its jurisdiction on groundwater.
Theft of Calif. water is occurring behind mountains of paperwork. Why we need to stop it.
THE SUN
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 13, 2022 - 5 MIN READ
As Californians, we get our water via three places: underground aquifers (wells), the State Water Project, or the Central Valley Project. Water for more than two-thirds of California’s entire population of almost 40 million people and millions of acres of farmland flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the Bay Area.
Commentary: Nature's dams on the Klamath River blocked fish for millennia
CAPITAL PRESS
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Numerous published geologic studies and present-day observations show that over the course of past millennia, a series of no less than five lava flows crossed the Klamath River. At least two of these lava flows dammed the Klamath River at Wards Canyon. These lava flows, which dammed the Klamath River, are also called "reefs" or "dikes" by geologists. These lava flows formed tall dams that without doubt blocked fish migration for millennia.
Column: Don't give up trying to save the Klamath River dams. It's about more than the fish
THE SISKIYOU DAILY NEWS
Bob Kaster The Septugenarian Speaks
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 6, 2022
It’s been almost a year since my last rant against the proposal to remove four dams along the Klamath River. My attention was recently again drawn to that topic on Dec. 14, when the Siskiyou County Water Users Association made a presentation to the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors, asking the board to adopt a resolution nominating an area called the Ancient Beswick Forest and Cultural Area for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Commentary: What the public needs to know about Klamath River dams
CAPITAL PRESS
PUBLISHED AUGUST 12, 2021
Iron Gate and Copco lakes together hold a reserve of 45 billion gallons of fresh water. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation wants to destroy these lakes and drain that precious fresh water reserve into the sea, due to the premise that removing these lakes and their dams will restore fish migration past Ward’s Canyon.
SCWUA Letter to CPUC regarding FERC
KLAMATH BASIN CRISIS
Published July 30, 2020
We are writing you as representatives of many ratepayers in our area who are members, as well as intervenors in the FERC action and as intervenors in the CPUC action.
Court brief shows California and Oregon broke law with Klamath Dam removal plan
FREE RANGE REPORT
Published March 20, 2019
“Unfortunately…the dam removal snowball continues to grow in size and political heft, as the federal and state agencies involved in this enterprise remain unconcerned with the health and safety of Klamath River Basin residents. It is now clear that the politicians and bureaucrats would much prefer to violate the highest law of the land to pursue their own financial and political agendas.”