In November 2017 two Washington State congressmen introduced HR 4419, named Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act of 2017. Sometimes it’s hard to immediately ascertain exactly the purpose of proposed legislation. This time the name suggests something that all of us at times long for – accelerated government action […]
From the Helm is a new column from Larry De Ridder who covers a variety of topics related to marine fishing. Klamath River Renewal Project November 9 from six to eight o’clock pm there was an informal presentation at the Adorni Center regarding the proposed deconstruction of four dams on the Klamath River. For
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is non-profit grassroots group that employs citizen assisted monitoring to take the pulse of the Eel River ecosystem, including assessing fish populations. ERRP was formed after community scoping meetings in September 2011 all over the Eel River basin and there was universal concern about the non-native, highly predatory Sacramento
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In our last three issues we’ve explored some of the scientific expectations regarding what the removal of the four PacifiCorp Klamath River dams would produce. In this issue we’re going to look at some of the political and legal activity swirling about the debate, as well as other salmon-related tidbits. Generally speaking, water users downstream
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In our last two issues we looked at possible Klamath River dam removal options under discussion, and what an actual dam removal could look like. Given the uncertainties of a blow-and-go removal, it’s likely that the four dams would be removed from the top down, in an orderly manner, if removal is ultimately approved. That
On the North Coast we are far enough away from two pending State water projects that we don’t hear much of them. Nevertheless, both have the potential to seriously impact our salmon fishing. As to whether the impacts will be positive or negative – that’s hard to say. These projects are the Twin Tunnels, and
