Klamath-River News

The $11.14 billion water bond the Legislature passed this month offers further proof that legislators live in an alternate reality, disconnected from the rest of the state.

Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee persuaded enough of his Republican colleagues to narrowly pass comprehensive water legislation; the Senate followed suit and the five-bill package - including an $11.1-billion bond measure - was signed by the governor earlier this month.

Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders boldly boasted of a deal to overhaul state water policy after years of failure.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs the last of five pieces of hard-fought water-related legislation Thursday on a Brannan Island levee.

It's still too early to tell but an important question for many now is whether enough Klamath Basin salmon will return to spawn this year.

For a long time, the fight over the sickly Klamath River -- once home to one of the state's most magnificent salmon fisheries -- has been between farmers and fishermen, dam owners and Native American tribes.

Supporters of tearing down four dams on the Klamath River told Humboldt County supervisors Tuesday that a pact between the basin's diverse interests is the surest course forward to resolving disputes over water and fish.

With the stroke of a pen, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger put an end to decades of debate over water and put into action, a plan to fix the state's water crisis.

Agency, tribal, fishing, farming and environmental representatives will outline a draft agreement to remove the Klamath River's dams at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday.

A massive water bond developed by state legislators for the November 2010 election presents a conundrum for supporters of removing the Klamath River's dams.

"River of Renewal"- Salmon, Dams, Orcas, and You The other night I just happened to catch on the PBS station KCTS the second half of an excellent documentary about the Klamath River, called "River of Renewal" . I found the part that I watched to be coherent and insightful, and regret that I missed the first half.

By Amy Sienicki A November 4, 2009 A MT. SHASTA, Calif. - One of the most overlooked and under-reported aspects of the illegal drug trade has been marijuana's impact on the environment.

By Tove Tupper A November 2, 2009 A YREKA, Calif. - Closing arguments concluded Monday in a trial for a man suspected of kidnapping and murdering a young Happy Camp boy 33-years-ago. A On August 28, 1976, six-year old William Cook Jr., also known as Willie, disappeared from a Happy Camp service station.

As a young woman, Mavis McCovey was trained to enter a spirit world by her Karuk Indian elders -- older medicine women.

By Tove Tupper & Associated Press A October 22, 2009 A YREKA, Calif. - The trial for a man suspected of kidnapping and murdering a young Happy Camp boy 33-years-ago continues in Yreka.

She knew it was there. And by cracky, in just one morning of panning the creekbed, Janet Gilray had a handful of gold flecks in her hand.

CALL it a tale of two rivers. On the one hand, there is the Klamath, flowing through Oregon and California, where after decades of battling over water, salmon, jobs and livelihoods, stakeholders have come to an agreement to resolve differences and put the river and its fishing, tribal and farming communities on a path to recovery.

Progress welcome on Klamath River dam removal The tentative agreement to remove four Klamath River dams, announced Sept.

The "Save the fish" plan is longer than the health care bill, and has about as many problems.

The Journal article on pending Klamath River Basin dam and water deals by Hank Sims is among the best that has yet been written on the complex web of political and biological considerations currently in play on the Klamath.