EPA & Army Corps Seek to Expand Clean Water Act, Comments extended to July 31  "...proposed draft Guidance that would expand the Agencies' Clean Water Act (CWA) regulatory authority over more land. In addition, the Agencies are seeking to implement this Guidance without formal input from farmers and ranchers, and other impacted groups." CFBF posted to KBC 6/25/11
Western Business Roundtable on Clean Water Act comment deadline July 1. (extended to July 31)
http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/wetlands/CWAwaters.cfm.

Community supported agriculture has put down roots in the Klamath Basin, H&N 6/30/11. 

Congressman Tom McClintock update 6/29/11

Senator Gaines thanks Governor Brown, cheers gold mining victory 6/30/11

The Oregon Legislature adjourned Sine Die Thursday afternoon, Senator Doug Whitsett 6/30/11

Dam removal ‘a major step forward,’ but water agreement habitat restoration goals may not be achievable, H&N 6/28/11

***Klamath River Expert Panel Final Report; Scientific Assessment of Two Dam Removal Alternatives on Chinook Salmon, posted 6/26/22. Document date 6/13/11.
* PCFFA rep Glen Spain assures panel that the KBRA downsizes Upper Klamath Basin ag significantly more than the Biological Opinions, and that ESA trumps KBRA, whichever takes most water from irrigators.
* Yurok Tribe: "removing the dams and the hatchery is the only “experiment” that can be conducted that will resolve this uncertainty. It seems prudent to recommend resolving this uncertainty by moving forward with the “experiment” of the Proposed Action, while acknowledging the potential for unintended consequences...”
* Yurok: The KBRA will also control use of groundwater, "even on the California side."
* KWUA does not like the study of KENO Dam, which their KBRA friends promised not to take out. That would end irrigation on 100,000 acres of Klamath Project land. They didn't like the scientists "general disdain for irrigated agriculture." 

Purported benefits of ESA deserve 'the rest of the story,' Capital Press by Tom Mallams, president of Klamath Off-Project Water Users Association, posted to KBC 6/26/11. "Yes, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report estimated dam removal cost -- structures only -- to be $79.9 million in 2006 numbers...In the same report ... it states that the added cost of dam removal because of the sediment issues could be between $1.4 billion to $4.4 billion. I don't know about you, but I have never seen a government estimate come in at the low number."

Groups side with DFG in water lawsuit, Capital Press, posted to KBC 6/26/11. "The Karuk Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) and Klamath Riverkeeper filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a Siskiyou County court case challenging the authority of the California Department of Fish and Game to regulate water diversions for farmland irrigation...Earthjustice is representing the tribal, fishing and environmental groups in the Siskiyou County case." (KBC NOTE: first, the KBRA was advertised in the media by the enviro groups as ending lawsuits against farmers. Glen Spain, Eugene attorney and at the KBRA table as stakeholder for PCFFA, created IFR "to funnel the money through." Craig Tucker, trained environmental activist by Greencorp, former outreach director of dam removal group Friends of the River, was hired as Karuk Tribe Spokesman, and at the table of the dam removal KBRA. He was on the steering committee of Klamath Riverkeeper before it spun off from umbrella group Klamath Forest Alliance, and he’s presently on the board. So essentially, Glen Spain and Craig Tucker are litigating against the Scott and Shasta Valley irrigators. George Soros contributes to pay the KBRA enviro groups' and PCFFA's attorney bills through Earthjustice.)

Meeting June 29th addressing new extortion letter to Scott Valley irrigators, posted 6/26/11

Environmental Quality Commission Approves Revised Water Quality Standards for Oregon, ODEQ, posted to KBC 6/26/11

More rules stoke worry, Editorial, Capital Press, posted to KBC  6/26/11. "rumor says the DOT wants to require all farmers to get commercial driver's licenses to legally operate their equipment on their own property."

Wrong and un-American, by Bob Lopes for Siskiyou Daily News, posted to KBC 6/26/11. "I hope that all fair-minded citizens of Siskiyou County see that he (Craig Tucker) never addresses the damage done to king and coho salmon by the indiscriminate take of thousands and thousands of fish by the gill nets that are strung across the river by the commercial fishing operation."

To KBC from Frank Tallerico: From the Living Bible (Paraphrased) Mathew 19: 23-26
23. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "It is almost impossible for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
24. I say it again it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!"
25. This remark confounded the disciples. "Then who in the world can be saved?"
26. Jesus looked at then intently and said, "Humanly speaking no one. But with God, everything is possible."

Scientists find holes in Klamath River dam removal plan,  $1.4-billion project — dismantling four hydroelectric dams to restore Chinook salmon runs in the upper Klamath River — amounts to an experiment with no guarantee of success, independent report says. L. A Times 6/25/11.

PRESS RELEASE: Siskiyou County Water Users Association had submitted a second Coho delisting petition to delist Coho Salmon in the Klamath Basin, posted to KBC 6/25/11

Soros and liberal groups seeking top election posts in battleground states, Washington Times, posted to KBC 6/25/11
George Soros page, and his contributions to the Klamath Basin.

Craig Tucker, Myth Buster or Myth Maker? by Mark Baird, rancher, Vice President of Scott Valley Protect Our Water / POW, posted to KBC  6/25/11, followed by Tucker letter. Craig Tucker is an environmental activist trained by Green Corp, worked in dam removal campaigns as Outreach Director of Friends of the River, and is on the KBRA/Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement as a voting member presently representing the Karuk Tribe. Tucker was on the steering committee of Klamath Riverkeeper before it spun off from umbrella group Klamath Forest Alliance, and he’s presently on the board.

California Farm Bureau Federation Friday Review of bills and laws 6/24/11, posted to KBC 7/6/11

Taps were played for future of Oregon's natural resource based economy, Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett, posted to KBC 6/19/11. "Thursday in Pendleton, TAPS were played for the future of Oregon’s natural resources based economy, and the private sector jobs they sustain. The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) adopted, by Administrative Rule, new Oregon water quality standards for human toxics that are ten times more stringent than anywhere else in the United States...Compliance ...will be virtually impossible. In many situations the new standards exceed the normal background levels..."

EQC adopts Administrative Rules for Water Quality Standards in Oregon, OFS by attorney Elisabeth E Howard for Dunn Carney, posted 6/19/11

To the Dads: Happy Fathers Day! May your faith in our creator stay strong! He will guide you and keep you and keep His promises.

Sunday 6/19/11 Nehemiah 1 1-4 sent to KBC by Frank Tallerico.

California Farm Bureau Federation Friday Review of bills and laws 6/17/11

The Feds come to Orleans: focus shifts to Keno Dam and Reservoir, by Felice Pace, Klamath Blog 6/17/11. (KBC NOTE: Now that the Klamath Basin farm leaders have made a deal with the environmental groups and feds to rip out 4 Klamath River Dams with no transparency and no vote from their constituents, does it come as a surprise that those within the environmental coalitions bent on removal of dams, mining, logging and farming, are now targeting the Keno Dam which allows Klamath Basin irrigators to irrigate?)

Taking Liberty explains the agenda of "taking liberty" from U.S citizensWhere have all the jobs gone:
Karuk Tribe, conservation groups win suit against US Forest Service, Indybay 6/17/11. (KBC NOTE: Same groups, same agenda, same folks are KBRA voting members with our farm leaders.)
Oregon adopts strictest standard for toxic water pollution in the nation, The Oregonian 6/17/11 (KBC NOTE: Oregon is one of highest states of unemployment in nation)
Why were new jobs bills killed? by Oregon Senator Whitsett, posted to KBC 6/16/11
Foreclosures up 236 percent in (Oregon) state, H&N, posted to KBC 6/16/11

Judge hears water agreement arguments, KBRA validation decision delayed, H&N 6/16/11

Adjusting the ESA, Groups back species act reformation, H&N 6/16/11

Review period opens for Basin suckers, H&N 6/16/11

Fish listing affects (Klamath) Basin irrigators, H&N 6/16/11

Weekly water report, H&N 6/16/11

California Budget $1.8M Error Will Kill Gold Mining Industry, Says Gold Pan California, Former Attorney General Jerry Brown: Program Pays For Itself, Sacramento Bee/Gold Pan California, posted to KBC 6/12/11

Second biomass plant endangers air quality, H&N letter to editor by Paul Fouch, President Save Our Rural Oregon, Klamath Falls, posted to KBC 6/11/11