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Appeals Court Delivers Victory for Clackamas River Salmon and Steelhead

For Immediate Release December 31, 2014 Contact: Lisa Brown, WaterWatch Staff Attorney: 503-295-4039 x4 John DeVoe, WaterWatch Executive Director: 503-295-4039 x1 Court of Appeals decision available here: http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/docs/A148870.pdf Appeals Court Delivers Victory for Clackamas River Salmon and Steelhead Opinion Requires State to Maintain Flows Needed for Imperiled Fish Clackamas River by Erin Barnholdt Today the Oregon […]

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After the Flood

After the Flood Dams across the United States are being decommissioned and rivers restored to their natural flow. As scientists are learning, tearing down the barriers is just the first step in returning a river to health. BY JULIET GRABLE Earth Island Journal Winter 2014 One hundred and twenty-six miles from the Pacific Ocean, in

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MERKLEY, WALDEN DELIVER CROOKED RIVER VICTORY FOR CENTRAL OREGON

For Immediate Release December 12, 2014 MERKLEY, WALDEN DELIVER CROOKED RIVER VICTORY FOR CENTRAL OREGON Bipartisan agreement will deliver greater water security and economic growth for Central Oregon WASHINGTON – This holiday season, Central Oregon will have one more reason to celebrate: In the final moments of the 113th Congress, major legislation implementing improved water

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Foreign Owned Mining Company Renews Push for Controversial Mine in Wild and Scenic Smith River Headwaters

Foreign Owned Mining Company Renews Push for Controversial Mine in Wild and Scenic Smith River Headwaters December 9, 2014 Local communities vowed continued opposition after Red Flat Nickel Corporation filed a petition with the Oregon Water Resources Department asking the agency to reconsider denial of the company’s application to withdraw water for the Cleopatra test

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Klamath Basin proposal is bad for taxpayers: Guest opinion

Klamath Basin proposal is bad for taxpayers: Guest opinion By Jim McCarthy Oregonian December 6, 2014 The Klamath River Basin and its communities need a sustainable plan to address longstanding conflicts over water. Unfortunately, the controversial and expensive Klamath agreements – currently before Congress – will not resolve these conflicts. These co-joined agreements include hundreds

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Objections to Klamath deal omitted?

Objections to Klamath deal omitted? WaterWatch of Oregon, others want objections included in formal record By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin November 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — Several Oregon groups that oppose the Klamath Basin deal pending in Congress are concerned their objections weren’t considered when members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the

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OSU researchers find Rogue, Calapooia river ecosystems recovered quickly after dams removed

OSU researchers find Rogue, Calapooia river ecosystems recovered quickly after dams removed By The Associated Press October 8, 2014 Rafters in 2009 approach the remains of the Savage Rapids Dam through 88 years of sediment build-up on the Rogue River. Scientists at Oregon State University have found that insect life quickly recovered after this dam

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Oregon biologists poised to rescue Deschutes River fish as flow drops in October near Bend

Oregon biologists poised to rescue Deschutes River fish as flow drops in October near Bend By The Oregonian October 7, 2014 A 2013 water draw down killed hundreds of fish stranded in a side channel of the Deschutes River south of Bend. An operation to rescue and relocate fish on the upper Deschutes River at

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Watershed moment

Watershed moment The U.S. and Canada prepare to renegotiate the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty. By Marshall Swearingen High Country News October 6, 2014 Salmon have not been able to pass into the upper half of the Columbia River basin since Grand Coulee Dam, above, was constructed in the 1930’s. Restoring salmon to the upper basin

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Feds release emergency water to Trinity, lower Klamath rivers after deadly parasite found in fish

Feds release emergency water to Trinity, lower Klamath rivers after deadly parasite found in fish The Times-Standard September 16, 2014 After several fish on the Lower Klamath River were confirmed on Monday to have contracted the deadly ich parasite that previously caused the massive fish die-off in 2002, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released emergency

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Rescue in the refuge

Rescue in the refuge 100 birds a day found ill or dead By LACEY JARRELL Herald & News September 2, 2014 Tracy Albro, a Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge biological technician, lifts dead ducks out of the water in Sump 1B, where the botulism outbreak first surfaced. (Photo by Lacey Jarrell) TULE LAKE — Waterfowl

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Basin water allocation tightens

Basin water allocation tightens Reservoirs drawn down to their limits by Lacey Jarrell Herald & News August 6, 2014 The intense, but brief, rain events during recent thunderstorms have done little to improve the Basin’s water outlook. Marc Spilde, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Medford, said Monday night’s showers registered .12 inches

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Diseased fish found in Klamath River

Diseased fish found in Klamath River By LACEY JARRELL Herald & News August 5, 2014 More than three-quarters of juvenile chinook salmon recently surveyed in the Klamath River are diseased, according to a report by the California-Nevada Fish Health Center. The center has examined juvenile salmon from four reaches of the Klamath River since March.

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Sen. Ron Wyden tries new legislative route for stalled Oregon timber, Klamath Basin bills

Sen. Ron Wyden tries new legislative route for stalled Oregon timber, Klamath Basin bills by Jeff Mapes The Oregonian July 31, 2014 Sen. Ron Wyden announced a new legislative gambit Thursday aimed at unsticking two key Oregon bills — dealing with timber levels in western Oregon and water issues in the Klamath Basin — that

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Drought Takes A Toll On Salmon

Drought Takes A Toll On Salmon by Lacey Jarrell Herald & News July 30, 2014 The effects of drought are trickling down to Klamath Basin fisheries. A recent survey of 90 miles of the Salmon River found 55 dead adult salmon and about 300 dead juveniles, according to Sara Borok, an environmental scientist for the

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Klamath River salmon to get fresh water after tribes pressure Bureau of Reclamation

Klamath River salmon to get fresh water after tribes pressure Bureau of Reclamation By The Associated Press August 22, 2014 The Trinity River flowing below the Lewiston Dam outside Lewiston, Calif. (Photo by Jeff Barnard) A federal agency has decided to boost releases of cool clean water into Northern California’s Klamath River to prevent a

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Mining foes speak

Mining foes speak Public has 2 weeks to weigh in on strip mining in watershed by Adam Spencer The Triplicate June 30, 2014 The Oregon Water Resources Department is accepting public comment until July 8 on an application to use surface water for exploratory drilling in the North Fork Smith River watershed with the intent of operating

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Oregon Water Resources Commission Upholds Order Against McKenzie River Water Speculators

For Immediate Release June 4, 2014 Oregon Water Resources Commission Upholds Order Against McKenzie River Water Speculators Another Victory for McKenzie River and WaterWatch McKenzie River Photo by Tracey Adams On May 29th, the Oregon Water Resources Commission upheld a final order denying the Willamette Water Company’s controversial application for a permit to withdraw 34

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Stakeholders tout Klamath basin deal

Stakeholders tout Klamath basin deal Comprehensive agreement shares burden of water shortage, repairing ecosystem By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin June 4, 2014 WASHINGTON — The water-sharing deal for the Klamath River Basin under consideration by the U.S. Senate could be a model for other Western states facing water shortages, stakeholders said Tuesday. After decades of

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Basin water bill goes before Senate

Basin water bill goes before Senate Legislation introduced to make agreements reality By LACEY JARRELL Herald & News May 22, 2014 The much-anticipated Klamath Basin water bill aimed at resolving decades-old water disputes in the Basin was introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday. The proposed law was introduced Wednesday by Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and

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Senators introduce Klamath Basin agreement bill

Senators introduce Klamath Basin agreement bill Legislation formalizes stakeholder agreement on water usage By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin May 22, 2014 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from Oregon and California introduced legislation in the Senate on Wednesday that formalizes the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement struck last month. Under the deal, users above Upper Klamath Lake agree

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WaterWatch of Oregon Statement on Oregon Supreme Court Opinion in Noble v. ODFW

For Immediate Release May 15, 2014 WaterWatch of Oregon Statement on Oregon Supreme Court Opinion in Noble v. ODFW A Win for Salmon and Steelhead In a decision critical to native migratory fish across Oregon, the Oregon Supreme Court reaffirmed the importance of fish passage at dams across the state. The court’s decision in the case of

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Elk Creek lands will open as park

Elk Creek lands will open as park Elk Creek lands will become park with swimming holes, seven miles of trails By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune May 14, 2014 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers natural resource specialist Justin Stegall walks across a newly constructed bridge into the Elk Creek project area Tuesday. About seven miles of

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Report Charts Path to More Secure Water Supply for Klamath Refuges

For Immediate Release May 5, 2014 Report Charts Path to More Secure Water Supply for Klamath Refuges New Options Could Prevent Future Bird Die-Offs, Restore Essential Wildlife Habitat in Chronically Water-Starved Wetlands Online Version of Report Available Here High Resolution Version Available Here Letter to Interior Secretary Jewell and USFWS Director Ashe The Klamath leaselands

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