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Restore the Klamath. Fix the World. Klamath Restoration Council News and Information Network http://www.klamathrestoration.org/ Posted by Regina

Klamath River Update In this update: **Coming soon, the Un-dam the Klamath tour, **Toxic algae pollutes Klamath reservoirs due to dams, **KFA holiday fund-raiser for Klamath tour, Black Oak and Media Collaborative, **BLM proposes over 900,000 acres for toxic spray, **Klamath Spring and Fall Chinook runs hit all time low.

Is the Un-dam the Klamath tour is coming to your town?

The struggle to convince Pacific Power to remove the Klamath dams is coming to a head. This March Pacific Power will announce their plans for the fish-killing Klamath dams. They shocked River communities last year by announcing they had no plans for fish passage as part of their dam re-licensing process, which only occurs every 50 years.

With the Klamath Salmon on the brink of extinction (all Chinook runs are this year were at an all time low), KFA with others is planning a Un-Dam the Klamath multi-media tour with local tribes and other Klamath residents. Movies about the Klamath Salmon and other fisheries featuring rare underwater footage, a slideshow, and speakers will be aspects of this road show. Who knows? We may inspire more demonstrations at Pacific Powerís, and decision makersí offices like we did after the Portland Klamath dam night. Check out http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/09/325776.shtml or klamathforestalliance.org for more info on or photos of this colorful demonstration. Contact Regina at 541 951-0126 or southsiskiyou@riseup.net to get involved

Toxic algae is created by Klamath dams.

Studies by the Karuk tribe show these dams create toxic algae over 100 times what the World Health organization considers a moderate health risk. Health warnings on eating Klamath Salmon and recreating in reservoirs were in effect this fall and late summer due to the toxic conditions created by this alga. Alga is created by warm stagnant water, which is common behind the Klamath dams.

Donate to the Holliday Fund-raiser for the Un-Dam the Klamath tour, the Black Oak newspaper, and fighting chemical use on public land.

As many of you know the last couple of years have been very challenging for the Klamath River and itís advocates. What you may not know is that KFA has been doing all of their great work to protect the Klamath River and forest with practically no funding at all. Currently we are working to fund; a new issue of ìThe Black Oak, Environmental Justice where California meets Oregonî, a new publication, a computer for the Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative, the Un-Dam the Klamath tour, and our newly renewed Klamath River alternatives to toxics program. All this on top of our normal forest monitoring and Klamath River programs, both of which our expanding due to the current Bush administrationís war on the forests and rivers of the Klamath. More then ever we need your support. Whether you can give 5 or 5000 dollars or five hours we promise you effort will go further toward protecting the Klamath River and tributaries then you could ever dream. To give a tax deductible donation to any of these programs or projects or to help out contact Regina Chichizola at 541 951-0126 or write a check to Klamath Forest Alliance at PO Box 836, Somes Bar CA, 95568

BLM announces they want to spray up to 932,000 acres. Deadline for comments is January 9th

The Bureau of Land Management has just released its Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, which proposes to triple the herbicide spray for all their public lands in the West. They are claiming that herbicides are needed to reduce catastrophic wildfires and protect ecosystems from invasive weeds. The BLM will apply eighteen different poisons onto public land types including forests, rangelands, and aquatic areas. These applications will include a heavy aerial spraying component. The herbicides include several mobile and toxic chemicals, including known developmental and reproductive toxins. Included in the BLM proposal are herbicides that they admit put applicators at risk: 2,4-D, bromacil, chlorsulfuron, diquat, diuron, fluridone, hexazinone, teburthiruon, and triclopyr. Also included is picloram, which is no longer registered for use in California. Three of the herbicides have not even been evaluated for registration. The BLM controls millions of acres in the Klamath and Rouge River watersheds. The BLM's Draft PEIS for Herbicide Vegetation Treatments is available in electronic form at http://www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/VegEIS/. To provide written comments contact Brian Amme, Project Manager, BLM, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV 89520-0006. Comments may also be faxed to 775-861-6712, or emailed to vegeis@nv.blm.gov. Alternative C is the no herbicide use alternative. For more info go to http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/actionalert-blm-peis11-05.htm

River Update **Less then 250 Spring Chinook remain in the Klamath River KFA just helped to host the Spring Salmon Summit to address the lack of spring run Chinook in the Salmon River. The Salmon River is the last refugee for wild Spring Chinook, however there was less then 100 counted in the Salmon River this year, and less then 250 for the whole Klamath watershed. Historically the Spring Chinook numbers were between 100,000 and 1 million, with most of the run spawning above the Klamath dams. Similarly the fall run Chinook the healthier of the runs numbered at fewer than 400 fish this year. Three tribes and the entire ocean fishing community in Northern California and Southern Oregon depend on the Klamath Chinook runs, yet with the Karuk tribe alone numbered at over 4000 tribal members, it has become obvious that this years return represents the biggest environmental justice crisis in the Klamath since the Gold Rush. This years fall count is probably influenced by the death of over 68,000 Fall Chinook in the fish kill of 2002. Many say that if Spring Chinook ever return to the upper Klamath (and they could if we remove the dams), the population will have to come from the Salmon River. However it we cannot save the Salmon River Spring Chinook this dream of Bringing the Salmon Home, may never come true.

For more information on any of these stories or to donate to or volunteer for; the Klamath Forest Alliance, the Black Oak, or the Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative contact Regina at 541 951-0126 or at southsiskiyou@riseup.net.

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Klamath Restoration Council

Our mission is to restore and protect the uniquely diverse ecosystem and promote the sustainable management of natural resources in the entire Klamath River watershed. We believe this will be accomplished with actions and legislation that integrate sound and proven techniques based on tribal knowledge, local experience and the best of Western Science.

Mail: Box 214 Salmon River Outpost Somes Bar, CA 95568 Phone: 530 627 3054 Contact: Jack Ellwanger, Klamath Restoration Council Networker ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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