Forum to discuss dam removal process on Klamath River

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=309051

Reader, fwd: "Final nail in the coffin for one of America's Breadbaskets"

Posted By: hobie [Send E-Mail]
Date: Thursday, 29-May-2014 02:41:17

(Thanks, T.

Reader T. writes and sends us:

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Hobie, can you post? Everyone needs to know where their food has gone . . .

The grand finale of Klamath Basin farmers of southern OR and northern CA. They owned the only “deeded” water rights in the nation, given to WWI and WWII veterans in perpetuity to homestead the area. They were a breadbasket of food production. Their water was stolen at gunpoint by the Bureau of Reclamation in 2001. The group behind it is Trout Unlimited. This theft was a first in the nation, to test the waters, so to speak, to steal water. It’s a sad, sad, sad day, and this breaks my heart.

Jacqui is one of the few still remaining farmers. Most declared bankruptcy long ago as “negotiations” to steal their water were underway. She’s been a good and tireless warrior for the past 13 years.

More info about the history and theft: http://watching-the-watchers.com/greens/trout-unlimited-wall-street-banks-energy-giants.html. Jim Beers, referenced below, used to be with the Forest Service (I believe that’s the right agency) and he woke up to what they were doing. Think he’s a biologist. In the vote for the final agreement (KBRA), the irrigators weren’t even allowed to vote.

T

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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:05 AM
To: kbc@klamathbasincrisis.org
Subject: VIDEO -KBRA dam removal activists strategize..voting stakeholder Tucker explains dam removal strategy including Keno Dam, Jim Beers Video on wolves

KBC News

Video, and transcribed quotes from Klamath In the Balance, Forum to discuss dam removal process on Klamath River. The stated purpose was to bring all the conflicting Indian Tribes and environmental groups together with the common goal of destroying the Klamath River Dams.

Green Corps trained activist, a founder of Klamath Riverkeeper, and negotiator for the Karuk Tribe as voting stakeholder on the KBRA, Craig Tucker: "we worked with the Klamath Project irrigators, the enemies of the tribes since those guys showed up; we did work out a water sharing agreement. ...We did not solve all the problems in the Klamath Basin with these agreements. We did not get rid of all the farmers, we did not rebuild all the wetlands, but we do pull off the biggest dam removal in the history of the world...and if we're still gonna deal with water quality issues at Keno, at the end of the day, I can guarantee the Karuk Tribe and Craig Tucker will be in the front seat dealing with that next." (KBC NOTE: that refers to destroying the Keno Dam, which provides water to the Klamath Project irrigators). KBC NEWS reminder: In the KBRA: hydro dam destruction is permanent. Destruction of fish hatcheries is permanent. $45 million plus land gift to the Klamath Tribes is permanent. Downsizing agriculture is permanent. Mandate of no water storage may be used by irrigators is permanent. However any benefits to the farmers in the KBRA end in 50 years, but, as detailed in this video, any benefits are superseded by the ESA, Clean Water Act and Biological Opinions.

VIDEO: Wolves and the Environmental Species Act - Jim Beers, in Dorris, California May 2014, filmed by Robert Exter.

http://www.klamathbasincrisis.org/

Sounds like "rewilding" under Agenda 21.