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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A Klamath Falls judge denied a request Tuesday to keep the state of Oregon from shutting off irrigation water in the upper Klamath Basin.
That leaves intact a state decision recognizing the senior water rights of the Klamath Tribes.
The water-rights decision came down this spring, as drought began to sap the water supplies in the high-desert basin.
The tribes have used their water rights to protect threatened fish, and state workers have been shutting […]
Continue reading Judge upholds Klamath Tribes’ water rights
Joe S Whitworth
Head of nation’s first water trust; American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow
Posted: 06/19/2013 6:16 pm
Not clear how many HuffPosters go Biblical, but this one fits. With a fresh backdrop of unprecedented forest fires in the West, ferocious storms along the Eastern Seaboard (tornadoes attacking elsewhere), alternating drought and flood in the country’s interior wreaking havoc on the Mississippi and the next of many rounds on its way, you can almost […]
Continue reading Reaping the Whirlwind: Water War Along the California-Oregon Border
Klamath Basin water users are testifying before a Senate committee in D.C. Thursday.
The Klamath Water Users Association represents farmers and ranchers in the basin and is hoping a senate committee will help get the water turned back on for ranchers.
Greg Addington with the association is testifying today, and representing 42 interested parties.
There’s been a long running struggle in the basin to ensure everyone gets enough water in the dry months.
Addington says irrigators need to be part […]
Continue reading Klamath water fight goes to Washington
June 11th, 2013 | Category: Bolivia, United Nations | The Oregonian
Doug Bectel
June 10, 2013
he Klamath Tribes and the federal government called their water rights in southern Oregon’s Klamath Basin for the first time Monday, likely cutting off irrigation water to hundreds of cattle ranchers and farmers in the upper basin this summer.
The historic calls come after Oregon set water rights priorities earlier this year in the basin, home to one of the nation’s most persistent water wars. Drought […]
Continue reading Klamath tribes, feds call in water rights
By Daniel L. Timmons
May 23, 2013
After rejecting revisions to Oregon’s water quality standards last year, a federal court has now approved two related settlements reached among EPA, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), and an environmental group that effectively amend the existing standards. Under the new rules, Oregon regulators will no longer have flexibility to deviate from statewide numeric maximum temperature criteria, even for streams that naturally supported healthy salmon populations despite temperatures exceeding the numeric […]
Continue reading Stricter Water Quality Standards for Temperature May Be Coming to Oregon
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times
May 7, 2013
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River’s most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast.
Now, one of the nation’s fiercest water wars is on the verge of erupting again.
New water rights have given a group of Oregon Indian tribes an upper hand […]
Continue reading Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:00 By Alissa Bohling, Truthout
The people of economically depressed Cascade Locks, Oregon, are divided about a proposal by Nestle to go into business with the city to extract spring water from its cherished watershed, bringing jobs and sorely needed revenue.
Nestle Water North America’s makeshift office in Cascade Locks, Oregon, is two doors down from the post office. Most people on their way to get their mail on a […]
Continue reading Just Say No to Multinationals? For Rural Communities, It’s Not Always That Simple
Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 (PST)
A Portland-based federal judge on Wednesday signed an agreement between The Northwest Environmental Advocates and the federal government that requires more rigorous oversight of Oregon’s setting of water temperature standards for the state’s rivers and streams.
The agreement, between the NWEA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, comes after the court ruled in favor of NWEA’s challenge to numerous aspects of Oregon’s water quality standards under the Clean Water Act and the Endangered […]
Continue reading Judge Signs Agreement Requiring EPA To Get Tougher On Oregon’s Water Temperature Standards For Fish
Associated Press April 4, 2013
GRANTS PASS — Two conservation groups warned federal agencies Thursday they plan to sue to get more water devoted to protected salmon in the Klamath River.
Oregon Wild and WaterWatch of Oregon filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue. They object to a new water management plan for a federal irrigation project that straddles the Oregon-California border south of Klamath Falls, saying […]
Continue reading Conservation groups to file lawsuit over Klamath River water flow
New York Times
By ADAM LIPTAK
March 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that logging companies and forestry officials in Oregon were not required to obtain permits from the Environmental Protection Agency for storm-water runoff from logging roads.
The decision was a blow to conservationists who had used the […]
Continue reading Justices Back Loggers in Water Runoff Case
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