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PORTLAND, Ore.— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld an Oregon law restricting motorized gold mining in sensitive salmon streams. In 2017 Oregon passed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (S.B. 3) to protect water quality and fish habitat across the state from damaging suction dredge mining.
“The court correctly ruled that states can protect water quality and wild fish from harmful motorized mining,” said Pete Frost with the Western Environmental Law Center. “This decision supports […]
Continue reading Court Upholds Oregon’s Right to Protect Water, Fish From Destructive River Mining
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a final certification for the removal of the J.C. Boyle Dam on the Klamath River, according to a press release received Monday from Klamath River Renewal Corporation.
The ODEQ determined removing the dam, located in Klamath County, would improve water quality on the river, restore a more “free-flowing condition” and have long-term benefits for fish populations, according to the press release.
The J.C. Boyle Dam is one […]
Continue reading Oregon issues approval to remove J.C. Boyle Dam on the Klamath River
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for refusing to recognize that ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel pollution is impairing waterways in Oregon.
Today’s filing notes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to fulfill its requirement under the Clean Water Act to identify waters impaired by ocean acidification so that they can then be subject to pollution controls and other mitigation measures.
Shellfish and […]
Continue reading Lawsuit Launched Over Federal Failure to Address Ocean Acidification in Oregon
SALEM — Marion County Judge Claudia M. Burton on Monday ruled in favor of the Klamath Irrigation District (KID) by urging the Oregon Water Resources Department to make a determination on the distribution of water in Upper Klamath Lake.
The case stems from a request by KID earlier this year of the state water agency to regulate the water in the lake, a request that KID officials and legal counsel said was not acknowledged.
“The response […]
Continue reading Judge urges state to act on Upper Klamath Lake water distribution
After years of surveys and beach cleanups, microplastics data collected at Fort Stevens State Park and Crescent Beach near Ecola State Park will be at the forefront of an environmental group’s push to influence state policy.
The Center for Biological Diversity, a West Coast nonprofit, is submitting data from several Oregon beaches to the state Department of Environmental Quality in an attempt to list the nearby water as contaminated.
“If the beach is contaminated, there’s good reason to believe the […]
Continue reading Environmental group to use North Coast microplastics data to push for water quality standards
July 22nd, 2018 | Category: California, Featured Posts, Groundwater, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Rights of Nature, Southern Oregon, Surface Water, United States | By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle
TULELAKE, Calif. — As one of the tensest fights for water in the West closes in, residents in this town along the rural California-Oregon border are moving out.
The sidewalks are emptier. The downtown is a ghostly strip of vacant storefronts, struggling lunch spots and liquor stores. The highway nearby is flanked by abandoned silos and crumbling produce warehouses.
The Klamath River has run low, and the economic fallout of a water […]
Continue reading Water war along California-Oregon border pits growers against tribes
Oregon’s problems with blue-green algae have spread to another lake. State officials have issued a health advisory for Upper Klamath Lake. It’s in southern Oregon, west of Klamath Falls.
Toxins from blue-green algae can be harmful to humans and animals.
In the affected areas of Klamath Lake, visitors should avoid swimming and activities such as water skiing or power boating. Toxins are not absorbed through the skin, but people with skin sensitivities may experience a puffy red rash at the […]
Continue reading Health Advisory Issued For Upper Klamath Lake Due To Algae Bloom
The Oregon Health Authority has identified 41 water systems in the state at risk for toxic algae blooms similar to those responsible for Salem’s drinking water advisory.
The systems include cities, businesses, schools and various water districts that draw from surface waters with a history of algae blooms.
Most draw from the same Oregon river basins: the Rogue, Umpqua, Clackamas, McKenzie, Santiam and upper Willamette.
The state’s increased focus on algal toxins comes in […]
Continue reading State identifies dozens of systems at risk for toxic algae blooms
May 29th, 2018 | Category: Columbia River, Featured Posts, Legal, News, Oregon, Protection, Rights of Nature, Surface Water, United States, Washington | MAY 28, 2018, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Talks are scheduled to begin this week in Washington, D.C., to modernize the document that coordinates flood control and hydropower generation in the United States and Canada along the 1,200-mile Columbia River.
Northwest politicians have been pushing for years to renegotiate the Columbia River Treaty between the two countries. The lawmakers are particularly keen to eliminate a so-called “Canadian […]
Continue reading Talks to revise the Columbia River Treaty with Canada to begin Tuesday
May 28th, 2018 | Category: Bottled Water, California, Featured Posts, Groundwater, Legal, Nestlé, News, Privatization, Protection, Surface Water, United States | Jane Braxton Little High Country News
May 28, 2018
Mount Shasta reigns over Siskiyou County, a commanding presence even when cloaked in clouds. The snow on its flanks percolates into a vast underground aquifer of volcanic tunnels and bubbling springs. Steeped in legend and celebrated for its purity, Shasta water is almost as mysterious as its namesake California mountain. Little is known about how much is actually stored there or how it moves through […]
Continue reading Below Mt. Shasta, a fight burbles over bottled water
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