today
8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza
read >9:30 a.m. Discovery Walk: Unknown Waterfront See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Manila Dunes Restoration Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Manila Dunes Guided Walk Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Library Book Sale Humboldt County Library
read >10 a.m. Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Folk Art Sale Private Eureka home
read >10 a.m. Final Arcata Farmer's Market Arcata Farmers' Market (off the plaza)
read >11 a.m. Donlin Foreman Dance Workshop Dell'Arte
read >2 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Draft Trails Plan Walk Stamps House
read >5 p.m. Bati Zado and Show Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Ali Chaudhary (jazz duo) Libation
read >6:30 p.m. Not Evil, Just Wrong Humboldt Area Foundation
read >7 p.m. Guitar Stan (country) Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >8 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
read >8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse
read >8 p.m. A Christmas Carol North Coast Repertory Theater
read >8 p.m. Donna Landry Swing Dance Moose Lodge
read >8 p.m. North Coast Wind Ensemble Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU
read >8:30 p.m. The Last Minute Men (international) Cafe Mokka
read >9 p.m. Ian McFeron Band (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. The Michael Paul Band WAVE @ blue lake casino
read >9 p.m. The Generatorz (classic rock) Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Taxi Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. VJ Itchie Fingaz Pearl Lounge
read >9 p.m. Jack Ruby Presents + Blue Street + Acufunkture (DIY rock) Jambalaya
read >9 p.m. 2nd Annual Scorpio Bash The Red Fox Tavern
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. Jemimah Puddleduck (rock) Humboldt Brews
read >10 p.m. White Manna + Midday Veil + The King Salmon Duo (rock) Jambalaya
read >11 p.m. Radio Moscow (psychadelic blues) + Mosquito Bandito (one-man surf/garage) The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
Oct. 22, 2009
Papered Over
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No Settlement
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read >Oct. 8, 2009
Dancan't
Editor: The North Coast Journal did a good job last ...
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The Fishes’ Guarantee
By North Coast Journal Readers
Editor:
Hank Sims’ excellent article on the current state of the Klamath Settlement negotiations was well informed, though not correct on every detail (“The Klamath Settlement,” Oct. 8). Nor was the recent letter by Greg King (Oct. 15). As the commercial fishing industry’s lead negotiator, perhaps I can shed some light.
In particular, the frequent assertion that the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) “guarantees water for farmers but not for fish” is simply incorrect. Under Oregon law, for more than 93 years, the Bureau of Reclamation’s access to upper basin water has been guaranteed — fish getting only what is left over.
The KBRA changes that by “capping” this unlimited Bureau water right, reducing by up to 100,000 acre-feet the water the Bureau’s farmers get each year, and developing an additional 130,000 acre-feet of storage. Putting up to 230,000 additional acre-feet of water back into the river is no small benefit. And the fish get this water first, not last.
Second, Greg King’s fears that somehow the KBRA “subverts the Endangered Species Act” are also groundless. No mere contract can amend or override an act of Congress. ESA-mandated minimum flows will still be required.
In the end, it is better to try a new future direction than to do nothing and perpetuate water conflicts that hurt tribes, fish, farmers or coastal communities nearly every year.
Glen Spain, Eugene, Ore.
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