With Congress home for the holidays and hope of legislation to enact the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement coming before the Dec. 31 deadline evaporated, stakeholders will gather for a conference call Monday. But don’t expect another extension or a unified path forward. “No,” said Karuk Tribe Natural Resources Policy Advocate Craig Tucker. “Pretty much, the […]
Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement
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Draft Klamath Legislation Drops Dam Removal, Includes ‘Poison Pill’ Land Giveaways
Oregon Congressman Greg Walden released a draft of long and eagerly anticipated Klamath legislation Thursday but it quickly drew the ire of local stakeholders. Legislation is desperately needed to salvage the historic 2010 Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, which saw diverse stakeholders come together in a compromise aimed at resolving the decades-long Klamath water crisis and […]
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Yurok Tribe no Longer Supports Klamath River Agreement
NOTE: This post was updated with comment from Huffman. The Yurok Tribe has announced it will withdraw its support of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, the massive, multi-agency restoration plan originally signed in 2010 that’s sat untouched by Congress for the last five years. The Karuk Tribe and Oregon Klamath Tribes will also withdraw at […]