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U.S. House Resources Committee Congressional Field Hearing On The Endangered Species Act -- testimonies, fact sheets, articles, press releases, letters

U.S. House Resources Committee Congressional Field Hearing On The Endangered Species Act -- testimonies, fact sheets, articles, press releases

Fish list grows crowded Herald and News 9/26/04

What do Klamath Basin wildlife refuge managers and farmers have in common? And Organic Farming is on the Rise, KBC September 25, 2004.

Klamath team prowls for new crops Capital Press 9/23/04

PRESS RELEASE: Western Caucus Members Applaud the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Designation of Critical Habitat for Bull Trout, preceeded by addendum from Congressman Greg Walden 9/22/04

BOR leads Klamath watershed-wide task to create an all encompassing committee, Pioneer Press 9/22/04.

Doak Mountain work to ease the lot of truckers, suckers, Herald and News 9/21/04

Fish screened from canal danger Herald and News 9/20/04

A farmer's last crop, The Tri-County Courier 9/15/04

Judge puts fish death trial on ice Thursday, Herald and News September 10, 2004

Klamath water storage request turns into regional diplomacy gambit September 8, 2004 The Times-Standard

Valley in Oregon may hold Klamath solution, Crescent City Triplicate September 3, 2004

Following are three opinion pieces that ran in Friday's Capital Press,  9/3/04, all addressing the July 17th congressional field hearing on Endangered Species Act implementation in the Klamath Basin:
Hearing underscores need for common sense, Capital Press by Dan Keppen, Klamath Water Users Executive Director.
No more Klamath Basins: Require sound science, Capital Press by William A. Steel, president of the National Grange.
The things that weren’t said in Klamath Basin, by Felice Pace, volunteer activist with the Klamath Forest Alliance.

Two editorials of interest follow:
1. Klamath Falls Herald and News opinion on recent visit by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland)
2. Rep. Blumenauer's response, Failure to deal with Basin problems the real threat, H&N 9/3/04
Letter from KWUA to Congressman Blumenauer re: August 26 meeting in Klamath Falls 9/1/04 followed by attachments

Mini mint still is ready for research, H&N Sept 2, 2004

Congressman's words conflict with each other, H&N 8/31/04.

3 Klamath stories: re Congressman Thompson's Klamath River briefing 8/31/04

Representative opposed to lease-land farming Herald and News 8/30/04

Fish ladder work slower than planned Herald and News 8/30/04

Letter asks for priority on Klamath water storage Herald and News August 29, 2004

Congressman Organizes Meeting On Klamath In Eureka Monday 8/25/04 eurekareporter.com

Cabbage crop faces field and market tests, 8/25/04 Herald and News

Trinity water to mean fewer dead fish? Herald and News 8/24/04

Saving water, getting good yields with irrigation technology, Capital Press 8/17/04

Smith: Bush re-election will resolve water dispute, Herald and News 8/5/04

Hardy surfaces in CDFG report, by Kehn Gibson, Staff Writer The Tri-County Courier, August 4, 2004 issue

3 opinion pieces addressing ONRC viewpoints, 8/3/04

Congressman Walden Shares Views with the NWRA on Improving Endangered Species Act, July 20, 2004

Washington Post goes off its rocker, viewpoint of H&N followed by Washington Post article August 1, 2004 Herald and News

Two years on, and no resolution is in sight, 7/29/04 by Tim Fought, editor, Herald and News

Dan Keppen, Executive Director of the Klamath Water Users Association, talked with the National Water Resources Association about the Congressional field hearing that occurred on July 17.  Below is the transcript of the July 26, 2004 interview:

The Basin and the Bay, followed by KWUA response washingtonpost.com July 28, 2004
Letter of response to Washington Post article by Norman MacLeod July 28, 2004

Don't dismiss tribal claims out of hand, Herald and News July 27, 2004

Water shortage man-made, but pick the right people, and right causes, for blame, H&N July 26, 2004. "Restored wetlands lose more water than pastures," by Dr. Doug Whitsett.

2 articles: US tribes dance to shame ScottishPower, The Guardian (UK) 7/24/04, and Remove the dams on the Klamath River, Eureka Times Standard 7/25/04

Plenty of Suckers, July 26, 2004 Herald and News Letter by James Buchal

Yanking dams to be studied - and that's good, H&N July 25, 2004

Feds, state could be next on list, Herald and News July 25, 2004

Suckers should not have been listed, July 23, 2004, Tri-County Courier

NOTICE: FWS July 21, 2004. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Revised 90-Day Petition Finding and Initiation of a 5-Year Status Review of the Lost River Sucker and Shortnose Sucker

The real suckers are the U.S. taxpayers, by James L. Buchal 7/21/04

Divided House committee advances ESA reform bills, July 22, 2004, Environment & Energy Daily

Governor stands by Basin farming, Kulongoski commits to keeping Klamath farmers in business, H&N, 7/21/04.

Klamath ESA Congressional Hearing, AgAlert California Farm Bureau 7/21/04

Committee to "Gut" and "Rollback" Endangered Species Act Tomorrow, Brian Kennedy 7/20/04.

Congressional subcommittee hearing on the ESA, 'Solutions for the ESA', July 19, 2004, by Liz Bowen, Pioneer Press, Fort Jones, California

There's good reason for governor to be here, by Dan Keppen, Herald and News viewpoints 7/18/04

Several news stories and an editorial that ran regarding Saturday's congressional field hearing in Klamath Falls: July 17 - 19.
"Hear us Out"  - Herald and News
"Opposing Viewpoints Converge" - Herald and News
"Witness by Witness - What They Said" - Herald and News
"How to Start: Walden's Crucial Question" - Herald and News Editorial Board
"House Panel Reviews Species Act" - Associated Press