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POSTPONED – Working Session on the Organizational Structure
for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Implementation Program
PRESS RELEASE:
Bureau of Reclamation 11/27/06
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POSTPONED – Working Session on the Organizational Structure for the Klamath
River Basin Conservation Implementation Program
The Bureau of Reclamation announces that the Klamath River Basin
Conservation Implementation Program (CIP) Working Session, originally
scheduled for December 6-7, 2006, in Medford, Oregon, has been postponed.
Klamath Basin stakeholders are currently engaged in ongoing discussions and
negotiations related to the restoration of the Klamath River fishery, and
Reclamation recognizes that each day in December is critical to those
talks. In support of these continuing discussions, Reclamation is
postponing the CIP working session until early spring 2007. Reclamation
hopes this postponement will help contribute to the success of the ongoing
discussions and negotiations. Postponement will also provide stakeholders
with time to review the organizational structure being proposed as the
framework for coordinated stakeholder-driven, basin-wide restoration.
The CIP is a mechanism by which participants will work together to restore
the Klamath River Basin ecosystem; further fulfill tribal trust
responsibilities of the Federal Government; allow continued, sustainable use
of water; and foster lasting partnerships between Governments and private
stakeholders. When rescheduled, the primary objective of the working
session will be to gain agreement on the proposed organizational structure
and 1st-year goals for implementing the CIP. The CIP is intended to
coordinate conservation and restoration efforts throughout the Klamath River
Basin and provide technical and funding resources to achieve Basin ecosystem
restoration and water management goals. Additional information on the CIP
is available at
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/CIP/index.html. If you encounter problems
accessing documents online, please contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at
916-978-5102 or lwirth@mp.usbr.gov.
Questions may be directed to Ms. Christine Karas, Deputy Area Manager,
Klamath Basin Area Office, Reclamation, at 541-883-6935 or
ckaras@mp.usbr.gov.
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