Coastal Salmon Season Closure
Fishermen and Farmers working together for solutions
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Klamath farmers and ranchers support the coastal salmon fishermen; Please Donate to the fishermen! 

"The Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) has obvious concern about the decision of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) with regard to the 2006 Salmon Harvest. We see the severe restriction of the 2006 fishing season as devastating an action as shutting off the Klamath Irrigation Project in 2001. The benefits are debatable and unknown, but the adverse impacts on people and communities are assured...KWUA has had the position that regulators should take all possible steps to provide a justifiable fishery for the short and long-term." Steve Kandra, KWUA President, 2006

Disaster Declaration Bills and Letters
Family Farm Alliance Applauds Fish Declaration  8/11/06
Commerce Department Declares Commercial Fishery Failure for Coastal Oregon and California PRESS RELEASE: Department of Commerce 8/10/06
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Declaration Concerning the Klamath River Fall Chinook Salmon Fishery, THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Washington. D.C. 20230, July 6, 2006
*KWUA letter to Dept of Commerce supporting fisheries disaster declaration, 4/25/06

*Congressman Thompson Bill pdf. 4/21/06
* Smith Wyden Salmon Disaster Bill pdf 4/28/06

*KWUA News Release regarding Thompson Bill, 4/25/06
Disaster Declaration Bills and Letters cont.
Fisheries Disaster Declaration by Senator Doug Whitsett, Oregon District 28, 8/15/06
“Fishermen and Farmers Can Coexist, and We Will Coexist”, by Dan Keppen, Executive Director Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon 8/15/06
* KWUA letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committees regarding Salmon Commercial Fishery Failure Emergency Funding, 12/1/06
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Letters Regarding Coastal Salmon Harvest Closure

*KWUA: Pacific Fisheries Management Council Decision on Salmon Harvest
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etter by the Coos County Board of Commissioners to Oregon representatives regarding Klamath River, fishermen, farmers, salmon and dams, 4/3/06

Klamath Basin irrigators' and Coastal Fishermen's views/articles regarding salmon season closure, Klamath Fisheries Task Force, media attacks and solutions:

* Federal fisheries managers prescribe final 2007 salmon quotas, 4/6/2007 The Eureka Reporter
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This year's windy forecast calls for a lot of salmon,  April 1, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle
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Chinook salmon season looks brighter, council says, 2/16/2007 The Oregonian
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Salmon numbers better than expected, February 7, 2007 By Susan Chambers
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California Seals, sea lions may endanger state's fisheries, Glen Martin, San Francisco Chronicle January 15, 2007
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Utility defends Klamath River hatchery; PacifiCorp says hatchery helps salmon runs, by Steve Kadel, Herald and News 1/19/07
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Trollers renew push for federal aid,  January 6, 2007, The World Link
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Salmon rule gets preliminary OK, Managers aim for Klamath River flexibility, Herald and News 11/18/06
* Five years after crisis, needs remain,
Herald and News by Steve Kadel 11/5/06
* Fishermen, farmers agree on ideas for Klamath River fixes,
by Susan Chambers, October 23, 2006 The World Link
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Farmers and Fishermen met in Merrill, by Senator Doug Whitsett, Oregon District  #28, October 23, 2006
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Coalition pushes for storage; Fishermen, farmers want to give Congress a unified message, by Steve Kadel Herald and News 10/22/06
* Talks follow fishery failure proclamation by Susan Chambers, TheWorldLink.Com August 11, 2006
* Governors to meet for Klamath water summit by Ty Beaver, Herald and News 10/13/06
* “Fishermen and Farmers Can Coexist, and We Will Coexist”, by Dan Keppen, Executive Director Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon 8/15/06
* Fisheries Disaster Declaration by Senator Doug Whitsett, Oregon District 28, 8/15/06
* Congressman Walden calls for Klamath River Basin Summit, Letter 7/14/06
* Oregon Salmon Commission Tours the Klamath Project
by Jacqui Krizo, Klamath Courier  7/12/06
* PRESS RELEASE: KWUA applauds Secretary of Commerce Announcement, KWUA July 7, 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: Gutierrez Announces Klamath River "Fishery Resource Disaster," Immediate Steps to Help Fishing Communities, Department of Commerce July 6, 2006
* Wyden blocks major fisheries legislation, Wyden News Release 6/6/06
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Farmers, fishermen find common ground, Herald and News June 5, 2006
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Kulongoski tells trollers he's working on aid, The Oregonian, by Peter Sleeth 6/3/06
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Farmers, fishermen pursue alliance, by Steve Kadel, Herald and News June 2, 2006
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Fishermen decimated, farmers help, enviros blame, and Kulongoski offers welfare list
6/2/06 by Jacqui Krizo, KBC
* As I See It - Wanna have some fun?  Let's kick a fisherman when he's down, by Pat Ratliff, Klamath Courier May 31, 2006
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Senator Whitsett’s May Newsletter regarding fisheries closure, fishermen and farmers meeting, May 30, 2006
* Fishermen not the only ones feeling the pinch without a salmon season, by Susan Chambers, The World Link May 27, 2006
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THE COASTAL FISHERY CRISIS - Stop finger-pointing on the Klamath Basin, The Oregonian Opinion by Greg Addington, KWUA Executive Director, and Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance Executive Director 5/16/06
* Irrigators make their case, by Steve Kadel, Herald and News July 6, 2006
* Farmers, fishermen discover common ground on Klamath, by Susan Chambers, Staff Writer Thursday, May 4, 2006 
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Senator Whitsett in Coos Bay with fishermen and farmers, Letter by Senator Doug Whitsett May 3, 2006
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Politics, agendas cloud SF fisherman’s rally, by Pat Ratliff, Klamath Courier 5/3/06
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Hatchery salmon case heard in federal court by William McCall, AP 5/2/06
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Spring run of chinook could be worst ever by Hal Bernton, Seattle Times 4/29/06
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Deja Moo - The same BS all over again by Pat Ratliff, Klamath Courier 4/15/06
* Salmon regulations hearing scheduled, Eureka Reporter 4/15/2006
* Fishery council calls for removal of dams, Bob Krauter, Capital Press California Editor  4/14/2006
* Exclusive   A chat with the folks on the coast; by Pat Ratliff, Klamath Courier April 12, 2006
* KWUA response to media accusations directed at the Klamath Project RE: Potential Salmon Season Closure, 3/20/06
* There’s Something Fishy in the Media.by Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance Executive Director March 2006
* Nature, Not Man, is Responsible for West Coast Salmon Decline, by John Carlisle, July 1999
* Coastal Fishermen meet with Klamath Water Users, What happened to Klamath River salmon? by Jacqui Krizo, Klamath Courier Reporter 1/25/06
* Where did the federal Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force money go?  10/23/05 column by Siskiyou County Supervisor District 5 Marcia Armstrong

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