Hardy process constrained, flawed

Fact Sheet The process leading to the draft Hardy Phase II report was severely constrained and flawed by exclusion of other expertise, stakeholders, and knowledgeable individuals.
April 2003
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"I arrived at the Klamath In Stream Flow Study Work Group meeting, to which the Klamath Water Users Association had been extended an invitation by Mr. Mike Rode of California Department of Fish and Game, only to be turned away by Mr. Doug Tedrick of the Bureau of Indian Affairs….Prior to being asked to leave the meeting, I noticed that the National Marine Fisheries Service…California Department of Fish and Game…Karuk Tribe….U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service….and the Bureau of Indian Affairs…each had representatives in the meeting room (with Dr. Hardy) "

Keith Marine, Natural Resources Scientists, Inc.
11/6/00 Letter to Klamath Water Users Association

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"We cannot regard (Hardy Phase II) as the best available science for in-stream flows. There is no independent peer review or presentation and discussion of such peer review for this specific report and its recommendations. The Technical Team is not an adequate peer review source since they have played a role in development of the recommendations."

Richard D. Barnum, Siskiyou County Planning Director
2/28/02 Letter to Doug Tedrick, Bureau of Indian Affairs

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"I recommend that we not get into detailed criticism of this report and methods. Doing so only helps BOR and the water buffaloes….simply accept his flows with a little modification and move ahead…

"….the methods and modifications generally are not approved for use in California."

Comments by California Department of Fish and Game Reviewer of the Draft Hardy Phase I Report

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Clearly, much more work needs to be accomplished to rectify the mistakes made in the Phase II process. To date, technical input to stakeholders involved with the Phase II process by outside experts and other stakeholders has not been welcomed. Until that obstacle is overcome, it will be difficult to develop a more comprehensive and objective assessment of habitat needs for anadromous salmonids in the Klamath River.

Klamath Water Users Association
2455 Patterson Street, Suite 3
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603
Phone (541) 883-6100
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