House Natural Resources Committee Hearing entitled 'Crisis of Confidence,' regarding Vice President Cheney and the Klamath River Salmon Die-off of 2004
Washington D.C. July 31, 2007, table of contents regarding hearing
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Articles and Commentaries

Science clears Cheney in Klamath salmon die-off, by Jerry Reynolds, Indian Country Today, August 3, 2007

"Crisis of Confidence" Hearing Highlights, by Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance Executive Director 8/3/07

Hearing Fails To Link Klamath Fish Kill To VP Cheney, August 16, 2007 House, NW Fishletter #235

Testimony

Testimony of Dr. William Lewis before the U.S. House of Representatives, House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, July 31, 2007.  Dr. Lewis was Chair of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin (“Klamath Committee”) between 2002 and 2004.

Testimony of Congressman Greg Walden before the House Natural Resources Committee Oversight “Crisis of Confidence:  The Political Influence of the Bush Administration on Agency Science and Decision-Making," July 31, 2007

Pre-hearing Information on Klamath

July 31 House Natural Resources Hearing Info Packet Includes:

  • Event Timeline
  • Settlement Group
  • National Academy of Science Report
  • Inspector General Responds to Senator Kerry
  • Conservation Efforts
  • 2002 Fish Die-Off

Background Documents

  • Letter – Senator John Kerry asking Department of the Interior Inspector General Earl Devaney to investigate political influence in the Klamath water crisis (August 6, 2003)
  • Letter – Response from Inspector General Devaney addressing Senator John Kerry’s concerns (March 1, 2004)
  • Summary – 2003 National Academy of Sciences final report on the situation in the Klamath Basin
  • Testimony before the Natural Resources Committee – Dr. William M. Lewis, former chairman of the Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin (National Research Council National Academy of Sciences), and professor of environmental science (July 31, 2007)

Letters of Support

  • Klamath Settlement Group Press Release (July 24, 2007)
  • Agriculture Community Alliance (July 26, 2007)
  • Klamath Project Farmers-Coastal Fisherman Alliance (July 25, 2007)
  • Washington Farm Bureau (July 25, 2007)

House Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing entitled "Crisis of Confidence July 31, summary and witness list by Congressman Walden

Farmer Klamath support to the Natural Resource committee, 6/26/07

Washington Farm Bureau Support for Klamath Project, 7/25/07

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