KWUA house committee info 071704

U.S. House Resources Committee Congressional Field Hearing in Klamath Falls Regarding The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
July 2004---Table of Contents for field hearing
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AgLifeNW Magazine, October Issue 2004, Hearing underscores need for common sense by Dan Keppen, Klamath Water Users Association Executive Director

8/27/04 KWUA Media Alert: "In the wake of a recent field hearing held in Klamath Falls, the Chairman of the House Resources Committee sends letters to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner and Assistant U.S. Interior Secretary: "

Testimony submitted to the Subcommittee on Water and Power House Resources Committee:
     Dan Keppen on behalf of KWUA
    David Carman on behalf of veteran homesteaders
   Ralph Brown on behalf of coastal fishermen
     Doug LaMalfa, California Assemblyman
     David A Vogel, Fisheries Scientist
     William Lewis Jr., recent chair of the National Research Council's Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
      Jimmy Smith, commercial fisherman and Humboldt County board of supervisors.
      Chairman Calvert's opening statement
      Alan Foreman, Klamath Tribes
      Deb Crisp, Tulelake Growers Association
      Bill Pauli, representing the California Farm Bureau Federation
      Langell Valley and Horsefly Irrigation Districts, pdf file
      Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor

Go HERE for complete notice regarding Congressional Field Hearing in Klamath Falls on July 17.

RALLY ITINERARY: 2004 House Resources Committee Field Hearing in Klamath Falls, Oregon Pre-Hearing Rally – July 17, 2004

FACT SHEET – July 17, 2004 Congressional Field Hearing, Klamath Falls, Oregon
July 9, 2004

Quotes: Congressional Leaders Stand Up for Positive Change in the Klamath Basin at July 17, 2004 Congressional Hearing

Quotes from Concerned Americans regarding the ESA July 10, 2004

FACT SHEET -- KWUA perspective on National Academy of Sciences reports posted 7/12/04

Articles and Press Releases:

AgLifeNW Magazine, October Issue 2004, Hearing underscores need for common sense by Dan Keppen, Klamath Water Users Association Executive Director

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. Thanks to Capital Press for making these electronic files available to us:
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.

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

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:

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

PRESS RELEASE: Committee Votes to Modernize Endangered Species Act, House Resource Committee July 21, 2004

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

Several news stories and an editorial that ran regarding Saturday's congressional field hearing in Klamath Falls:
"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

Hearing should highlight species act problems. H&N, July 15, 2004

Press Release: ESA Field Hearing to Include Testimony From Key Witnesses, Congressman Greg Walden, House Resource Committee, July 13, 2004

Enhance the Endangered Species Act, AgLifeNW Magazine, July 2004 issue, by Bill Kennedy. Kennedy is President of The Family Farm Alliance and The Klamath Cattlemen's Association and is Resource Manager of Lost River Ranch, LLC.

July Klamath Congressional Field Hearing – What Will Be Learned? Dan Keppen, Executive Director of the Klamath Water Users Association, talked with the NWRA about the upcoming Congressional field hearing scheduled for July 17. Below is the transcript of the June 30 interview: 7/12/04

KWUA MEDIA ADVISORY: July 17^th Congressional Field Hearing Slated for Klamath Falls: Community Leaders Plan Pre-Hearing March and Rally July 9, 2004

Location chosen for ESA hearing--U.S. Congressional Committee to hold hearing at Ross Ragland Theater July 17, H&N June 22, 2004

PRESS RELEASE: Resources Committee to hold ESA Hearing on: The Klamath Project, The Resource Committee June 21, 2004

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