Update Subjects
                     2005            
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November 11, 2005
* 2006 Mid Pacific Conference Slated
* BOR Submits Storage Report to Congress
* High Country News Misses the Mark
* Conservation Awards Given
* Johanns urged to Overhaul Farm Bill
* Natural Gas Prices Hitting Farmers Hard
* Quotable

Sept. 23, 2005 
* Walden Announcement in Klamath
* ESA Legislation Moves out of   Committee
* Klamath Horseradish
* KWUA Annual Meeting
* Quote of the Week

Weekly Update June 17, 2005
*Fall Intern Positions Available with The Water Leadership Program
*New ESA Presentation Available Online
*NOAA Fisheries Issues New Hatchery Policy, Reviews ESA Listings
*Spill Plan May Dry Up
*New State Director of Rural Development
*Energy Subcommittee Studies Effects of Wildlands Project Land Grab

Weekly Update June 10, 2005
* Oregon Rate Mitigation Legislation
* Senator Whitsett Sets the Record Straight with ONRC
* Fishermen and Farmers Ratify Cooperative Agreement
* Farmers, New Fishing Group to Work on Water Together
* Williamson River Fish Counting Weir
* Congressmen Urge Administration Appeal of Salmon Ruling

Weekly Update May 27, 2005
* Kwua meets Trollers
* PCFFA
* Rainfall and Drought
* USGS Survey on Water Bank
* Power
* Buffett Buys PacifiCorp
* New Rule on Endangered Species

Weekly Update for May 13, 2005
*USGS Report
*President Bush to Nominate Mark Limbaugh
*Roadless Rules
*KWUA Radio Spot Changed
*Wyoming Looks For Ways to Keep More Water
*FERC Modifies Policy on Income Tax Allowances
*Legislators Among Groups Marked for Increased Funds as Ax Falls on Environmental Programs

Weekly Update for May 6, 2005
* EA Supports Chiloquin Dam Removal
* Fiscal Year 2005 Water 2025 Grants Announced
* Thompson asks for Klamath Salmon Disaster Declaration
* ESA Field Hearing a Success
* Clean Water Act Legislation Introduced.
* Congress Approves $ 3 Billion Ag Cut
* Bill Would Reward Land Sales to New Farmers
* House Subcommittee Hears Accounts of ESA's Impacts on Power Production in the Northwest
*'Extinct' Woodpecker Shows up in Arkansas
* Water Optimizer may help farmers

Weekly Update for April 29, 2005
* Pombo Fires Back at Critics Report on Species Act
* Bay Area Environmentalists Increasingly Targeting Pombo
* Ninth Circuit Says Environmental Activists Must Prove Harm To Species, Not Just Allege
* Powerful U.S. Farm Groups Take Action To Re-Open Trade with Canada
* Restoring the Land

Weekly Update for April 22, 2005
* Judge Recommends Dismissing Suit Vs PacifiCorp
* Eastside Landowners Water Woes Confirmed
* Pombo Addresses ESA
* NEPA Field Hearing
* Smith, Wyden Announce Support for National Drought Preparedness Act
* Council steers away from Trinity water shift
* Feds 'clarify' Trinity water request
* Refreshing News…

Weekly Update for April 15, 2005       
* Klamath Irrigators and Commercial Fishermen Meet
* Former KWUA exec testifies before Congress
* Refuge expansion proposed
*Wyden launches online list of drought resources
* Editorial supports funding for research and extension

Weekly Update for April 8, 2005
* Greetings from new Executive Director
*  KWUA on the radio
*  Drought forum held
*  Oregon Legislators to hold Klamath Town Hall Meeting
*  Task Force to study NEPA

Weekly Update for April 1, 2005
* Clear Lake water users may go dry
* Takings hearing draws interest
* Definition of 'ditch' is muddy at best
* Salmon harvest of Klamath stocks limited
* Klamath River Water Temperature Trends unrelated to Main-stem water availability
* Beaver support: editorial opinion of the tribune

Weekly Update for March 25, 2005
*   Video Presentation of Takings Hearing
*  Upper Klamath Lake elevation
*  US Senator Gordon Smith recently introduced the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act. 
*  Oregon Governor Kulongoski calls for Public to join water conservation and fire prevention efforts.
*  Oregon Department of Agriculture has posted resources and information for drought-related concerns on their website:
*  New California legislation would relieve farmers of some of the costs associated with checking for polluted discharge.
*  Justice Dept. Says ESA Law 'Pretty Much Inoperable'

Weekly Update for March 18, 2005
*  KWUA Representatives attend Klamath Falls Public Utility Commission "Open House
*  Pacific Northwest delegation defeats rate hike
*  Dan Keppen named as Executive Director of Family Farm Alliance
* Watermaster fees rise
* Pacific Lumber Company: headwaters deal center of dispute

Weekly Update for March 11, 2005
* Bureau of Reclamation Area Manager Dave Sabo issued "Notice of Implementation of Drought Plan"
* Oregon Wheat Grower Sherman Reese was elected President of the National Association of Wheat Growers
* The Senate Environment and Public Work Committee again postponed consideration of S. 131 the "Clear Skies" initiative
* USDA Rural Development and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a new interagency partnership
* First blush seen on ocean salmon season

Weekly Update for March 4, 2005
* Greg Addington, the new KWUA Executive Director, was in Klamath Falls
* KWUA Power Committee members presented an update on the electrical power situation
* Federal Court of Claims Judge Francis M. Allegra ruled to allow the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association (PCFFA) to intervene
* Innovative Landowner Incentive Program (LIP
* TGA Sponsors Meeting with USDA Farm Service Agency Officials
* OR PUC to hold open houses on rate increases

Weekly Update for February 25, 2005
KWUA Announces New Executive Director
KWUA and Refuges Team Up
KWUA gives presentation to Oregon State University Cultural Anthropology Class

Weekly Update for February 18, 2005
* KWUA Goes To Washington
* Klamath "Takings Claim"
* 2005 Water Supply Forecasts
* Upcoming KWUA Activity

Weekly Update for February 11, 2005
* 2005 KWUA Board of Directors Annual Organizational Meeting
* KWUA Executive Director Search continues.
* February Water Supply Forecast
* KWUA will have a General Pubic Electrical Power update meeting on March 3, 2005
* The Oregon Public Utility Commission will hold Open House
* Subcommittee Discusses Enhancing Federal Power Generation
* Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Russell Brooks will be addressing the ramifications of District Court Judge Michael Hogan’s latest rulings February 17 in Klamath Falls.
* OWRC District Board Member Training is scheduled for March 3-4, 2005 in Salem, Oregon.

Weekly Update for February 4, 2005
* KWUA Prepares for 2005 Challenges
* Executive Director Search
* KWUA Board of Directors Annual Organizational Meeting
* Klamath Adjudication Update
* New Rule On Pesticide Use On Water
* KWUA Response
* OWRC District Board Member Training
* Upcoming KWUA Activity

Weekly update for January  27, 2005. The "Weekly Update" will continue to be produced by the association, although this one (Number 140!) is the last director Dan Keppen will be directly involved with:
* Diminishing Snowpack Equates to Grim Water Forecast for Klamath River
* Water Users Conference Features Klamath Project Centennial Panel
* Lower Klamath Basin Science Workshop Results Posted on Web
* Leadership and Staff Changes Made to House Resources Committee
*Klamath Basin Science Debated in January Edition of The Water Report
* OWRD Releases Groundwater Investigation for Eastern Lost River Sub-Basin
* KWUA Offers Exciting Job Opportunity

Weekly update for January 14, 2005
* PCFFA Fish Die-Off Case Dismissed by Federal Judge
* KWUA Perspective on the Die-Off
* Judge Reaffirms that Hatchery Fish Need to be Included in Klamath Coho Counts
* "CREP"- ing Forward in the Klamath Basin
* Breakthrough Book on Environmental Assessment to be Published Next Spring
* KWUA Announces Job Opportunity

Weekly update for January 7, 2005
* The Klamath Project at 100: Conserving our Resources, Preserving our Heritage
* Congressional Staff Changes
* New Critical Habitat Rules for Salmon
* Centennial Presentation Planned
* Washington Governors Race in Turmoil
* KWUA Announces Job Opportunity
 

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