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July 14, 2003
Water 2025 Confab is a Sham
Yurok
Tribe Denounces Interior Department's Klamath River Salmon Killers
By DAN BACHER
Over 200 members of the Yurok Tribe and their
supporters came to the Hilton Hotel in Sacramento on July 10
to protest U.S. Department of Interior policies that resulted
in last September's Klamath River fish kill.
As Bennett Raley, the Assistant Secretary
for Water and Science, and Bureau of Reclamation officials conducted
their Sacramento Regional Conference, "Water 2025,"
the tribe denounced federal officials for not inviting them to
participate in a panel about the future of the Klamath and other
Western watersheds. The tribe and supporters said that the current
desperate water situation in the Klamath Basin cannot wait 20
years for a solution.
"I'm frustrated and mad about how
the Department of Interior acknowledges the tribe's senior water
rights, but didn't even invite the tribe to participate in the
conference panel," said Susan Masten, Chair of the Yurok
Tribe. "We're tired of the rhetoric--the government has
a legal obligation to the Yurok people. The Klamath is considered
by the American Rivers organization to be the nation's second
most threatened river, but we're not even invited to be part
of the solutions."
The five member panel featured four irrigation
district leaders but only one environmental representative and
no tribal representatives. The panelists included Dan Keppen,
Executive Director of the Klamath Water Users Association; Van
Tenney, General Manager of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District;
Steve Hall, Executive Director of California Water Agencies;
and Ane Deister, General Manager of the El Dorado Irrigation
District.
Jeff McCracken, spokesman for the Bureau
of Reclamation, dismissed the tribe's accusations, saying, "we
welcome the tribe to protest. In the conference, we are hopeful
that we will come up with new, creative ideas in the West looking
to avoid what happened on the Klamath. We identified potential
problem areas and tools by which we can hopefully resolve these
problems."
However, the Yurok tribe considered the
conference to be a sham and blasted "the government's "environmentally
racist, divisive and ill planned mismanagement of Klamath River
water."
"This is not a fish versus potatoes
issue," Masten said. "This is an issue for families
up and down the river and the coast. People depend on the Klamath
salmon for their survival in a community where there is no electricity
or phones and 90 percent of the population lives below the poverty
level."
"I don't ever want to witness a
fish kill like last year's, when over 34,000 salmon died. We
can't wait until 2025--we have to find real solutions to the
Klamath crisis today," she added.
Representatives of the Hoopa Valley Tribe,
Sierra Club, Friends of the River and United Anglers of California
joined the Yuroks in their protest and press conference. The
Yuroks held up a variety of colorful signs, including a big photo
of the fish kill last year with the message, "BOR Kills
Fish, 2002," above it.
Eric Wesselmen of the Sierra Club said
the conference was "all window dressing," with no substance
or depth. "Unless the Bureau deals with the root causes
of fishery declines, 'Water 2025' completely misses the point,"
he said.
Craig Tucker, outreach director of Friends
of the River, said the Klamath River historically had the third
largest chinook (king) salmon run in the continental United States,
with salmon runs ranging from 600,000 to 1,100,000 fish. Now
an average of 120,000 fish return to spawn.
Their condemnation of Klamath River management
is backed up by the scientific community and the state Resources
Secretary. The consensus of the scientific community is that
the fish kill of 2002 was the direct result of poor management
of Klamath water by the federal government that diverted water
to Klamath Basin farmers in 2002. In an open letter to the Secretaries
of Commerce and Interior, the Western Division of the American
Fisheries Society (WDAFS), representing over 3,700 fisheries
scientists and biologists, criticized Klamath Basin management.
"The WDAFS believes that the recent
fish kill, where over 34,000 fish died, including over 32,500
chinook salmon, should be taken as a clear warning signal that
current management strategies are inadequate to protect the fisheries
of the Klamath River," they said.
In a letter to Secretary of Interior
Gale Norton, Mary Nichols of the California Resources Agency
also charged that the 2003 Klamath Project Operations Plan did
not reflect any change in the 10 year plan and flow schedule
put in place last year. The Resources Secretary asked Norton
to craft a new plan focusing on the recovery and sustainability
of the entire Klamath Basin, not just one species.
A draft US Geological Survey report estimates
that restoring historic water flows in the Klamath River would
generate an economic benefit 30 times greater than providing
the water to irrigators. The report estimated the cost of restoring
the basin at $5 billion, but said that recreation and fishing
activities could create about $36 billion in economic activity.
It's clear that we need balanced solutions
to the problems of the Klamath Basin. Unfortunately, this year's
Klamath Basin Operations Plan provides no sense of balance and
provides the same flow regime that resulted in the fish kill
of September 2002.
Among the solutions to the crisis suggested
by the tribes and supporters include: o better predictive capabilities
for the Bureau of Reclamation. o reform of the Klamath Basin
Operations Plan. o continued work with irrigators to conserve
water. o Bureau of Reclamation support of voluntary buy-outs
from willing irrigators and voluntary efforts to restore the
Klamath Basin currently taking place in the FERC relicensing
process.
If similar weather conditions occur this
fall when fall run chinook and coho salmon return to spawn, we
could see a repeat of the fisheries disaster that took place
on the lower Klamath last year. The Department of Interior must
listen to the tribes, anglers and environmental groups and take
action now.
"I hope the recent demonstration
brings attention to the needs of fish and the tribe," said
Melissa Star-Myers, a tribal forestry worker and fisher who held
a sign saying, "What About Tribal Families," at the
protest. "We had just finished our Jump Dance last September
when all of these dead fish began showing up in front of my house
on the river. All of my dogs died from eating the dead, diseased
fish. It was sickening--we had to bury all of the fish in big
holes--a shame when you consider the hungry people all over America
and the world."
Dan Bacher can
be reached at: danielbacher@hotmail.com
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