River of Death – Collapse of the Klamath River Ecosystem

Siskiyou News ^ | Captain Bill Simpson

[AuntB]

Let’s face facts; some people are getting richer off the removal of the Klamath River dams.

Glen Spain member [formerly] of Klamath River Renewal Corp. ‘KRRC’ board and fisherman’s advocate said “Economics Not Salmon Is the Reason PacifiCorp is Removing the Dams”

It is now estimated by some experts that the total direct cost for the Klamath River dam removal project, will reach $800-million dollars, not the $450-million cost estimate projected over tens years ago.

And then we have the costs related to the liabilities that are already arising from what is seen by many as an ill-fated project.

According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (‘FERC’), Oregon and California taxpayers are also on the hook for costs, including over-runs and liabilities:

See Item 75: https://www.ferc.gov/media/h-1-p-2082-063

“FERC Project Nos. 2082-063 and 14803-001-30 As we explained in the June 17 Transfer Order, we continue to find that the $450 million should be sufficient, based on the independent Board of Consultants’ prior review. Additionally, PacifiCorp and the States have committed to creating an additional $45 million contingency fund, and stated that any cost overruns beyond the amount of the contingency fund would be shared equally by PacifiCorp and the States. If the States [CA & OR] and the Renewal Corporation accept the transfer and become co-licensees, they will jointly and severally share the liabilities associated with project decommissioning and be bound by the license as if they were the original licensees.”

Understanding Sedimentation and Sediments in Copco and Iron Gate Lakes:

Our region of Northern California and Southern Oregon is rich in naturally occurring minerals in the mountains and valleys. Some of these minerals are deadly toxins to various organisms, wildlife and humans. Fish and mollusks (filer feeders) are known to concentrate heavy metals into their bodies, rendering them toxic as potential food sources for humans of animals.

Some of the minerals that have been catalogued and measured by the U.S. Geologic Survey, include toxic heavy metals, including chromium, lead and arsenic among others. Even in tiny amounts, these heavy metals can cause serious health impacts, cancer and even death if ingested via water or plant and animal products containing these pollutants in their tissues or milk. Contact with these metals can also cause serious skin conditions.

The science of heavy metal toxicity:Toxicity, mechanism and health effects of some heavy metals

Over time, the impacts of water eroding and leaching-out minerals from naturally occurring deposits create mineral sediments, which can then be carried down streams and into our rivers, including the Klamath River. Gold miners understand this process very well.

When the fast moving waters of a river that is transporting tons of these sediments down-river come to place where the river widens and slows, or to a lake, the velocity of the water slows and the sediments can then settle-out of the water and go to the bottom of the lake.

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[AuntB]

https://www.siskiyou.news/2024/02/16/opinion-recent-examples-of-the-gravity-of-the-situation-unfolding-at-copco-iron-gate-the-klamath-river-and-all-its-tributaries/

OPINION: recent examples of the gravity of the situation unfolding at Copco, Iron Gate, the Klamath River and all its tributaries

[EVO X]

yep. Hasn’t passed?

His last post was 9/19/2019. He was an all around great guy..

[GailA]

Cancer.

[AuntB]

Please understand...the local citizens voted in a non-binding resolution against dam removal.I was there. No one listened, especially the federal government.
SCWUA put forth a ballot measure, Measure G, on November 2, 2010.
FACT: Siskiyou County Votes Against Dam Removal
A “No” vote was in favor of Klamath Dam Retention. The “No” vote was carried by 13,564 votes representing 78.84% of the population. The “Yes” vote represented only 21.16% of the population – with 3,640 votes cast.
https://www.siskiyoucountywaterusersassociation.org/klamath-dams-facts

[dfwgator]

Communists are always bad for the environment.