Oregon Farmers Win Reprieve in Water War: Klamath WILL get water

Fox News ^ | Feb 27, 2002 | William LaJuenesse

[The Westerner]

Appreciate your analysis, Marsh. The battle has only just begun. You've got to get the rights in perpetuity. I was wondering, "Why do they want to get that land away from you Klamath farmers so desperately?" And then it struck me--because you're free. Enjoy your lovely land. Let's hope the BOR gives you all the water you need.

[Brian Allen]

Bump.

[Cuttnhorse]

Great news to start the day with!
Cheers from Chile

[Brownie74]

Thanks for the ping. When are these people going to learn that man is still number one on the food chain. I hope the farmers get all of the water they need.

[RottiBiz]

Thanks for the heads up. Job well done!

We're going to have to stay on top of this to make sure the farmers get to keep what they already own.

God bless the farmers and FReepers who stood together to make this happen.

[JohnHuang2]

My pleasure.

[wita]

Thanks for the ping. Great news used to be great news, now it signals that government suddenly has more time on its hands to put people to work on the next challenge to our liberties. For example, it looks like cfr is a done deal, now how do we go about taking the first amendment back. Much more difficult than going after something physical like water, I suspect, but maybe the same principles apply.

[Grampa Dave]

One big step to what is right for these Farmers/Ranchers and those who depend on the farms/ranches for their income!

If you had not fired us up and them last summer, they would have been another casualty of rural cleansing by our home grown terrorists, the Enviralist Nazis!

You are living proof what a dedicated and good man can accomplish with your friends on Free Republic.

This victory in the Klamath Basin, and the reversal of the PC NYC firemen's statute is proof positive what can be done by someone like you thanks to Free Republic!

[amom]

^5 Jeff. One tiny step closer.

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you so much for the ping. This is wonderful news !!!!!!!!!!

[b4its2late]

BIG TIME BTTT

[marsh2]

Read it. They propose to do this by shifting the burden onto the back on downriver irrigators who are not even in the $#@ Project. No "victory"here

[Jeff Head]

In my opinion, this quote is key to their whole plan for shifting things downstream to the Shasta and Scott River systems:

Reclamation would work with a non-governmental organization to develop a plan for acquiring water rights in the Shasta and Scott Rivers. Reclamation would seek a funding source to purchase water rights as identified in the plan. Reclamation would research and identify water rights, develop a basis of negotiation and seek out willing sellers over a five-year period (program scope estimated to be about 8,000 acres or 25,000 acre-feet).

This really shows where this is headed and who is assisting with it. Although they propose to do this voluntarily and find willing sellers to help accomplish the aim (which is a much less strident tactic than last year's unilateral water cut-off), the fact that our government is using NGO's to try and help make it happen tells you where the real impitus is coming from. NGO's are the funding/legislative enabling arm of the UN IMHO.

[The Raven]

In today's (3/5/02) WSJ as an editorial "aside"

Klamath Coup

It's a rare day when rural America wins an environmental fight. That's one reason last week's federal government decision to restore water to farmers in the Oregon-California Klamath Basin is so gratifying. Irrigation was cut off last spring after Fish & Wildlife said it would hurt nearby "endangered" sucker fish. But after the National Academy of Sciences peer reviewed the agency's so-called biology, it announced -- to the surprise of few -- that there had been "no sound scientific basis" for the cutoff. Environmental groups are threatening to sue again. But this time, they won't be able to sucker judges with junk science.

[hubel458]

Heahgates to open on Friday.It is supposed to be official now. The gates open Fri 29th and Sen Smith, Norton and Vennamen are to be there Fri AM. Ed Hubel.