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Assemblyman Jim Nielsen speaks to Siskiyou County Republicans
Siskiyou Daily News
“There are compelling reasons not to remove the dams. Even half of the Native Americans are actively opposed to dam removal. “This war can still be won,” ...

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The battle for Columbia Salmon comes to a head in Portland ...

By Matt Stansberry

Snake River salmon climb higher than any other runs of salmon on earth;
they stand the best chance of making it in a changed climate, but only
if we give them access to the habitat they need; dam removal is the key to that habitat. ...

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California Tribes Slam Water Legislation, Peripheral Canal at Summit
Bay Area Indymedia
Besides discussing a myriad of topics regarding water rights, river restoration, dam removal and drinking water, the conference participants recommended ...

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Dam's removal called unlikely
Wicked Local Stow
“We would be opposed to removal of the dam and removal of the canals and removal of the Mill Pond.” So, even though the Army Corps of Engineers has ...

Officials say consensus needed for projects in $9 million PCB settlement
Anderson Independent Mail
At the meeting Tuesday, however, Self said of the dam removal plan that “it would be a stretch to think it would have significant fishing benefits. ...

Residents have support for binding vote on dam
Ozaukee Press
The delay in a Village Board vote on dam removal will not jeopardize construction of the fish ladder because the village has already applied for and been ...

Examiner.com

Schwarzenegger to return to Capital from Middle East and European swing
Examiner.com
Those who condemn the water bill fear the state will rack up more debt on undertakings such as the Klamath River dam-removal project, in Siskiyou County. ...

Residents sound off at KHSA meeting
Siskiyou Daily News
Guarino also mentioned the social and economic impacts the supervisors feel dam removal would have on the county. He demanded that, in the event that ...

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California Needs Water: Klamath River Dams – Setting the Record ...

By Bill Bird

I have become aware that many people in Siskiyou County are getting incomplete information regarding the issue of dam removal on the Klamath River. I write to give you the facts as honestly as I know them. ...


California Needs Water - http://www.caneedswater.com/ 

Concerned about the future of the San Francisco Bay Delta, the linchpin of the state’s water system? Wondering what the new package of water bills will mean for the Bay Area?  Come to a free forum on December 10, 2009, at the downtown Oakland Marriott, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The forum is sponsored by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to help decipher the latest Delta- and water-management-related legislation and proposed bond measures.

Scheduled topics include:

• State of the Delta - Biological Health and Infrastructure
• The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: What it means and who will implement it?
• Sea Level Rise in the Delta and the Bay
• The New Water Management Legislation and 2010 Bond Proposal

Scheduled speakers include:

• Ellen Hanak - Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
• Karla Nemeth - California Natural Resources Agency
• Will Travis - Executive Director, BCDC
• Peter Gleick - President, Pacific Institute

This forum is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. Click here to download the preliminary agenda: http://www.sfestuary.org/userfiles/file/Delta%20Forum.pdf

"You might have just driven home. When you filled your car with gasoline, most likely you didn't even see the fluid as it was pumped into your gas tank. Once home, you probably turned on some lights, some music, your computer, and maybe even heat, so you could read this web page. You can't see the power running through the electrical lines that lead to your light bulb, and you don't feel it, but you do enjoy the results. Our society has made energy invisible. This invisibility makes energy convenient to use -- and the modern age is arguably wonderful as a result -- but it also makes it easy to take it for granted. Here we try to make our appetite for energy visible."

It's both fascinating and disturbing to see humans' energy usage itemized in such detail. Read the rest of the article here: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/18/energy-literacy-part.html

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Fishermen seek removal of old Westport dam
EastBayRI.com
“This is not strictly a dam removal project, it's a fisheries enhancement project,” Mr. Reynolds said. “At present, alewives and blueback herring spawn ...

Residents question, make suggestions to PCB trustees
Anderson Independent Mail
The two are removal of the last dam on Twelve Mile Creek, known as the Easley-Central Water District dam, and construction of a Water Education and ...

California American Water (NYSE:AWK)-Renews Effort to Remove
TransWorldNews (press release)
California American Water (NYSE:AWK) announced recently that it will resume engineering and planning work on a dam removal project halted earlier this year. ...

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Three more major leakage found in Mullaperiyar dam « Asianetindia ...

By asianetindia

The report of fresh leakages comes in the wake when the cabinet meeting
today decided to form a fresh panel to study the leakage found in the
18th block of the inter-state dam, where the water level recently reached 135 ft due to heavy ...


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Panel answers supervisors' KHSA questions
Siskiyou Daily News
District 1 Supervisor Jim Cook then took the floor, asking about the Dam Removal Entity (DRE) referenced in the KHSA. According to the draft KHSA, ...

Hampton Falls residents fear state may remove Taylor River Dam
York Weekly
Amy Perkins, R-Seabrook, regarding the effect of dam removal on local fire departments and mutual aid, Fire Chief Jay Lord said he is "looking at this from ...

Graff in 1971 founded the California office of the Environmental Defense Fund. There, he pioneered a new style of environmental activism by hiring PhD economists and computer specialists who developed a mastery of energy and water issues that would rival their many adversaries. Whether by using the courts, regulatory proceedings, legislation or public opinion via national media contacts that he assembled over the years, Graff advanced EDF’s trademark philosophy that embraced a positive role for markets in solving environmental problems.

“If a resource is scarce, we ought to put a price on it that reflects its value,” Graff said in an interview last year. “Otherwise there’s an incentive to over-consume the resource.”

WRCA mourns the loss of a true visionary and good friend. Read the rest at the EDF water blog: http://blogs.edf.org/waterfront/

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Dam Removal Featured on NBC Nightly News
American Rivers (blog)
Our national leadership on dam removal was highlighted last night during a segment on NBC Nightly News. Earlier this fall, Andrew Fahlund, ...

Schwarzenegger Signs The Delta's Death Warrant
Bay Area Indymedia
... to remove four dams on the Klamath, directly linking Klamath Dam removal to building the peripheral canal and Temperance Flat and Sites reservoirs. ...

Removal of San Clemente Dam to protect steelhead trout
AZoCleantech
California American Water will resume the planning and engineering activities for dam removal, whose main objective is to change the course of the Carmel ...

Engineers aim for 'mid-December' completion of Port Angeles water treatment plant
Peninsula Daily
It will be the first out of four new facilities built for the dam removal project. The others are a $69.6 million industrial water treatment plant -- due to ...

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Water bond offers nearly $2 billion in 'pork'
San Francisco Chronicle
$250 million for dam removal on the Klamath River, a project to help restore salmon runs; and another $20 million for Siskiyou County to soften the impact ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Residents sound off about dam removal
Mount Shasta Herald
By Dale Andreasen The audience was overwhelmingly opposed to the removal of Klamath River dams during the second of two public hearings on the subject ...

San Clemente Dam to come down
Monterey County Herald
Bowie said initial construction for dam removal could begin in September 2013, with the project completed by January 2016.

CalAm Renews Dam Removal Project KCBA Monterey Salinas Santa Cruz ...
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From the New York Times Green, Inc. blog:

“The West’s water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and Electric’s announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert.

The Genesis Solar Energy Project would consume an estimated 536 million gallons of water a year while the Mojave Solar Project would pump 705 million gallons annually for power plant cooling, according to applications filed with the California Energy Commission.

With 35 big solar farm projects undergoing licensing or planned for arid regions of California alone, water is emerging as a contentious issue.

The Genesis and Mojave projects will use solar trough technology that deploys long rows of parabolic mirrors to heat a fluid to create steam that drives an electricity-generating turbine. The steam must be condensed back into water and cooled for re-use. …”

Read more from the New York Times Green, Inc. by clicking here.

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Milford seeks grant to study dam removal
Nashua Telegraph
The impact of dam removal
on flooding is also an issue that will be examined, along with
historical and aesthetic factors. Scaife met recently with the town ...

Survey: Upstream lands not wetlands
Mail Tribune
"This is the second thing that, basically, has been very positive toward dam removal." Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 776-4470, ...

California American Water Partners With State Coastal Conservancy and NOAA ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The dam removal project involves rerouting the Carmel River to bypass silt accumulated behind the dam and would be the first of its kind in the state of ...

Savage Rapids Dam removal uncovers older structure
International Water Power and Dam Construction
The remains were exposed as the Rogue River eroded sediment following the dam removal. USBR is currently evaluating the potential of removing the structure. ...

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Assabet River public meeting held Nov. 17 in Marlborough
Marlborough Enterprise
The “Draft Assabet River, Massachusetts - Sediment and Dam Removal Feasibility Study,” dated September 2009, was prepared for MassDEP by the New England ...

Correction: Milford in the running for dam study grant
Cabinet.com
12 Cabinet incorrectly stated that the town is getting a grant to study dam removal. Milford has passed two steps in the pre-proposal process for the grant ...

Jackson Co. officials hear public comment over proposed removal of Gold Ray Dam
KDRV
Dozens of people voiced opinions about the proposed Gold Ray Dam removal at a public meeting Thursday in White City. Jackson County commissioners have yet ...

Savage Rapids Dam removal uncovers separate structure
KDRV
By Amy Sienicki Engineers have found an old structure upstream from the site of the old Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River. After the dam was removed last ...

Residents to get say on plans for Hartwell Lake restoration funds
Anderson Independent Mail
The third dam removal
proposal, too, is on the survey. After the public hearing, the trustees
are expected to make their recommendations about use of the ...

Workers find old dam under water near Savage Rapids
Mail Tribune
The bureau likely will have the dam-removal contractor, Slayden Construction Group, remove at least some of the structure to make for clear boating and fish ...

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Milford gets grant to study dam removal
Cabinet.com
Officials are also concerned about future liability for expensive dam maintenance. The impact of dam removal on flooding is also an issue that will be ...

Water deal has some on the alert
Daily Triplicate
Proponents of Klamath River dam removal are approaching a recent California water deal with caution. A series of bills meant to solve the state's water ...

DOE Hydropower Funding Upgrades Dams Rather Than Building New
SolveClimate
And in fact, there was big news on the dam removal front recently as well, with progress being made on a project to remove dams on the Shawsheen River in ...

Gold Ray open house tonight
Mail Tribune
For more information on the project and the studies, visit Rogue Valley Council of Governments at www.rvcog.org and click on "Gold Ray Dam Removal" at ...

Removal of Boardman Dams Has Negative Environmental and Energy Impacts
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
The second video, below, details the consequences of dam removal on the delicate ecosystems that have developed since the dams were built more than a ...

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Klamath deal presented to supervisors
Times-Standard
Calling it a milestone in the history of the Klamath River basin, Yurok Tribe policy analyst Troy Fletcher said the dam removal agreement -- and its ...

Governor Signs Water Bond Bill at Friant Pork Festival
Bay Area Indymedia
The bill also includes $250 million for Klamath River dam removal - a cynical attempt by the Governor to trade dam removal on the Klamath for the ...

Public forum held for Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement
KDRV
28), who is against dam removal, says agreement negotiations are not transparent. "We don't know what is going on in those meetings all we see is from time ...

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Fishermen's association supports Klamath dam agreement
Times-Standard
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations is also
supporting a major salmon restoration agreement meant to go with the dam removal deal. ...

Loss of dam means loss of live counts
Mail Tribune
The dam's owner, Jackson County, has contracted with a construction firm to design a dam-removal plan and conduct an environmental assessment of the impacts ...

Breakdown of California water bill
Fresno Bee (subscription)
$250 million for dam removal in the Klamath River watershed. $215 million to Wildlife Conservation Board to protect watershed lands, rivers, streams that ...

Beyond Dams: Local renewables, not LNG, will fuel a truly sustainable energy ...
OregonLive.com
By Guest Columnist By Malena Marvin With Klamath dam removal on the horizon, and other large-scale dam removals on the table, Oregonians are rightly ...

Breaking News: Hydro Currents
HydroWorld
Although the proposal describes dam removal as an "action of last resort," it directs the US Army Corps of Engineers to begin studying removal of the Snake ...

Fishermen Vote to Support Klamath Dam Removal, Oppose Arnold's Water Bond
Bay Area Indymedia
by Dan Bacher The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations today announced their vote to support Klamath dam removal. They also announced their ...

California water bond contains funding for Klamath Dam removal
KDRV
Part of that package deal is a bond bill that includes 250 million dollars to help pay for the removal of JC Boyle, Copco One, Copco Two and Iron Gate dams ...

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Taylor River Bridge forum tonight, 7 p.m. | SeacoastOnline.com

Officials also expressed concern about cost of maintenance associated with changes to the current dam situation and the effect possible removal of the dam could have on fire prevention. Earlier at the same meeting, Fire Chief Jay Lord ...

Warren Glen & Hughesville Dams Feasibility Study; Rieglesville Dam ...

By Julie Gause

It is the existence of the Warren Glen Dam that ends a 20 mile stretch of this Wild and Scenic River. The Musconetcong River Restoration Partnership believes that the removal of the Warren Glen and Hughesville Dams would add up to 6 ...