Gov. Brown announces next steps in historic agreement between timber and forest product, environmental and fisheries groups

Gov. Brown announces next steps in historic agreement between timber and forest product, environmental and fisheries groups

SALEM, Ore. - Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a devastating wildfire season, the collaborative process between 12 timber and forest products companies, the Oregon Small Woodlands Association, and 13 environmental and fisheries organizations to amend Oregon forest practices is moving forward.

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Tribe, Fisherman win more water for Klamath Salmon

Tribe, Fisherman win more water for Klamath Salmon

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The Yurok Tribe, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), represented by the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, have successfully obtained a new three-year plan from the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) for operating the Klamath Irrigation Project to increase springtime flows in the Klamath River.

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COMMENTARY: Klamath Tribes is Being Held to a Different Standard than the other Participants. Why?

COMMENTARY: Klamath Tribes is Being Held to a Different Standard than the other Participants. Why?

Commentary by, Don Gentry, Chairman of the Klamath Tribes

The Klamath Tribes acknowledge the efforts, facilitated by the Department of Interior, to provide opportunity to develop solutions to the Klamath Basin’s ongoing water and fisheries battles.

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