Cover photo: Copco, photo credit: Lisa Mott, Feb. 11th, 2024
Dear Editor,
I am writing as a piggyback to my older brother’s letter that provides recent examples of the gravity of the situation unfolding at Copco, Iron Gate, the Klamath River and all its tributaries. A place that holds immeasurable sentimental value to my family. My parents raised 5 of us kids at Copco Lake settling there in 1977. My dad still…
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One Comment
Howdy Spring
I am a third generation resident of siskiyou. Maybe later I can reveal my history it’s deep.
I moved to Humboldt and check in with my parents that still live in Montague every so often. I made complaints numerous times concerning the silt underneath the lakes.
I grew up waterskiing and fishing on iron gate and Copco. So I knew what was at stake.
Now we are here. Thank you for covering this. I think it was …….well I won’t go there until we get a chance to talk off the record. We all know this is the very beginning of many years of contention between the state, tribes, and the residents of the river corridor to the sea.
Feel free to contact me anytime