Kids Day Festival at Bel Air Park in Weed was the place to be for every Siskiyou County child and family. The park was filled with games, crafts, raffles, music, food, and shows all aimed for kids and it was all free. Steve Bryan with Siskiyou Family Community Resource Collaborative […]
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Klamath Dams and Salmon Restoration – Truth vs. Fiction
Klamath River Renewal Corporation doubles-down on the tooth fairy. Recently, the public information officer at the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’), Ren Brownell and KRRC CEO Mark Bransom have disingenuously complained that articles citing the negative impacts of the Klamath Dam removal project under their organization, KRRC, are ‘not accurate’. And because Bransom and […]
Trouble In Dam Removal Paradise – Kiewit Has Pulled-Out of Klamath River Dam Project
According to a Letter from FERC, “… Kiewit has aborted the Iron Gate Development drilling program in its entirety…” An old NASA phrase comes to mind… Houston, we have a problem! In a letter dated April 9, 2024 from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (‘FERC’), Office of Energy Projects to Mark Bransom, […]
California’s Dam Removal Damages: Local Farmers Fear Liability for Massive Salmon Deaths | Theodora Johnson
REPRINT: California Insidercover photo: Siskiyou News Art “It really has been the biggest dam removal experiment in modern history. People who were very much in favor of dam removal are now beside themselves because they had no idea this would be the outcome.” Siyamak sits down with Theodora Johnson, a […]
Klamath River Native Species – Dead or Alive?
cover photo: Klamath River native species killed by KRRC’s sediment management. Photos courtesy Walt Moody Dam removal comes with a BIG price when done wrong! The big question that goes to the credibility of Mark Bransom and Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) is this: Were native species in the Klamath […]
Klamath River and Dam Removal Crises Continues – California Department of Fish and Wildlife Failure
cover photo: Siskiyou County citizens recovering remains of dead beaver after CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife failed to respond. On Tuesday March 26th, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors declared a local ‘State of Emergency‘ in regard to the adverse impacts of the Klamath Dam removal project affecting the […]
Lower Klamath River Dam Removal Project Creates State of Emergency!
Through a formal public process, Siskiyou County California declared a local ‘State of Emergency’. Now, the disaster has landed on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk Tuesday, March 26th 2024 was a long and contentious day at the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors (‘BOS’) meeting. This board meeting followed the March […]
It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, No, It’s a State of Emergency!
Tuesday, March 26th 2024 was a long and contentious day down at the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors meeting. It’s a day that saw the Board of Supervisors standing for the best interests of its constituents. The online Zoom callers also lined-up to testify both against passing the Draft Resolution, […]
REPRINT 2003: The tip of the Green Spear
Reprinted from Pioneer Press – September 24, 2003cover art by Gemini & Siskiyou News The economic ruin of the Klamath and its tributaries a future ‘model’ for American industry Special Opinion By John Martinez Calculated and targeted shortages of natural resources, designed to destabilize the industrial chain as well as […]
ACTION ALERT – EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
Greetings Everyone:A lot has been happening, on the ground, in the news and at the County Meetings. We almost need a Racing Sheet to keep track of whose on 1st and whose on 2nd… For me, living on the former Iron Gate Lake (now a polluted mud flat), across from […]