cover image courtesy Bieke Lieckens – KRRC contractors dumping hundreds of tons of polluting sediments into Jenny Creek, which empties into the Klamath River. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) has been misinforming everyone! And when anything goes terribly wrong, they claim it’s ‘as planned’. The 15-million cubic yards of […]
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Water Board steps in 3rd time to manage minimum flows in Scott River, tributaries
Sarah Schaefer’s voice carried over the feed from Sacramento like a distress signal. The state Water Resources Control Board was holding an all-day workshop before passing a third emergency drought regulation – “eregs” – for Scott and Shasta Rivers. “It affected the Karuk – suicide, diabetes, poverty. Eel and salmon […]
How Do Publisher-Editors Choose Feature Writers?
A Feature on a Feature Writer – William E. Simpson II It’s a fact the decent writers are hard to come by, just ask any publisher or editor. And good writers are not cheap. Many have asked, here is the statement for my earning that I made on Yreka News […]
Klamath River – ‘River of the Year’ – Polluted!
You just can’t make this stuff up! A recent press release by Siskiyou County Health Department stated: “Residents should not be in or drink water from the Klamath River due to high levels of arsenic, lead and aluminum.”The full ABC NewsWatch 12 – KDRV report can be read at this […]
Sediment Test Selected For Klamath River Lake Sediments Is Least Sensitive Available – Studies Show
Imagine for the moment you have a problem. You have a few dams with lakes behind them that have been accumulating and concentrating toxins and heavy metals for decades into their sediments. And you want to be able to remove the dams and send those toxic sediments down a wild […]
ABC NEWS 7 – KRCR Asks About Testing Klamath River – What Killed 850,000 Chinook Salmon Released In Klamath River?
California Department of Fish and Wildlife has offered a ‘gas bubble disease’ explanation for the death of 850,000 Chinook Salmon fry that were released into Fall Creek on or about February 26, 2024. Unfortunately for those doomed salmon, Fall Creek empties into the old sediment laden lake bottom of Iron […]
HISTORY: COPCOLAND, IN THE “STATE OF JEFFERSON”
cover photo: Copco No. 1 Construction, at Dam Site, looking upstream, 1916 (Source: PacifiCorp Archive) COPCOLAND, IN THE “STATE OF JEFFERSON”originally published June, 2003 in KLAMATH HYDRO PROJECT, FERC #2082, historic context statement… This study was commissioned by PacifiCorp as an element in its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing process […]
DEAD ALREADY! CDFW Salmon Release Failed!
cover photo: Juvenile Chinook salmon swim in a raceway at Iron Fish Gate Hatchery, Siskiyou County, Calif., before their relocation to the Fall Creek facility on July 7, 2021. (CDFW Photo/Travis VanZant) Klamath River Conditions Deadly – Still Killing Fish! Siskiyou News writer, William E. Simpson II who lives on the […]
Deputy Seizes 4 Kilos of Fentanyl in Routine Traffic Stop
cover photo: SCSO FB page SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — A deputy with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office discovered more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl during a routine traffic stop on Wednesday. The deputy stopped a Toyota Corolla for a missing front license plate around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 27. A […]
REPRINT: Dams Down, Will Ranches Survive?
The CATTLE Magcover photo: Iron Gate Dam, Jay Martin Please take a look at latest article (released 2/22/24 by The CATTLE Mag) about Klamath hydroelectric dam removal, the environmental disaster it has caused thus far, and the likely devastating effects on Klamath River’s fish populations. With millions of cubic yards of […]