America is at a crossroads. Today, we are a socially and politically unstable democracy. We once stood as the global symbol of democracy, but are now teetering on the brink of authoritarianism since D...
In the heart of rural America, a contentious battle over water rights is unfolding in the Scott River watershed. The recent notice from the State Water Resources Control Board, while seemingly well-in...
The train is rolling to get more federal funding to restore salmon to the Upper Klamath River Basin. Here’s why I think that is a bad idea: If ESA-listed salmon are restored by the federal gover...
Our Congressman Doug LaMalfa is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. On Sept 20, 2023, this committee held a meeting in which Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was...
The Bureau of Reclamation doesn’t just subsidize the Klamath’s federal irrigators, it also pampers them. That’s one reason those irrigators sustain a sense of their own importance an...
If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, train your kid to do it immediately. This helps prevent small tasks from piling up and becoming overwhelming. It’s a simple way to keep their ...
Today I read an interesting article at Jefferson Public Radio. Glenn Spain cites lots of opinion for declining salon but furnishes no published science, only politicized opinion. Spain targets massive...
Klamath Basin Irrigators continue to challenge the right of the federal government to use water stored in Upper Klamath Lake to benefit threatened Klamath River salmon (see this link). They will ...
On average over the past decade, wildfires are getting far worse. Increases in frequency, size and intensity are seen across the western U.S. and north into Canada. The question arises; with the $-bil...
By Dan WaltersCalMatters NetworkMay 31, 2024 On paper, the U.S. economy seems to be doing well with historically low unemployment. Yet most Americans have a sour view in recent polls, with stubborn in...