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Thursday, October 10, 2024
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 Donald Trump was sworn in as president in 2017. Since then, Trump has praised many former and […]
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-intentioned, raises serious questions about the efficacy and fairness of current water management practices, especially when viewed through the […]
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 government to the Upper Basin they will be an “experimental population” and could be removed […]
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 in attendance. Pete was discussing highspeed rail transportation and electric vehicles as ways to reduce carbon dioxide omissions. […]
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 and a disdain for the idea that our River needs flows adequate to support and sustain healthy aquatic ecosystems, including salmon runs. Federal […]
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 to-do list manageable and their stress levels low. I begin every day with a slightly […]
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 west coast economics and the jobs related to; farms and food production, ranching and livestock based products, timber and the wood industry, […]
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 likely take the challenge to the Supreme Court. Upper Klamath Lake is the Klamath Rivers source, The River begins at […]
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 $-billions in tax-dollars being spent, and massive increases in spending every year, why hasn’t this destructive trend been […]
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 inflation in living costs cited as the reason for that pessimism. “As the 2024 general election begins in […]
