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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: Climate change denier Doug LaMalfa
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. […]
Opinion: Klamath Basin Federal Irrigators continue to oppose flows for fish
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 […]
The Two Minute Rule
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 […]
Glen Spain – Blaming Everyone and Anything for Declining Salmon
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, […]
KlamBlog: A clear sign that the Klamath Water Wars continue
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 […]
Indigenous Wisdom and Eco-Cultural Fire? How Effective Is It Really?
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 […]
Opinion: Inflation hits California families hardest. It’s shaping their views on the economy
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 […]
CalMatters: Newsom finally aligns with Legislature’s gloomier budget outlook, blaming ‘massive volatility’
BY Dan WaltersCalMatters Opinion Columnist This story is part of California Voices, a commentary forum aiming to broaden our understanding of the state and spotlight Californians directly impacted by policy or its absence. Learn more here. When Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a 2024-25 state budget in January, he declared that the state faced a $38 […]
To Whom: Ukraine… Behind the Scenes
After reading an article published by RealClear Politics on May 6, 2024, I decided to share the piece with Siskiyou News readers. The article focuses on two journalists, Aron Maté and Paul Sperry, who both have written articles which focus on events in Ukraine that, to my knowledge, haven’t been […]
