by Editor | Jun 14, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues
By JOHN O’CONNELL, Capital Press ABERDEEN, Idaho — Growers with Southeast Idaho’s Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co. will soon exhaust their share of natural flows in the Upper Snake River about a month ahead of normal, and will then have just 48 percent...
by Editor | Jun 14, 2013 | Water Issues
By Scott Learn, The Oregonian June 10, 2013 Drought is already hitting the Klamath Basin, as it has in years past, and the water call by tribes and the federal government will put great pressure on irrigators in the upper Klamath Basin.The Oregonian file The Klamath...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2013 | Water Issues
By Dave Montgomery Star-Telegram Posted 6/5/2013 AUSTIN — After pushing a landmark water initiative through the 83rd Legislature, proponents are now gearing up for their next challenge — selling the package to voters. If ratified in the Nov. 5 election, the proposed...
by Editor | Jun 4, 2013 | Water Issues
Posted 6/4/2013 By JOHN STARK — THE BELLINGHAM HERALD Everyone involved in Whatcom County’s water rights disputes seems to agree that a local settlement would be a good idea, but representatives of Lummi Nation have made it clear they will not sacrifice Nooksack...
by Editor | May 24, 2013 | Dams, Govt Agencies, Water Issues
By MITCH LIES Capital Press SALEM — One down, 87,212 to go. Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, has kicked off a petition drive to place an initiative before voters that calls for the state to recognize hydropower as a renewable energy source. Petition supporters need...
by Editor | May 8, 2013 | Agenda 21, War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles TimesMay 7, 2013 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River’s most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the...
