On this Wednesday, April 6, Interior Secretary Jewell, the Governors of California and Oregon, Tribal Leaders & Water Users to Make Major Announcement on Klamath River Dams and Restoration at Requa near the mouth of the Klamath on the Yurok Reservation.
Below are the press releases from the Department of Interior and the Governor Jerry Brown’s Office:
DOI Release:
Date: April 4, 2016
Secretary Jewell, Governors of California and Oregon, Tribal Leaders & Water Users to Make Major Announcement on
Klamath River Dams, Restoration
KLAMATH, Calif. – On Wednesday, April 6, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Governor of California Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Governor of Oregon Kate Brown to make a major announcement about environmental restoration, water reliability and hydroelectric dams along the 263-mile Klamath River. Federal, state and Native American tribal leaders, businesses, non-governmental organizations and water users will also join in the announcement, which will further progress toward the largest river restoration project in U.S. history.
Earlier this year, the States of Oregon and California, PacifiCorp and the federal government – through the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce – announced an agreement-in-principle to move forward with amending the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA). Under the agreement-in-principle, the parties to the KHSA would pursue its implementation through the administrative process governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), using existing funding and on the same timeline, to develop terms of an amendment to the KHSA to implement its key provisions, including providing for facilities removal.
Members of the California and Oregon delegations introduced legislation in the past two Congresses to advance the hard-fought KHSA and two related Klamath agreements; however, the U.S. Congress adjourned last year without acting on legislation to authorize them.
Who: Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor of California
Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon
Stefan Bird, Pacific Power President and CEO
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator
Chairman Thomas O’Rourke, Yurok Tribe
Chairman Russell ‘Buster’ Attebery, Karuk Tribe
Non-Governmental Organizations
Klamath Basin Water Users
What: Major announcement about water supply reliability, environmental restoration and hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2016
9:45 a.m. PDT – Media check-in
10:00 a.m. PDT – Meeting begins
Where: Requa Resort Boat Ramp
Yurok Reservation
Klamath, California 95548
Directions: From 101 North make a left onto Requa Road. At the Requa Inn make
a slight left onto Mouth of Klamath Road. Mouth of Klamath Road runs directly
into the Boat Ramp parking area.
Governor Jerry Brown’s Office Release:
Contact: Governor’s Press Office
Monday, April 4, 2016 (916) 445-4571
Governor Brown to Make Major Announcement on Klamath River Dams, Restoration on Wednesday
KLAMATH – Furthering progress toward the largest river restoration project in U.S. history, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and other federal, state and Native American tribal leaders along with businesses, non-governmental organizations and water users to make a major announcement about environmental restoration, water reliability and hydroelectric dams along the 263-mile Klamath River on Wednesday in Klamath.
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Requa Resort Boat Ramp, Yurok Reservation, Klamath, CA 95548.
Directions: From 101 North make a left onto Requa Road. At the Requa Inn make a slight left onto Mouth of Klamath Road. Mouth of Klamath Road runs directly into the Boat Ramp parking area.
**NOTE: This event is open to credentialed media.