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May-July: KRK's Upriver Downriver Outings
7/11 Upper Klamath Lake Kayak
7/25 Lake Ewauna Kayak
8/8 Tree of Heaven Rafting

TMDL stands for Clean Water! Get more info and come to TMDL public hearings
7/6 Klamath Falls, OR
7/7 Yreka, CA
7/8 Orleans, CA
7/9 Klamath, CA

Climate Change Futures Workshops
7/29
Klamath Falls, OR
7/31
Klamath, CA


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On the Klamath & N. California
Panamnik Building
38150 Hwy 96
Orleans, CA 95556
ph/fax: 530.627.3311
toll-free: 1.877.307.3311
Mailing:

PO Box 751
Somes Bar, CA 95568

In Oregon
PO Box 897
Ashland, OR 97520
ph: 541.488.3553
fax: 541.488.6212

For email, see staff page.

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Upriver|Downriver Outings Program - Spring/Summer 09

Two Step rapid on the Mid-Klamath River copyright Scott Harding Photo

From kayaking Upper Klamath Lake to floating the Scott, to hiking in the gorgeous Salmon River basin, we've got a great line up of outings this season - check 'em out!

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TMDL Stands for Clean Water!

Come to public hearings basinwide July 6-9

The single most important process we have for protecting water quality - and therefore fish - on theKlamath River is the Water Board's "TMDL" pollution clean-up plan. This is how the state ofCalifornia uses the Clean Water Act to hold polluters accountable using strong pollution limits and an action plan for water quality improvement on the Klamath. The Public Review Draft of the WaterBoard's Klamath TMDL and Action Plan are being released during the month of June, and the Water Board is taking comments on this draft at the dates and locations below.

More info and talking points
North Coast Regional Water Board Klamath TMDL website

Klamath TMDL and Action Plan Public Review Draft Hearings

July 6, 2009, 6 pm
Klamath Falls
OSU Ag Extension Office
3328 Vandenberg Road

July 7, 2009, 6 pm
Yreka, CA
Miner's Inn Convention Center
122 E. Miner St.

July 8, 2009, 6 pm
Orleans, CA
Karuk Community Room
Karuk Dept of Nat. Resources
39051 Highway 96

July 9, 2009, 6 pm
Klamath, CA
Yurok Tribal Headquarters
190 Klamath Blvd.

Written comments on the draft TMDL and Action Plan are due no later than 5:00 pm August 17th, 2009, and can be submitted via email, fax or post to:

Katharine Carter
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Blvd, Suite A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-576-2290
Fax: 707-523-0135
E-Mail: kcarter@waterboards.ca.gov

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Klamath Basin Climate Futures Forum

The University of Oregon and the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy are hosting workshops on climate change in the Klamath Basin. One set of workshops will focus on soliciting feedback on their projections regarding natural systems, the other will focus on community (human) systems.

For RSVP, location, and time info download a flyer on the workshops

Natural Systems Workshops:

June 23 - Klamath Falls, OR
June 25 - Klamath, CA

Community Systems Workshops:

July 29 - Klamath Falls, OR
July 31 - Klamath, CA

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Host a Klamath Riverkeeper Film Night

Several great filmmakers have produced awesome films about dams, fish, farmers, and Tribes on the Klamath. We are pleased to show these movies, and audiences are consistently impressed with their level of well-balanced reporting and consideration of the issues. Help us out by hosting a film night in your community. Whether its your club, your college, your town or just your friends, we're relying on you to help us get the word out on the Klamath dams. Contact us and we'll work with you to plan a successful event.

Un-Dam the Klamath Featured Films:

Un-Dam the Klamath Film Night Nov. 16 Solving the Klamath Crisis: Keeping Fish and Farms Alive
Four hydroelectric dams built eighty years ago have degraded the health of the Klamath River, decimated local salmon populations, and imperiled three Native American tribes. A budding coalition of Native Americans, farmers, environmentalists, and fishermen may now be able to remove those dams. Film produced by the Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative

Shake Your Oncorhynchus
A short film featuring lively footage of all our favorite underwater characters on the Klamath, set to hip hop beats.