Klamath Basin Signing Ceremony

Judging by the love fest inside the Capitol Rotunda this morning, its hard to imagine that the Klamath water wars ever existed.

The room was filled with smiles, applause and some humor courtesy of Governor Schwarzenegger.

Schwarzenegger joked it was finally time to say, Hasta la vista to the dams. The crowd ate it up.

The two deals signed today are designed to end the decades long battles over water, salmon and dam in the Klamath Basin. One deal, called the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement lays out a plan to share water between farmers, towns and tribes, while still trying to leave enough left over for salmon.

The other deal, called the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, sets into a motion a plan to remove four dams along the Klamath River. The dams are owned by Pacific Power. If they are demolished, it would free up another 300 miles of the river for salmon.

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[TheYahooskin]

Wow. Powerful. Thanks for posting this one! aho

[NativeStylez21]

The 2007 elected Klamath Tribal Council are a bunch of SELL OUT'S who gave up the ONLY thing we as Klamath people had to proud about.... OUR WATER RIGHTS. Now we have nothing.