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Article: Data tell truth of Klamath River saga.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2003
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Byline: Guest Viewpoint By Dan Keppen For The Register-Guard
Media outlets throughout the country in recent weeks have taken a cue from environmental activists and are carrying accounts of alleged high-level government mismanagement and environmental devastation in the Klamath River watershed. These accounts reflect a complete acceptance of activist-driven myth-making rooted in an unfortunate natural resources crisis that occurred in late 2002 on the lower Klamath River.
Traditional advocates of high mainstem Klamath River flows quickly concluded that a fish die-off last fall was due in large part to Klamath Project operations - despite the fact that the ...