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RECENTLY PRESENTED A CASE STUDY ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY. THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES. >> I'M GOING TO BE DOWN HERE SO I CAN ACTUALLY...
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Jackson, Donald "D.C." C. - Professor
FOR IT. ONE OF THE THINGS TO START THIS OFF IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A VISUAL SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HERE IS THE KLAMATH RIVER....
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Langston, Nancy E. - President
THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT DRILLING IN THE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, "THE GREATEST GOOD," A HISTORY OF THE FIRE SERVICE," A LAND BETWEEN RIVERS,"...
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Langston, Nancy E. - President
OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AND MOST PERTINENT TO OUR PLENARY TODAY, "RIVER OF RENEWAL," OF COURSE ABOUT THE KLAMATH CONTROVERSY. "RIVER OF RENEWAL" WON...
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| 00:19:20 |
Most, Stephen - Filmmaker
AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE KLAMATH HYDROPOWER SETTLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT THE LARGEST DAM REMOVAL IN HISTORY FOR HYDROELECTRIC...
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WATER! WE WANT WATER! >> WELL, SOMEHOW, THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THAT WITHOUT WATER, THERE ARE NO FARMS. WITHOUT FARMS, THERE ARE NO FARMERS. AND WITHOUT...
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| 00:27:18 |
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FOOD. >> WE WERE RAISING MINT AT THAT
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| 00:27:28 |
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TIME. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET WATER ON OUR MINT. WE ULTIMATELY HAD 100% LOSS ON OUR MINT. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF ANGER. THERE WAS THE FARMER. THERE...
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| 00:27:47 |
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WAS GOING TO RUIN THEMY MYECONOMY OF THE VALLEY. >> THE INITIAL PROTEST WAS LARGELY SYMBOLIC. 10,000 PEOPLE FILLED MAIN STREET ASCKET BRIGADE CARRIED...
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| 00:28:11 |
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CANAL. >> THEY NEVER WERE UP HERE. >> YES, THEY WERE. >> NO, THEY WERE NOT. YOU BETTER LOOK AGAIN. YOU BETTER LOOK IN THE OLD HISTORY BOOKS. THEY WERE...
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| 00:28:39 |
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MILITANTS ENCOURAGED
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| 00:28:40 |
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| 00:28:41 |
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PROTESTERS. THEY DIVERTED WATER DIRECTLY INTO THE IRRIGATION CANAL. >> THEIR JOB TODAY IS DESTROYS 1,400 AMERICAN FAMILIES. THAT'S WHAT IT'S DOING. I...
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| 00:28:55 |
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HOPE YOU'LL JUST TURN
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| 00:28:56 |
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AWAY FROM IT. >>
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| 00:28:58 |
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THE IRRIGATORS WENT UP AND IN THEIR PROTESTS AND ACTUALLY OPENED THE VALVES AND LET WATER OUT. WHICH IS A FEDERAL CRIME. NOTHING
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| 00:29:07 |
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HAPPENED. AND NOT ONLY DID NOTHING HAPPEN, THE LOCAL SHERIFF TOOK THE POSITION THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO ARREST ANYONE. >>
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| 00:29:19 |
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ONE OF THE SHERIFFS RECOMMENDED KILLING THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS. A LOT OF ANIMOSITY LIKE THAT. LASHING OUT AT WHOEVER, WHEREVER. >> YOU HEARD NOTHING...
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| 00:29:40 |
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OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY AND RAISE A QUESTION. THINGS GOT WORSE FROM THERE. OF COURSE, MANY
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| 00:29:47 |
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FARMERS WERE IMPOVERISHED NOT HAVING ANY CROPS. THE NEXT YEAR THEY -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION GAVE THEM ALL THE WATER THEY WANTED, REGARDLESS OF THE...
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| 00:30:00 |
Most, Stephen - Filmmaker
DIE-OFF OF BETWEEN 60,000 AND 80,000 SPAWNING SALMON, AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT. THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHING INDUSTRY...
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| 00:31:46 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
THIS ISSUE. WATCHING THAT FILM, AND IT BRINGS BACK ALL KINDS OF MEMORIES AND HAVING LIVED THROUGH SOME OF THAT STUFF, AND I'M SURE IT DOES WITH STEVE,...
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| 00:32:04 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE YUROK TRIBE'S PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE ISSUES. IT'S LOCATED AT THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AT THE MOUTH...
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| 00:48:32 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
HAS TWO GROWN CHILDREN LIVING IN PORTLAND AND ALBUQUERQUE AND HE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE KLAMATH WATER USERS ASSOCIATION AND PART OF THE KLAMATH WATER...
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| 00:49:18 |
Kandra, Steve - Board Member
PRESENTATIONS REGARDING HISTORY. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MODOCK PEOPLE. MY FARM BASICALLY OVERLAPS PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE MODOCK PEOPLE...
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| 01:01:45 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
OREGON. >> THANKS, NANCY. BOY, THOSE LIGHTS ARE KIND OF BRIGHT. I WONDER WHY. SO WHEN PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT ACQUIRED THE CALIFORNIA/OREGON POWER COMPANY...
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| 01:02:12 |
Freeman, Toby - Regional Community Manager
THE PORTFOLIO WE CONTINUE TO OWN AND OPERATE TODAY. STEVE MENTIONED JOHN C. BOYLE. BOYLE DESIGNED COMPLEX PROJECTS ON THE UPPER ROGUE RIVER AND OF...
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| 01:12:54 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
THAT FIGURING OUT WAYS TO SEE EACH OTHER AS HUMANS IN A SHARED COMMUNITY RATHER THAN SIMPLY AS KIND OF POLITICAL OPPONENTS WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL...
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| 01:14:49 |
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CALLED A PARTNERSHIP ETHIC WHICH IS THE IDEA THAT THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE HUMAN AND NONHUMAN COMMUNITY IS IN THEIR MUTUAL LIVING INTERDEPENDENCE INTERDEPENDENCE....
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| 01:16:21 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
AND HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE CONTEXT OF THEIR LIFE TO BE CHANGING BECAUSE OF THIS? AND WHAT ARE BASICALLY YOUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE FOR THIS AGREEMENT?...
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| 01:16:35 |
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I HOPE THEY DON'T KNOW BETTER. I HOPE THAT THEY'RE -- YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A HEALTHY SERVER, AND I HOPE THAT'S WHAT THEY GROW UP WITH. CERTAINLY...
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Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
SO WHERE WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IS WHEN ONE DAY SOMEBODY WAKES UP -- AND THIS IS THE WRONG WORD -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY TAKES FOR GRANTED, BUT THAT'S WHAT...
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Kandra, Steve - Board Member
FARM. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE WHAT I'D CALL SOME ASSURANCE FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO COME BACK AND BE IN A COMMUNITY....
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| 01:20:00 |
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WAS. >> WE HAD A SERIES OF -- THEY WEREN'T MEDIATIONS. THEY WERE LISTENING SESSIONS CALLED THE CHADWICK LISTENING SESSION. AND BOB CHADWICK PLAYED...
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| 01:20:26 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
SAY, AND WE'D HAVE TO REPEAT BACK WHAT WE HEARD, NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT. AND AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF THAT, I CAN REMEMBER BEING AT ONE MEETING GOING, I DON'T...
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| 01:22:37 |
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OUT OF THAT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW,
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| 01:22:38 |
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ACTUAL BLOODSHED OR ANYTHING. IT MOVED INTO THIS MODE OF BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER AND FEEL SHARED AND COMMON INTERESTS....
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| 01:23:21 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
STEVE'S NAME ON IT WHERE WE WENT THROUGH MEDIATION. THERE WERE EFFORTS TO DO PROJECT PLANS. THERE WERE -- THERE ARE JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT...
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| 01:25:27 |
Kandra, Steve - Board Member
HAD SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF COLLABORATION OR RECONCILIATION. AND WHEN WE FINALLY CAME TO A POINT OF WE'RE LOOKING...
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| 01:27:02 |
Freeman, Toby - Regional Community Manager
ACTUALLY HIRED A MEDIATION FIRM OUT OF COLORADO TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE KLAMATH BASIN SITUATION AND EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT...
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| 01:27:19 |
Kandra, Steve - Board Member
PRESENT IN THE KLAMATH BACK IN
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| 01:27:22 |
Freeman, Toby - Regional Community Manager
THE LATE '90s. AND THAT REPORT BASICALLY SAID IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN THE KLAMATH BASIN RIGHT NOW, AND THE TWO REASONS THEY CITED...
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| 01:29:20 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THIS MEDIATION KIND OF CRASHES ON BASELINE BIOLOGICAL REALITIES ABOUT FISH NEED SO MUCH WATER. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING FOR ABOUT...
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| 01:29:35 |
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HOW YOU HOPE TO MEDIATE THIS PROBLEM. >> LET ME GET THAT. I AM A FISH BIOLOGIST. MY CAREER STARTED AS A FISHERY -- WELL, FISHERY TECHNICIAN BACK IN...
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| 01:29:59 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
BE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND NOW POLICY ANALYST. BUT MY BACKGROUND IS FISHERY, BIOLOGY. WE WOULD NOT SIGN THESE AGLEEMT AGREEMENTS. THIS IS NOT SHORT-CHANGING...
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| 01:32:27 |
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WORRIED ABOUT THOSE GROUPS SOMEHOW SABOTAGING THIS? HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEM TO SEE THINGS THE WAY YOU SEE THINGS, I GUESS? >>...
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| 01:33:04 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
THIS. PUBLIC POLICY ISN'T MY GIG. SO PUBLIC POLICY GOING INTO THE NEGOTIATION WASN'T OUR GOAL. MANY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, THAT'S THEIR GOAL. I'M...
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| 01:35:33 |
Freeman, Toby - Regional Community Manager
TO HELP INSURE HEALTHY FISH AND WILDLIFE AND WATER QUALITY RESOURCES DURING THIS TEN-YEAR PERIOD. AND WE'VE GOT AN ENHANCEMENT FUBD AND FUND AND ENHANCEMENT...
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| 01:36:19 |
Kandra, Steve - Board Member
SETTLEMENT. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED THAT FEAR INJURY. THEY WERE JUST FINE WITH WHAT I CALL THE STATUS QUO. I'M GETTING WATER TODAY....
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| 01:37:36 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
OVER
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| 01:37:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME. TROY, I'M WONDERING FROM YOU HOW DO YOU SEE THE NEW RIVER AFTER 2020 IN TERMS OF RECOVERY OF SOME OF THAT LOSS? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN...
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| 01:38:34 |
Fletcher, Troy - Policy Analyst
PACIFICORP ON SOME OF THIS OR OUR THOUGHTS HERE. BUT THE DAMS CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE WATER. THEY CHANGE RUN TIME OF THE FISH. THERE ARE BLUE...
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| 01:40:36 |
Langston, Nancy E. - President
SOME MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS NOT JUST FOR HISTORY BUT FOR A FUTURE WHERE COMMUNITIES WITH FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AND IMAGINE AND THEN HELP...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.