Rally for the Klamath River Salmon!

Rally for the Klamath River Salmon!
Aug. 2 2006
11am at Holladay Park, Portland, OR USA
12:30pm at Portland Convention Center

Klamath River Tribes, fishermen, and citizens are fighting to remove PacifiCorp’s Klamath dams and BRING THE SALMON HOME! Four dams are up for their 50 year re-licencing by FERC (Federal Energy Relicencing Commission). This is an opportunity of a life time to have these antiquated fish-blocking dams decommissioned and removed. The fate of the dams is still under negotiation and Portland based PacifiCorp, the dams owner (Warren Buffet being the company’s largest share holder) needs to hear from the people of the Klamath and all those who are supportive in person. The Klamath, Karuk, Yurok, and Hoopa Tribes and non-native river communities rely on salmon and a healthy Klamath River Basin to survive. As long as the dams stand, serious environmental and cultural in-justices continue, including loss of the thriving Klamath salmon fishery, negative health effects due to loss of salmon as part of the traditional diet, and degraded water quality. Salmon need cold, clean, and adequate amounts of water, and so do we!

This event will begin at 11AM at Holladay Park (NE Multnomah & NE 13th), continuing as a march to the Convention Center (Lloyd & MLK) for a rally at 12:30pm where International hydropower corporations are holding their bi-annual HydroVision Conference.
There will be representatives from the Klamath River tribes speaking at the rally. Bring signs, puppets, water, snacks and LOTS of friends!

For more information on Klamath River issues (i.e. 2002 Fish Kill, toxic algae, evvironmental justice):
klamathrestoration.org

For more information on this event contact:
Stormy Staats (530) 598-1670 , wildsalmon [at] riseup.net

Portland contact: Patrick Shannon (503) 295-4039 x25, pwshannon [at] yahoo.com