Hearings and Business Meetings

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Water Resource Issues in the Klamath River Basin

June 20, 2013
09:30 AM
SH-216 Senate Hart Building

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on water resource issues in the Klamath River Basin.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee's website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

The committee is inviting the public to submit comments on water resource issues in the Klamath River Basin. Please direct comments to: Klamath@energy.senate.gov.

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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Mike Connor

    Commissioner
    Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior

  • Mr. Richard Whitman

    Gov. Kitzhaber’s Natural Resources Advisor
    State of Oregon, Portland, OR

  • The Honorable John Laird

    Secretary for Natural Resources
    California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento, CA

  • The Honorable Don Gentry

    Chairman
    Klamath Tribe, Chiloquin, Oregon

  • Mr. Leaf G. Hillman

    Director of Karuk Department of Natural Resources
    Karuk Tribe, Happy Camp, CA

  • Ms. Hayley Hutt

    Council Member
    Hoopa Valley Tribal Council, Hoopa, CA

  • Mr. Troy Fletcher

    Executive Director
    Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA

  • Mr. Tom Mallams

    Commissioner
    Klamath County, Klamath Falls, OR

  • Mr. Michael N. Kobseff

    Supervisor, District 3
    Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors, Yreka, CA

  • Mr. Mark Lovelace

    3rd District Supervisor
    Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, Eureka, CA

  • Mr. Dean S. Brockbank

    Vice President and General Counsel
    PacifiCorp Energy, Portland, OR

  • Mr. Roger Nicholson

    President
    Resource Conservancy and Fort Klamath Critical Habitat Landowners, Ft. Klamath, OR

  • Ms. Becky Hyde

    Board Member
    Upper Klamath Water Users Association, Chiloquin, OR

  • Mr. Greg Addington

    Executive Director
    Klamath Water Users, Klamath Falls, OR

  • Mr. Jim McCarthy

    Communications Director
    WaterWatch of Oregon, Portland, Oregon

  • Mr. Richard Roos-Collins

    American Rivers, Berkeley, CA

  • Mr. Tim Johnson

    Assistant General Counsel for Power
    Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR

Related Files

Roos-Collins (Conservation Groups) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (161.75 KB) Gentry (Klamath Tribe) Testimony 06.20.13.pdf (504.22 KB) McCarthy (WaterWatch) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (119.36 KB) Connor (BOR) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (107.75 KB) Chairman Wyden Opening Statement - Klamath River Basin Hearing 6.20.13.pdf (105.82 KB) Whitman (OR) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (256.76 KB) Addington (KWUA) Testimony 6 20 13.pdf (200.21 KB) PCFFA-Statement for Klamath Hearing (06-20-13).pdf (1014.25 KB) Kobseff (Siskiyou)Testiony 06 20 13.pdf (38.16 KB) Lovelace (Humboldt) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (551.80 KB) Laird (CA) testimony 06 20 13.pdf (32.49 KB) Hillman (Karuk) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (172.03 KB) Hyde Testimony 06202013.pdf (93.29 KB) Fletcher (Yurok) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (1.21 MB) Hutt (Hoopa) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (579.36 KB) Nicholson (Conservancy) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (66.21 KB) Addington Attachments (KWUA) 6 20 2013.pdf (1.46 MB) Brockbank (PacifiCorp) Testimony 06 20 13.pdf (63.31 KB) Ranking Member Murkowski Opening Statement - Klamath River Basin Hearing 6.20.13.pdf (16.38 KB) Mallams (Klamath Co.) Testimony 06 2013.pdf (3.43 MB)