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From: Shiney Varghese <svarghese@iatp.org>
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Subject: USA: Emergency payment program to help cope with ongoing
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 23:18:15 -0500
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 08/21/2001 By svarghese@iatp.org
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EMERGENCY FUNDS COMING TO KLAMATH BASIN LANDOWNERS
WASHINGTON, DC, August 20, 2001 (ENS) - Eligible landowners and producers
in the Klamath Basin will share in a $20 million emergency payment program
to help them cope with ongoing drought and the diversion of irrigation
water to aid rare fish.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that payments
will begin soon under the $20 million Klamath Basin Water Conservation
Program, passed last month as part of an emergency supplemental
appropriations bill. The payments by USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation
are estimated to range from $90 to $110 per eligible acre.
"In my past experience as a farmer, I understand what it's like to not be
able to grow a crop because of drought," said Deputy Agriculture Secretary
Jim Moseley. "While this program will not make producers whole, it is our
hope that it signals this administration's awareness of the plight of
producers in the Klamath Basin."
This program is limited to certain eligible irrigated landowners and
producers in the Klamath Basin, located in parts of Klamath County, Oregon,
and Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, California. The payments will be
distributed to eligible owners and operators who did not receive their
expected deliveries of irrigation water within the Klamath Basin during the
past crop year.
Farmers in the Klamath Basin have been deprived of all of the Klamath River
water that they traditionally receive from the federal Bureau of
Reclamation, due to a decision by the Interior Department that the water
must be reserved for threatened and endangered fish. Under the Endangered
Species Act, these fish must receive a guaranteed flow of water in the
region's lakes and streams, regardless of the effects on other water users.
To be eligible for compensation, landowners must also agree to promote
water conservation methods on their lands in the future. Owners and
operators may elect the water conservation measures that best fit their
operations.
"USDA intends to process these payments as soon as possible," said Moseley.
"It is important that we work to ensure these landowners have these
resources available soon to deal with the consequences of scarce water
resources."
http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2001/2001L-08-20-09.html
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