To the editor: Contributing author Jacques Leslie’s current piece misrepresents Klamath Venture farmers and ranchers (“Salmon’s comeback pits nature towards Trump administration,” Nov. 5).
The Division of the Inside’s Could 2025 memorandum doesn’t ignore the Endangered Species Act. Quite, it’s anchored in authorized ideas of part 7; solely discretionary federal actions are topic to Endangered Species Act session. Courts will in the end resolve whether or not it’s one way or the other “specious” for the Klamath Venture, although the federal government has efficiently advocated for it elsewhere since a minimum of the Obama administration.
That is about equity and consistency as a lot as it’s about legislation. For many years, irrigators and rural communities have suffered from unstable Endangered Species Act implementation that divides up water moderately than addressing species’ wants.
Advocates spent many years on eradicating dams whereas guarantees to guard irrigators and fish, corresponding to setting up fish passage enhancements and fish screens, stay unmet.
We proceed to hunt steadiness and stability. Implementing the legislation as written and honoring commitments achieves that.
Elizabeth Nielsen, Klamath Falls, Ore.
This author is government director of the Klamath Water Customers Assn.
