|
|
|
|
|
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news_lo3.stm Convoy to leave Kalispell Aug. 18 for Oregon The Daily Inter Lake A relief convoy to farmers in Klamath Falls, Ore., will leave Kalispell at 9 a.m. on Aug. 18, organizers announced Thursday. Vehicles carrying supplies will travel through Lewiston, Idaho, arriving at a staging area in The Dalles, Ore., by Aug. 20, where they'll be joined by a convoy from the Elko, Nev., area. The convoy will arrive in Klamath Falls the evening of Aug. 20, where activities are planned all day Aug. 21 at the fairgrounds. The staging area in Kalispell will be at the Outlaw Inn. Area residents will carry livestock, feed, canned food and other supplies to Klamath Falls farmers and ranchers whose irrigation water has been shut off by the federal government to preserve sucker fish and coho salmon. More than 240,000 acres of ranch and crop land were cut off from irrigation water in April by the Bureau of Reclamation, which opted to reserve the water for the fish. About 20 percent of the normal water flow was released earlier this week, but farmers say it's too late to save their crops. Seven states are now involved in the relief effort, including Montana, California, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington and Wyoming. Locally, Tidyman's and Albertson's grocery stores in Kalispell will accept food and cash donations between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4. Volunteers are needed to man donation tables for two-hour intervals and sell raffle tickets; anyone interested can call Jayne Strash at 756- 7426. For more information about the convoy, a list of drop-off sites for supplies, addresses for cash donations, map of the convoy route, call Strash or e-mail her at: jaynewhitney@yahoo.com; Cathy Aastrom at 257-6914 (e-mail: jmpnfish@hotmail.com) or check the KGEZ Web site at www.z600.com. |
|
Questions? Comments? Corrections? Additions? Convoy Logistics Discussion Board: http://disc.server.com/Indices/164197.html Klamath Basin Water Crisis: http://www.klamathbasincrisis.org
|