Nov. 12, 2025 8 AM PT
To the editor: Contributing author Jacques Leslie’s latest piece misrepresents Klamath Challenge farmers and ranchers (“Salmon’s comeback pits nature against Trump administration,” Nov. 5).
The Division of the Inside’s Might 2025 memorandum doesn’t ignore the Endangered Species Act. Quite, it’s anchored in authorized rules of section 7; solely discretionary federal actions are topic to Endangered Species Act session. Courts will finally determine whether or not it’s in some way “specious” for the Klamath Challenge, although the federal government has efficiently advocated for it elsewhere since not less than 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 reasonably than addressing species’ wants.
Advocates spent many years on eradicating dams whereas guarantees to guard irrigators and fish, similar to developing fish passage enhancements and fish screens, stay unmet.
We proceed to hunt stability 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.
