February 4, 2013

May 28

Oregon State University's statewide public services may have to eliminate 30 faculty positions under Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposed 2013-15 budget, according to College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Dan Arp. Arp, who is director of the college's Agricultural Experiment Station, said loss of the positions will mean fewer grant dollars for the college and less research for Oregon farmers. "Any time we take a decrease in our budget, we have fewer people able to write grant proposals, and that ultimately is going to have an impact on the number of dollars we can bring in," Arp said. "And with fewer dollars available, we'll have less capacity with which to address the concerns of Oregon farmers." College of Agricultural scientists last year brought in $51 million in federal grants and contracts, Arp said. Read more from today's Capital Press article OSU statewides budget flat.

The past week's Klamath River Basin USGS Flow Graphs are posted. The Williamson River flow this morning is at 730 cubic feet per second (cfs), down from 848 cfs last week. Upper Klamath Lake elevation is up to 4,140.56', from 4,140.33' last Monday. Flows through Link River ended the week up a bit at 487 cfs. Releases from the Keno Dam gauge is showing 468 cfs this morning. The Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam was raised from 1,130 cfs to 1,300 cfs on February 1st. The Scott River is down from 582 cfs to 418 cfs this morning. The Salmon River is now at 1,860 cfs. Releases from the Lewiston Dam is steady at around 292 cfs to today. The Trinity River is down quite a bit at 4,960 cfs this morning. The Klamath River at the mouth gauge is showing 15,300 cfs this morning after being at 24,800 cfs last week.