Spain, Glenn

Author Description

Glen Spain is the NW Regional Director for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) and its sister organization, the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), both of whom are signatory Parties to the Klamath Settlement Agreements. He has been working toward Klamath dam removal and salmon restoration since 1985, and was PCFFA/IFR Lead Negotiator throughout the Klamath Settlement process, which started in 2000, as well as one of its principal drafters. He also serves as General Legal Counsel for both organizations and an Alternate Director for PCFFA/IFR on the Board of Directors of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC). PCFFA is the largest trade association of commercialfishing families on the west coast, representing hundreds of largely family-owned commercial fishing businesses, many of whom make their living harvesting Pacific salmon for the nation’s tables and for export.

Authored Reports

The Endangered Species Act, Salmon & Western Water Law (TWR #1); Klamath: The Forgotten Basin?,Klamath Settlement Agreements: Charting a New Direction,Klamath Settlement Agreements: Part II,The Klamath Settlement — Year Eight: Dam Removal Progressing - Wa