Water Issues Persist Despite Recent Storms
While Klamath communities once again rallied for the river and the fish with the 19th annual Klamath Salmon Run, Mother nature offered some reprieve from the ongoing drought. Cool wet weather came at the perfect time for the runners and for juvenile salmon making their way out to the ocean. This may be the most successful out migrations of juvenile salmon from the Klamath in a long time, with few fish showing signs of the deadly infections observed in recent years. Still, the impacts of drought are being felt around the basin creating conflicts in many communities.
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Klamath River Salmon Run celebrates its 19th year | Jefferson Public Radio
The annual Salmon Run returns for its 19th year on Thursday.
Tue 8 AM | The conservation case for emergency rules on groundwater in the Scott and Shasta basins | Jefferson Public Radio
The State of California put emergency rules in place governing groundwater around those rivers, and the people in agriculture take exception. We hear the environmental side of the issue from Karuk Tribe and Save California Salmon.
California water regulators weigh renewing emergency drought restrictions in the Scott and Shasta rivers | Jefferson Public Radio
California water regulators hosted a public forum on Wednesday to collect comments about re-adopting drought emergency regulations for Siskiyou County’s Scott and Shasta River watersheds.
Klamath Tribes to sue federal government over Upper Klamath Lake water allocation | KTVL
The Klamath Tribes announced Wednesday, May 11 their plan to sue the Federal Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), saying the federal government's decision to allocate water to the Klamath Basin Irrigation Project violates the Endangered Species Act and their obligation to protect endangered fish in the Upper Klamath Lake.
Federal funds for forests include Oregon, California | News | kdrv.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- $31-million in federal funds planned for forest landscape restoration include projects in Southern Oregon and Northern California involving the Rogue Basin, Lakeview and Western Klamath Mountains.
Step into Glenn Kaino's magical and immersive forest installation - Los Angeles Times
Glenn Kaino's magical forest inside a 28,000-square-foot L.A. space is an immersive journey that includes animatronic trees, fire illusions and interactive sound sculptures.
Endangered fish and waterfowl find refuge at the Klamath Basin’s Lakeside Farms - OPB
On a cool day in late April, a small crowd gathers around a truck-mounted water tank at Lakeside Farms, on the southeastern shore of Upper Klamath Lake. Swallows dip and dive. Traffic hums along Highway 97. All eyes are focused on the tank’s outlet, where U.S. Fish and Wildlife Science fish biologist Jane Spangler stands poised with a net. Her colleague, science coordinator Christie Nichols, opens the valve. Water gushes out; within seconds, a stream of tiny fish pours into the net.
Klamath Basin Dam Removal Needs a Science-Driven Oversight Plan | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News
The Klamath Basin is on the cusp of the most ambitious dam removal effort ever attempted. If all goes to plan, efforts will get underway by next year to bring down the four aging hydropower dams that divide the basin in half. Are we ready for this?
Klamath National Forest - News & Events
The Klamath National Forest has completed the May 1st snow surveys. These measurements are a part of the statewide California Cooperative Snow Survey program, which helps the State forecast the quantity of water available for agriculture, power generation, recreation, and stream flow releases later in the year.
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Largest-Ever US Dam Removal Project Gets Federal Agencies' Nod | 2022-04-21 | Engineering News-Record
Kiewit would start $445M Klamath River work next year to take down four dams in Oregon and California after FERC and Interior Dept. sign off on key environmental review.
(VIDEO) Yurok Tribe Conservation Efforts Featured in Premiere Episode of PBS Series 'Changing Planet' | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News
With the troubling impacts of climate change becoming more apparent with each passing year, conservationist M. Sanjayan has embarked on an ambitious project to spend the next seven years chronicling the resulting challenges faced by various people groups and habitats around the globe. His findings will be presented as part of the new PBS series Changing Planet.
Changing Planet | Episode 1 | PBS
This urgent and important series charts six key wildlife habitats.
Oregon tribe opposes Klamath River water release for farmers - OPB
A Native American tribe in Oregon said on Tuesday it is assessing its legal options after learning the U.S. government plans to release water from a federally operated reservoir to downstream farmers along the Oregon-California border amid a historic drought.