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Klamath falls reprieve. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
In late February, beleaguered farmers in the Klamath River Basin on the Oregon-California border received some welcome news: The Federal Bureau of Reclamation announced that it would release irrigation water in time for the 2002 planting season. On March 2nd, President Bush created the Klamath River Basin Working Group (KRBWG), an advisory panel mandated to devise "immediate steps and long-term solutions" to the conflict over water rights in the region.
As we have previously reported (see "High and Dry in the Klamath Basin" in our September 10,2001 issue), the decision to deny water to Klamath Basin farming communities was based upon the needs of suckerfish, a supposedly endangered species. Announcing the creation of the KRBWG, the president referred to "a scarcity of water available for both agricultural use and for maintenance of water levels ... to sustain endangered fish populations...."
However, as our earlier report pointed out: "Even if the sucker fish were truly endangered, the Klamath policy is the wrong way to help them. The suckers thrive in warm, shallow water; increasing the water flow levels hinders, rather than helps, their reproduction." This ...
- River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Oregon Historical Quarterly LaLande, Jeff June 22, 2007 700+ words
...amp; HISTORY IN THE KLAMATH BASIN by Stephen Most Oregon...dispenses with the Klamath Basin's Euroamerican history...within the Klamath River basin; it did include some...author also invokes the Klamath Basin's most popular myth...
- Tulelake Irrigation Announces: Klamath Basin Community Files Lawsuit Seeking...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 11, 2001 700+ words
...Oct. 11, 2001 Klamath Basin farmers, ranchers...water from the Klamath River Basin irrigation project...coho salmon. "The Klamath Basin economy has been devastated...said Bob Gasser, a Klamath Basin businessman and leader...
- Klamath Basin Irrigators, Government Square Off.
- Magazine article from: Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association) Sliz, Deborah Lindsay, Scott M. Meguire, Morgan September 1, 2001 700+ words
The growing tensions in the Klamath Basin between irrigators and the U...the irrigation water for the Klamath Basin -- which flows to some 1,200...current economic crisis in the Klamath Basin due to water shortages. Some...
- USDA releases additional EQIP funds for Klamath Basin.(Nutrition And...
- Magazine article from: Feedstuffs May 17, 2004 700+ words
...million to assist producers in the Klamath Basin in Oregon and California. This funding...part of a $50 million fund for the Klamath Basin made available through the Environmental...challenges in the watershed. Water in the Klamath Basin and throughout the West is critical...
- USDA RELEASES ADDITIONAL $7.3 MILLION FOR THE KLAMATH BASIN AND A.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 23, 2004 700+ words
...million to assist producers in the Klamath Basin in Oregon and California. This funding...part of a $50 million fund for the Klamath Basin made available through the Environmental...challenges in the watershed. Water in the Klamath Basin and throughout the West is critical...
- Klamath Basin Water Dispute Offers Preview Of West's Future.(water supply to...
- Newspaper article from: California Planning & Development Report KRIST, JOHN October 1, 2001 700+ words
...average of 11 inches of rain, the Klamath Basin is not technically a desert. Geographers...deliver irrigation water to about 1,000 Klamath Basin farmers because the water was needed...Although little rain falls on it, the Klamath Basin is well-watered, thanks to drainage...
- Troubled waters: farmers and fish in the Klamath Basin. (Currents).
- Magazine article from: E Marty, Diane M. January 1, 2002 700+ words
...the factions vying for water in the Klamath Basin. But as the different groups wrangle...A high country environment, the Klamath Basin extends from southwestern Oregon into...says Phil Norton, manager at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges. The reconfiguration...
- Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty...
- Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives Doremus, Holly Tarlock, A. Dan September 1, 2008 700+ words
...flowing to about 85% of the farms in the Klamath Basin, a high-elevation bowl ringed by...of the conflict. Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and...understanding combined to make the clash in the Klamath Basin both inevitable and intractable. The...
- SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DIRK KEMPTHORNE DELIVERS REMARKS ON THE KLAMATH BASIN...
- News wire article from: Political/Congressional Transcript Wire November 20, 2008 700+ words
...KEMPTHORNE DELIVERS REMARKS ON THE KLAMATH BASIN AIP ANNOUNCEMENT, AS RELEASED BY THE...vision of peace, finally, in the Klamath Basin and sets in process the potential removal...unfolded with our western neighbors in the Klamath Basin. Images we thought we would never...
- The worst of times: a tale of two fishes in the Klamath Basin.
- Magazine article from: Environmental Law McHenry, Matthew G. September 22, 2003 700+ words
...reports the conclusions of the analysis. II. THE KLAMATH CRISIS: 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING At 9.5 million acres, the Klamath River Basin was once one of the largest concentrations of wetlands in the western United States. (7) The Klamath River is the third...
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