Tag: Oregon
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The Klamath Tribes Are Trying to Save the C’waam and Koptu Suckerfish From Extinction
Photo: The waters of Oregon’s Upper Klamath Basin provided a home for c’waam and koptu for millennia. In recent decades, pollution and low water levels from dams have pushed the fish toward extinction. The fish have long been at the center of a sacred way of life AMONG THE SPRAWLING wetlands and ponderosa-pine forests of…
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U.S. Senate Bill aimed at aiding drought in the Klamath Basin
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have introduced legislation to support farmers and ranchers, in the Klamath Basin. The Klamath Basin has been experiencing high levels of drought for the past couple of years, with 2021 being especially harsh. The Bureau of Reclamation says that 2021 was the area’s…
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Drought Spreads to 93 Percent of West — That’s Never Happened
More than 93% of the seven Western USA states is in drought. 59% is in extreme or exceptional drought – the very worst drought conditions.
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Judge Refuses to Divert Water for Endangered Salmon on Klamath River
Photo: The Klamath River near its mouth on the Pacific Ocean in Klamath, California. (By Daniel Wade – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0) By SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Despite claims the federal government is pushing threatened Coho salmon closer to the brink of extinction by cutting off extra water flows to the Klamath River, a…
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State Water Board Issues Key Documents That Further Efforts to Remove Klamath River Dams
THIS JUST IN… From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board today issued key documents that move the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) significantly closer to removing four dams and re-opening 360 miles of the Klamath River and its tributaries to imperiled salmon. The board issued a Final Water Quality Certification permit…
