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Deconstruction of Iron Gate dam, the lowest of the four dams along the Oregon-California border, has begun.
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The federal Bureau of Reclamation announced its initial water supply allocation for Klamath Basin farmers yesterday. Despite average snowpack in the region, the projected supply still isn’t enough to meet agricultural demands.
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The McKinney Fire, burning in Siskiyou County near the Oregon-California border, is causing new problems. On Friday, biologists with the Karuk Tribe identified thousands of dead fish of all species in areas where muddy debris flows had entered the river.
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For the first time in its 55 year history, the Iron Gate fish hatchery, which raises salmon and steelhead, will not release its salmon smolts into the Klamath River this summer.
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Salmon populations in the Klamath River have been struggling for years. Late last week, the Klamath Spring Chinook Salmon was added to California’s Endangered Species List.
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Federal energy regulators have approved a key step in the long road toward removing four hydroelectric dams on the lower Klamath River to help threatened salmon.
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After years of drought, salmon in Northern California are facing extinction. Conservation groups in the region have drafted a water management plan that, if adopted, would send less water to Central Valley farmers and keep more cold water for fish.
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When Rep. Cliff Bentz visited Klamath Falls Thursday, he brought promises of government aid for farmers who won't be getting irrigation water from the federal Klamath Project this season. And he urged irrigators to resist the temptation to take matters into their own hands.
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Two members of Congress from Southern Oregon and Northern California are teaming up on a proposed aid package to help to assist farmers, wildlife refuges, tribes and fisherman affected by the increasing drought in the Klamath Basin on the Oregon-California border.
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There’s not enough water to go around, as irrigators, tribes and fishermen all come up short.
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The Klamath Basin drought is having serious impacts on the region's Native tribes
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Federal fishery managers are recommending that Chinook salmon fisheries along 200 miles of Oregon and California coast be closed or severely restricted due to conditions in the Klamath River.
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Lawyers and non-lawyers alike have argued for some time now about the rights of non-human entities. Do animals, for example, have rights? The idea of…
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Rivers are powerful things, in the physical world and in our imaginations. But do you really understand where rivers come from and how their courses are…