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Holly Dillemuth / JPR News/The mood was jubilant yet sober on Saturday as members of the Klamath Tribes and their supporters drove the “Caravan for the Klamath” through the city of Klamath Falls, culminating in a rally at a downtown park to advocate for tribal land and water rights. -
Erik Neumann/JPR/Farmers, tribes and wildlife are facing what could be the driest year ever recorded in the Klamath Basin. The magnitude of that reality came on Wednesday, when the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced the annual water allocation for farmers in the Klamath Irrigation Project.
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Californians need to know if the fish they catch are safe to eat, so the state keeps spending money on testing fish for mercury. Cal EPA recently awarded… -
The salmon and steelhead are the glamour fish of western rivers. But you'll find lamprey in many of the rivers, too.A lamprey is a jawless fish--don't…
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It can be a little hard to keep track of the various runs of anadromous fish that are low in number these days. Summer steelhead in Northern California…
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It surprised nearly no one when the federal Marine Fisheries service announced (on Feb. 27) a 12-month review to consider listing Klamath River Spring…
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Restoring some of the famed fish runs of the West will take some time. And it often appears that recovery happens a stream at a time. Trout Unlimited in…
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When migratory fish populations keep dropping and dams get in the way of their spawning journeys, fish managers often resort to "trap and haul." It is…
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To make the case that an animal needs protection under the Endangered Species Act, you have to prove that you seek to protect a distinct population of the…
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There is no commercial salmon fishing season in the Pacific along much of the coast this year, because of the need to protect sensitive species from…
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Salmon runs into the region's rivers fluctuate quite a bit from year to year. But the forecast for the chinook salmon run returning to the Klamath River…
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We have private schools and private prisons... how about private oceans? The question is facetious, but only mildly so. Because commercial fishing in the…
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California had to learn and re-learn lessons about water conservation as drought deepened in recent years. And the lessons will be needed again, because…
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Maybe you get confused by those news stories about fish swimming back into their native rivers from the ocean. Put aside how they find their way... how do…
