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Farmers in the Klamath Basin that rely on scarce water won’t have to deal with cuts for the rest of the month, according to federal water managers. Water users had been warned last month about a potential shortfall.
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The legislation would expand California’s authority to fine water scofflaws who keep pumping. Even if fines had reached $10,000 a day, “I’m not so sure we wouldn’t have done it again,” one rancher says.
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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.
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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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Much of Klamath County is experiencing extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, as south-central Oregon enters the spring with mountain snowpack levels well below normal.
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The Klamath Basin is facing another year of drought. Klamath County commissioners have requested that Gov. Kate Brown make a state-level declaration.
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The scientific foundation for decisions about how much water goes to hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated farmland in the Klamath Basin is up for review. This week the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced they will fund a new science initiative to study the contested water along the Oregon-California border.
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Farmers in the Klamath Basin were notified Tuesday that the amount of water they’ll get for crops and livestock will be increased from the record low amount they thought they were getting. The change came after hundreds rallied in Klamath Falls over concerns of a devastating drought this year.
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Farmers in the Klamath Basin, on the Oregon/California border, are facing a historically low water year. That same water is also critical for local fish habitat. The drought is forcing many to grapple with how to survive.
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As the climate warms, many U.S. lakes are seeing more algal blooms, low oxygen levels and stressed out fish species. One team in Oregon hopes that pumping oxygen into the water can help.
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It's been a big month for irrigation in the Klamath Basin. Not IN the Basin, but in Washington, DC. First President Trump issued an executive order…
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The Klamath Tribes say the agency and the management plan it works from doesn’t do enough to protect endangered fish in southern Oregon.
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The need for more water in the Central Valley of California has generated countless headlines over the years, and officials there have frequently looked…