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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 federal government has allocated $38 million in wildfire funding to three areas of high risk in Oregon.
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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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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 a constant struggle to figure out who will get water in the upper Klamath Basin when not much falls from the sky. It is a matter of continuing…
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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…