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CHILOQUIN, Ore. - The Klamath Tribes are pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Vernon Alvarez as the Chief of Police for the newly formed Public Safety Department of the Klamath Tribes.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore.- The Klamath Tribes take zero pleasure in Reclamation’s announcement this morning that there will be no water for flushing flows to mitigate disease risk for salmon in the Klamath River.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - Today [5/10/21], the Klamath Tribes released the following statement: The Klamath Tribes are disappointed in Judge McShane’s ruling denying our request for a preliminary injunction.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - The Klamath Tribes today filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation in federal district court in Medford, Oregon, over Reclamation’s ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act in its operation of the Klamath Project. C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker), two critically endangered fish of vital spiritual and cultural importance to the Tribes, are being pushed to the very brink of extinction by Reclamation’s violation of one of our country’s bedrock environmental laws.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - This historically bad water year requires urgent measures to save the C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker). These two critical treaty resources of the Klamath Tribes are on the verge of extinction and the Bureau of Reclamation’s water management this year must focus on meeting their needs first.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - In this historically bad water year, protecting the C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker) must be the first priority. That is the key message the Klamath Tribes delivered to the Bureau of Reclamation today [3/15/21] in comments on Reclamation’s initial draft management framework for Klamath Project operations this spring.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, in an order from Klamath County Circuit Court Judge Cameron F. Wogan, the Oregon court again affirmed the Klamath Tribes’ water and treaty rights. Wednesday’s order rejected attacks on the Tribes’ water rights determined by the Oregon Water Resources Department...
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore.- The Klamath Tribes of Oregon have recently completed a monumental and historical land acquisition transaction, doubling its current land holdings of roughly 1,100 acres.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - On Wednesday, Klamath County Rotary Club President, Chris Moudry, met with Klamath Tribal Council and other representatives to donate $2,000 to help support the tribe and community.
Read MoreOn the afternoon of July 7th, 2020 the Klamath Tribes were notified that Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt would be in Klamath Falls on the morning of July 9th. We were told he wanted to meet with leadership from the Klamath Tribes, Yurok Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe, and Karuk Tribe and that we should limit our delegation to two individuals. We were also informed…
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - After careful consideration of all the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) developments, the Klamath Tribal Council and the Klamath Tribes Incident Management Team have decided to postpone upcoming tribal events.
Read MoreSenator Jeff Merkley visited Klamath Falls on Monday to tour the rearing ponds at Gone Fishing and the floating net pens on Upper Klamath Lake. This was Merkley’s first visit to tour the facilities following his Sucker Recovery Event held last fall. Following the summit, Merkley secured $3 million in federal funding for an expansion of the project.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, joined by representatives from Klamath-area irrigation districts and tribes, today announced significant investments in the Klamath Basin were included in the 2019 spending bills that recently were passed by Congress and signed by the president.
Read MoreCommentary by, Don Gentry, Chairman of the Klamath Tribes
The Klamath Tribes acknowledge the efforts, facilitated by the Department of Interior, to provide opportunity to develop solutions to the Klamath Basin’s ongoing water and fisheries battles.
Read MoreOver 300 people attended a standing room only hearing on the Jordan Cove Energy Project at Klamath Community College Monday night. For two and a half hours, supporters and opponents of the project were able to voice opinions. The hearing was held as an opportunity for the public to specifically voice opinions on the removal-fill permit application. A process required by the State of Oregon for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday hosted a science summit, the Sucker Recovery Summit, to share updates on the health of the species and to discuss possible short-term options to help the Lost River (C'waam) and shortnose (Koptu) suckers survive until long-term solutions take effect.
Read MoreWashington, DC – On September 29, U.S. Court of Claims Judge Marian Blank Horn resoundingly re-affirmed the superiority of the senior water rights of the Klamath Tribes and downriver Klamath Basin tribes over other water interests in the Klamath Basin.
In the case decided Friday, the Klamath Reclamation Project irrigators sought nearly $30 million in compensation from the United States government because of the Bureau of Reclamation’s curtailment of Project water deliveries during a severe drought in 2001. The irrigators argued that the government’s actions constituted a “taking” of their property under the Fifth Amendment to the United States’ Constitution, by depriving them of their alleged rights to use Klamath Project water. In accordance with...
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