Agreement buys time on new Klamath Project Ops Plan

Agreement buys time on new Klamath Project Ops Plan

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A federal judge has approved a proposal to withdraw a legal action that could have potentially sent an additional 50,000 acre-feet (AF) of Upper Klamath Lake downstream, avoiding a potential “worst-case” scenario for local irrigators.

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Tribe, Fisherman win more water for Klamath Salmon

Tribe, Fisherman win more water for Klamath Salmon

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The Yurok Tribe, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR), represented by the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, have successfully obtained a new three-year plan from the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) for operating the Klamath Irrigation Project to increase springtime flows in the Klamath River.

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