Reclamation increases Klamath Project 2023 water supply allocations

Reclamation increases Klamath Project 2023 water supply allocations

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On May 19, the Bureau of Reclamation announced a boost in water supply for Klamath Project contractors, and confirmed higher lake levels for endangered sucker fish as well as larger releases from Upper Klamath Lake to benefit salmon.

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2023 KPDRA No Irrigation Program Announcement

2023 KPDRA No Irrigation Program Announcement

The Klamath Project Drought Response Agency (KPDRA) is currently accepting applications for its 2023 No Irrigation Programs. The programs provide financial incentives to local farmers and ranchers who normally water through the Klamath Project to align water supply and demand.

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Wilsonart donates water rights to Steen Sports Park

Wilsonart donates water rights to Steen Sports Park

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Last week, Steen Sports Park was notified that a generous transfer of water from Wilsonart International was finalized. After years of struggle to keep the park’s grass from dying and the playing surfaces playable, the park is finally going to see a sufficient amount of water to meet the demands of the playing fields.

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Klamath Project gets fraction of needed supply; massive river flows anticipated

Klamath Project gets fraction of needed supply; massive river flows anticipated

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) announced the initial 2023 irrigation supply from Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River for farms and wildlife refuges within the Klamath Project at Klamath Water Users Association’s (KWUA) annual meeting on April 13, 2023. Reclamation’s initial allocation is 215,000 acre-feet of water, which represents approximately 60 percent of the water needed this year for farms and wildlife refuges served by the Klamath Project. 

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Reclamation files surprise complaints against KDD

Reclamation files surprise complaints against KDD

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The day after our country celebrated its independence, and just three days after water in KDD’s North Canal was used to fight a wildfire in a nearby Midland neighborhood, the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation, filed a complaint against the district alleging there is no “Project Supply” available for the district and further alleging the district is making “unauthorized diversions” in breach of its contract.”

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KPDRA Announces applications open for 'no irrigation program'

KPDRA Announces applications open for 'no irrigation program'

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath Project Drought Response Agency (KPDRA) is currently accepting applications for its 2022 No Irrigation Programs to provide financial assistance and/or relief to local farmers and ranchers who normally receive surface water through the Klamath Project. The application deadline is June 15, 2022.

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Klamath Tribes respond to BOR water allocations

Klamath Tribes respond to BOR water allocations

CHILOQUIN, Ore. - Yesterday’s announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation of its 2022 Operations Plan is perhaps the saddest chapter yet in a long history of treaty violations visited upon us by the United States.

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Reclamation opens Klamath Project irrigation season with limited water allocation

Reclamation opens Klamath Project irrigation season with limited water allocation

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Bureau of Reclamation announced today, the initial Klamath Project water supply allocation in the third consecutive year of drought conditions. Coupled with the allocation announcement is the release of the Klamath Project 2022 Temporary Operating Procedures, which will guide operations for the 2022 water year.

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KWUA: "Worst day in the history of the Klamath Project"

KWUA: "Worst day in the history of the Klamath Project"

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Water Users Association today expressed grave disappointment with the announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation that no water is to be diverted at A Canal for irrigation in 2021. “The first water delivery from the A Canal was in 1907. This is the first year ever it will deliver zero water,” said Paul Simmons, Executive Director and Counsel for KWUA.

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Extreme drought conditions force closure of Klamath Project’s “A” Canal

Extreme drought conditions force closure of Klamath Project’s “A” Canal

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Increasing extreme drought conditions in combination with operations for threatened and endangered species will further reduce Klamath Project water supplies to historically low volumes in 2021. Given the insufficiency of the expected water supply, the Bureau of Reclamation announced today that Klamath Project’s “A” Canal will remain closed for the 2021 irrigation season.

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KDD Exercises state permit for diversion of water

KDD Exercises state permit for diversion of water

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday evening [4/15/21], the Klamath Drainage District (KDD) began deliveries of water after its Board of Supervisors voted to operate under its state permit. KDD acquired the permit from the Oregon Water Resources Department in 1977 for the use of live flow from the Klamath River for year-round irrigation like all other private irrigators on the river currently diverting.

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Klamath Water Users Association statement on 2021 Klamath Project Operations Plan

Klamath Water Users Association statement on 2021 Klamath Project Operations Plan

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Water Users Association is sad and severely disappointed with today's announcement of water availability for the Klamath Project. "Family farms, rural communities, and wildlife are going to suffer beyond imagination," said KWUA President Ben DuVal.

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Karuk Tribe provides a statement on the Klamath Operations Plan

Karuk Tribe provides a statement on the Klamath Operations Plan

HAPPY CAMP, Calif. - In the face of what may be the worst drought in modern history, the United States Department of Interior released a Temporary Operations Plan for the Klamath Irrigation Project. The plan dramatically curtails irrigation diversions to less than 10% of demand while failing to meet the biological needs of salmon fisheries downstream.

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Reclamation announces Klamath Project 2021 temporary operations plan; assistance to Basin stakeholders

Reclamation announces Klamath Project 2021 temporary operations plan; assistance to Basin stakeholders

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Today, the Bureau of Reclamation released the Klamath Project 2021 Temporary Operations Plan, which was developed in response to consecutive years of drought conditions in the Klamath Basin, including the lowest historical inflows on record into Upper Klamath Lake this year.

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