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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Klamath County Circuit Court Judge pro tem Stephen K. Bushong issued an opinion once again affirming the Klamath Tribes’ water and treaty rights. The Court rejected arguments that a prior ruling had wiped away a prior determination quantifying those water rights.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. – Yesterday, Representative E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls) and 22 bi-cameral legislators sent a letter to the Oregon Water Resources Department outlining their concerns surrounding the Division 10 rulemaking on critical groundwater areas. Lawmakers stated the need for new rules has not been adequately explained.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Today Oregon House Republican Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-Prineville) and Representative E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls) released statements regarding the conclusion of the second special session of 2021.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Stakeholders are pleased to announce the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is extending water deliveries to those with dry domestic wells into March of 2022. The County made the request last week and was notified the request was granted this week.
Read MoreMALIN, Ore. - On August 3, 2021, Oregon State Police Detectives served a search warrant at an illegal marijuana grow on Harpold Road, Malin, Oregon. Information was developed that there was potentially an illegal marijuana grow at a 150-acre property on Harpold Road.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Governor Kate Brown today issued the following statement on the urgent need for relief for Oregonians in the Klamath Basin due to prolonged drought conditions:
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - On February 24, 2021, the Klamath County Circuit Court issued an opinion letter that addresses legal issues pending in the Klamath adjudication regarding the quantification of the Klamath Tribes’ determined claims for hunting, fishing, and gathering as provided in the Amended and Corrected Findings of Fact and Order of Determination (ACFFOD).
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On February 24, the Klamath County Circuit Court issued significant rulings in the Klamath Basin water rights adjudication. The ruling will affect the quantification and enforcement of instream water rights of the Klamath Tribes.
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 MoreMARION COUNTY, Ore. - A Marion County Circuit Court Judge has ruled in favor of Klamath Irrigation District (KID) in a lawsuit concerning water stored in Upper Klamath Lake for irrigation. At the same time, district leadership says that the impact of the ruling on 2020 water availability is currently unknown. Therefore, farmers should not change plans or assume they will receive more water this year because of the ruling.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. – At its November 2019 meeting, the Oregon Water Resources Commission awarded $2,471,120 in grants to four projects for the 2019 cycle of Water Project Grants and Loans. The funding awards were made based on the public benefits the projects would achieve as described in the project applications.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. – The Oregon Water Resources Department is holding an open house on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at the Chiloquin Community Center from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. The purpose of the open house is primarily to exchange information and engage water users in a conversation about the management of groundwater rights in the basin; however, there will also be informational booths on other aspects of water quantity management.
Read MoreClose to 70 people attended a Klamath Project Contractors meeting at the Klamath County Fairgrounds held by, the Tom Paul & Ivan Gall from the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD), Scott White, Executive Director of the Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) and Klamath County Commissioner, Donnie Boyd.
This meeting was intended to bring contractors of the Klamath Reclamation Project current information about the 2018 Irrigation season. The meeting began with introductions by Commissioner Boyd and remarks about a drought declaration from the commissioners this morning [2/20/18].
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