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TULELAKE, Calif. - The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is announcing the fall 2023 and winter 2024 waterfowl and upland game bird hunt plans for Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges.
Read MoreKLAMATH BASIN - For several weeks now, as the morning cool turns to the heat of the day, vast swarms of voracious grasshoppers have been pouring out of the dry, largely barren Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge into the surrounding irrigated farm fields around Merrill and Tulelake. Concerns are growing that crop damage could extend into the millions of dollars.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Discover Klamath is preparing to welcome the 43rd Annual Winter Wings Festival to the Klamath Basin from February 17-20, 2023. Organized by the Klamath Basin Audubon Society, the four-day festival invites birders, nature enthusiasts, and photographers to take in the sights and sounds of thousands of migratory birds while learning from top-notch birding professionals and enthusiastic local guides.
Read MoreTULELAKE, Calif. - Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges will be closed to all public upland game bird and waterfowl hunting during the fall/winter 2022-23 season.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Today, the United States Bureau of Reclamation said that irrigation districts that provide water to family farms and national wildlife refuges should immediately cease all diversion of water from Upper Klamath Lake, the major water storage reservoir for the Klamath Project.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Senior leaders from the Department of the Interior finished a two-day visit to the Klamath Basin this week to meet with Tribes, state and county officials, interagency partners, and water users to discuss near- and long-term solutions related to drought impacts and highlight how investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help protect and conserve sp
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The federal government announced today that it will deprive highly fertile farms and ranches in the Klamath Basin of irrigation water necessary to produce food this year. The decision comes at a time of global food security fears, rapidly rising food prices, and concerns that grocery store shelves may become empty this year.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Bald Eagles are among the migratory birds highlighted during the 42nd Winter Wings Festival (www.WinterWingsFest.org), which will run over three days, February 18-20, 2022, during the Presidents’ Day Weekend. The primary venue for the event will be the College Union at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls.
Read MoreKlamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex is seeking to contract with local producers for cooperative farming privileges on 3,501 acres at Lower Klamath NWR and 460 acres at Tule Lake NWR. All growers are welcome to apply and contracts are for crop share, meaning the resulting crop is shared by the cooperator and the refuge. Growers are responsible for all growing costs, and the refuge provides land.
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