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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - This week, the Yurok Tribe and the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), in collaboration with the Shasta Indian Nation, started preparing a stretch of the Klamath River to flow freely for the first time in a century.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Yesterday marked a significant move by the Klamath Irrigation District (K.I.D) to safeguard the interests of its farmers and countless others across the Western United States.
Read MoreA federal court heard arguments today on whether to issue a preliminary injunction limiting irrigation and wildlife refuge uses of water from the Klamath Project in 2023.
Read MoreKLAMATH RIVER BASIN – Gathering along the Klamath River in Siskiyou County today [December 8, 2022], Governor Kate Brown joined California Governor Gavin Newsom, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and leaders of the Klamath, Yurok, and Karuk tribes to celebrate final approval of a transformative dam removal project that will revitalize nearly 400 miles of the Klamath River and tributaries – the largest river restoration project in American history.
Read MoreKLAMATH RIVER BASIN, Calif., Ore. - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave its final approval Thursday for a plan to remove four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon.
Read MoreKLAMATH BASIN – On Friday, April 16, a coalition of three Klamath Basin Tribes joined with groups that represent conservationists and commercial fishermen to urge the Biden administration to grant significant financial relief to all Klamath Basin communities in response to what is predicted to be the driest year on record for the region.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On April 19, Klamath Water Users Association filed court papers to re-open a lawsuit and seek a ruling that the Bureau of Reclamation’s current approach to regulating water deliveries for the Klamath Project is illegal. KWUA filed a motion in federal court asking the court to lift a stay of existing litigation and then rule on critical legal issues that affect irrigation water availability.
Read MoreToday via teleconference, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, leaders of the Yurok & Karuk Tribes, and Berkshire Hathaway-owned PacifiCorp joined in announcing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide additional resources and support to advance the removal of four dams on the Klamath River.
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 MoreKLAMATH 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.
Read MoreSAN 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.
Read MoreThe Court concluded that the Klamath Basin tribes – Yurok, Hoopa Valley, and the Klamath Tribes – had senior, federally reserved water rights that predate the water rights of Klamath Irrigation Project irrigators
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of the United States in the long-running lawsuit titled Baley v. United States, commonly known as the Klamath Project water “Takings Case.” The plaintiff water users sought just compensation for taking of their water rights in 2001 when the United States re-allocated irrigation water to threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Read MorePortland, OR – PacifiCorp has entered into a site access agreement with Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. to allow the firm to conduct initial surveying and other work connected to planned removal of four dams on the Klamath River.
Read MoreUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California - Motion in Relief of Judgement. Courtroom Video from April 11, 2018 regarding cases 16-cv-04294-WHO and 16-cv-6863-WHO.
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