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Jason Jaacks/EcoflightThe federal Bureau of Reclamation announced its initial water supply allocation for Klamath Basin farmers yesterday. Despite average snowpack in the region, the projected supply still isn鈥檛 enough to meet agricultural demands. -
Brandon Swanson/OPBA northern California tribe is pressing the federal government to stop water deliveries for farming in southern Oregon and northern California unless a federal agency can show it鈥檚 met all legal requirements for endangered species, including salmon and killer whales.
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Two members of Congress from Southern Oregon and Northern California are teaming up on a proposed aid package to help to assist farmers, wildlife refuges, tribes and fisherman affected by the increasing drought in the Klamath Basin on the Oregon-California border. -
The mood was jubilant yet sober on Saturday as members of the Klamath Tribes and their supporters drove the 鈥淐aravan for the Klamath鈥� through the city of Klamath Falls, culminating in a rally at a downtown park to advocate for tribal land and water rights. -
There鈥檚 not enough water to go around, as irrigators, tribes and fishermen all come up short. -
For the first time since the federal Klamath water management project in Southern Oregon was opened in 1907, the main canal supplying water to irrigators will remain closed this season. -
Snowpack, stream flows and reservoir levels are all on the decline after what was the driest April on record for some parts of Oregon. -
Much of Klamath County is experiencing extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, as south-central Oregon enters the spring with mountain snowpack levels well below normal. -
The Klamath Basin is facing another year of drought. Klamath County commissioners have requested that Gov. Kate Brown make a state-level declaration.
