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Juliet Grable/JPRFunds authorized by the Biden-Harris administration will help climate change efforts in the Klamath region. -
Juliet Grable/JPR NewsEarlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, re-connecting 14,000 acres of wetland habitat to Upper Klamath Lake.
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The national wildlife refuges in the Klamath Basin, along the Oregon-California border underwent a historic drought this year. Those refuges are a critical stopping point for up to a million birds during peak migration. What does it mean for birds to have broken links along this avian highway? -
After an unprecedented shut-off of irrigation water in the Klamath Project, ag producers had to scramble to find water for their crops. While many used groundwater wells to make up at least some of the loss, the limits of that resource became clear. -
In this driest of years in the Klamath Basin, the nation鈥檚 oldest wildlife refuge for water birds is now getting this season鈥檚 first major infusion of fresh water. -
Homes in rural areas of the Klamath Basin have lost running water as their wells fail. Part of the reason: more farmers and ranchers are pumping water from underground than any other year, because they didn鈥檛 get any irrigation water from a nearby lake. -
More than 90 families in the Klamath Basin say their domestic water wells have run dry. -
Rep. Bentz talks drought. -
The drought in the Klamath Basin has been deepening for several years now, putting farmers and ranchers in a bind. The feds have set aside almost 2 million dollars to help.
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Last week many Klamath irrigators got word that they鈥檇 be receiving no water from the main canal that feeds their farmlands. They鈥檙e angry, and they鈥檙e taking it out on government workers. -
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. -
The Klamath Basin drought is having serious impacts on the region's Native tribes
