Klamath Tribes warn federal proposal to provide more water for irrigation threatens endangered fish
The Klamath Tribes are opposing a new federal water plan they say risks killing off endangered fish. The Bureau of Reclamation’s proposal would send up to 38,000 additional acre-feet of water — roughly 12.4 billion gallons — to Klamath Project irrigators in southern Oregon and northern California. … But the Klamath Tribes said in an email that the additional 38,000 acre-feet would not come from the designated excess water supply. The Tribes said the allocation would lower lake levels.
Other Klamath River Basin news:
- Herald and News (Klamath Falls, Ore.): Klamath Tribes notified by feds of additional water takes for Klamath Project
- The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Trump wants to open forests to more trucks, logging. Which Calif. lands are at risk?
