*IMPORTANT* In anticipation of high demand, the Foundation will be allocating tickets via a lottery method with a maximum of 3 entrants per organization. To be considered, please thoroughly review the tour details below so you’re fully aware of the time and financial commitments, then complete this entry form. Entrants selected via the ticket lottery will be contacted beginning on June 12 with an opportunity to register for the tour.

This special, first-ever Foundation water tour will not be offered every year! Join us as we examine water issues along the 263-mile Klamath River, from its spring-fed headwaters in south-central Oregon to its redwood-lined estuary on the Pacific Ocean in California.

One of the West’s most important and contentious watersheds, the Klamath River does not originate in snowcapped mountains, but rather on a volcanic plateau, and courses through the steep Cascade Range along the rugged Siskiyou Mountains and on to the Pacific Ocean, draining some 10 million acres of land.

A bounty of resources – water, salmon, timber and minerals – and a wide range of users turned the remote region into a hotspot for economic development and multiparty water disputes. Among the planned stops is the former site of Iron Gate Dam & Reservoir for a firsthand look at restoration efforts following the structure’s removal.

This 5-day, 4-night tour will begin in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with an opening dinner and presentation on the night of Sept. 8. The tour will end at the mouth of the river in the coastal town of Klamath, California, on Sept. 12. Other planned topics include one of the Bureau of Reclamation’s earliest projects located in the Upper Basin, the recent removal of four obsolete dams and more.

Contact Programs Director Nick Gray via email with any tour questions.

Planned Stops Include:

• Upper Klamath Lake
• Link Dam
• Agricultural operations in the basin
• Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
• Iron Gate Dam removal site
• Shasta River Valley
• Scott River Valley

Planned Topics Include:

• Geology & natural history of the Klamath Basin
• History & operations of the federal Klamath Project
• History & status of the Klamath Dam removal project
• Tribal water rights
• Habitat restoration for migratory species

Tour Start & End Points:

The tour will begin with an opening dinner and presentation on the evening of Monday, September 8, at the Running Y Resort near Klamath Falls, Oregon. The bus portion begins the next morning and ends in Klamath, California on the morning of Friday, September 12.

A ”California Option” ticket is available which starts and/or ends the tour for participants in Sacramento, California. Find more information under Pricing Details below.

The tour includes overnight stays in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sept. 8 & 9, Yreka, California on Sept. 10 and Klamath, California on Sept. 11 which are all arranged by the Foundation and covered by the registration fee.

Pricing Details:

General – $1,699 (one person, single-occupancy room)

Fee includes all tour meals, transportation, materials, snacks and hotel accommodations once the tour begins Monday evening. Meals covered by the registration fee include dinner on Monday through breakfast on Friday. With this ticket, participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour’s beginning and end points noted above.

California Option – $1,849

This ticket option is available to anyone who wants to include transportation aboard the tour bus from and/or back to the Foundation’s office in Sacramento. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. on the morning of Monday, September 8, and return at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, September 12. Lunch on both days will be included. Contact Nick Gray via email if you have any questions.

Cancellation & Refund Policy:

The deadline to cancel and receive a refund is four weeks prior to the first day of the tour due to lodging, meal and transportation commitments. Substitutions are allowed up to five business days before the tour. Credit card processing fees are nonrefundable and the remaining refund amount may be subject to additional fees.

We recognize that unexpected conflicts with our tours may occur. The Water Education Foundation recommends you consider arranging travel insurance from a provider of your choice soon after tour registration to protect against such unfortunate events.

MCLE Credit Hours:

Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit hours are available only to California attorneys for an additional fee. Contact Nick Gray via email with any questions.