Archive for May 2020
Court Denies Yurok Tribe’s Motion to Obtain More Klamath River Flows
A federal judge in San Francisco earlier today sided with local water users and the federal government, preventing even more of the Klamath Project’s stored water being sent downstream immediately in this critically dry year. After a hearing this morning, Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied…
Read MoreWATER USERS OPPOSE YUROK TRIBE REQUEST FOR FLOW INCREASES
Contact Information: Paul Simmons, Executive Director (916)-769-6685 [email protected] Last night, Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) filed its opposition with a federal court to a motion filed the Yurok Tribe and Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association that was filed May 13. The tribe’s motion requests that the court re-open a lawsuit that was put on…
Read MoreIn the Worst of Times, We Celebrate the 115th Anniversary of the Klamath Project
The family farms and ranches in the Klamath Project face unimaginable hardship. This year may be the worst ever for Klamath Project producers. They are saddled with a severe lack of irrigation water, cruel uncertainty, and COVID-19 impacts on themselves, the workforce and markets. They are chastised and regulated based on frightening misunderstandings of who…
Read MoreKlamath In Peril
Ty Kliewer, Klamath Irrigation District Board President and local rancher, sent a well-written letter to Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt. We think this letter and the Ty’s essay do a great job of summing up the feelings of everyone who works in or is associated with Klamath Ag. Please take a few minutes to…
Read MoreKlamath Project Update – May 8, 2020
KLAMATH PROJECT WATER UPDATE This is what we know at 9 pm on May 8 about the Klamath Project water supply from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigation in 2020. There is information circulating in the community that there will be a drastic reduction, from the amount announced in April, of the amount of irrigation water…
Read MoreCurrent Klamath Project Supply as we Understand it
Memo from Paul SimmonsExecutive Director of Klamath Water Users Association Current Klamath Project Supply as we Understand itThere is great uncertainty and conflicting information regarding the availability of water from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigation. It is critical that Klamath Project irrigators understand these two points: 1. As of now, the previously-announced Project Supply…
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