The federal Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the Klamath Project, announced Wednesday that deteriorating water conditions in the Klamath Basin led to
Liz Bowen
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Last Friday, I listened to a significant zoom meeting. It was held in Tulelake with our Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors cooperatively meeting with Modoc County Supervisors and the Klamath County Commissioners. The goal of the meeting was to approve two letters: One to California and Oregon Congress officials and state legislators asking for financial help regarding the Klamath Project due to its tragic lack of irrigation water for 2021. The second was to U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. also asking for help.
Our Siskiyou County Board Chairman Ray Haupt, made the motions to approve both letters, which passed overwhelmingly.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) â A judge has ruled against the Klamath Tribes in a lawsuit that accuses federal regulators of violating the Endangered Species Act by letting water levels fall too low for sucker fish to spawn in a lake that also feeds an elaborate irrigation system along the Oregon-California border.
The ruling, reported Friday by the Herald and News in Klamath Falls, comes as the region confronts one of the driest years in memory. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation last month announced that farmers who irrigate from its Klamath Project water-management area will get so little water that farming may not even be worthwhile this summer.
Judge rules against Klamath Tribes in lawsuit over sucker fish
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) A judge has ruled against the Klamath Tribes in a lawsuit that accuses federal regulators of violating the Endangered Species Act by letting water levels fall too low for sucker fish to spawn in a lake that also feeds an elaborate irrigation system along the Oregon-California border.
The ruling, reported Friday by the Herald and News in Klamath Falls, comes as the region confronts one of the driest years in memory. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation last month announced that farmers who irrigate from its Klamath Project water-management area will get so little water that farming may not even be worthwhile this summer.
Kern County s drought gets worse
Most of Kern County now classified as extreme drought
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Report now classifies the east half of the valley and all mountain & desert communities as extreme drought status.
and last updated 2021-04-22 16:38:19-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Report now classifies the east half of the valley and all mountain & desert communities as extreme drought status.
Every Thursday we get a new drought monitor report, and this morning s update is not good.
You can now see about two-thirds of Kern County are considered to be in extreme drought status, including all of our local mountains, the desert, and even the heart of the valley including the city of Bakersfield.