| Consequences of Klamath Project |
History of Klamath Project Construction of Klamath Consequences of the Klamath Project Kill Photos Homepage |
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| LINKS The Northcoast Environmental Center Pictures of the Klamath Fish Kills (Click on Gallery Link, then Klamath Photos) Klamath Basin Information Archives Ecology Center The War on the River Water Watch Klamath Tribes Call for Action Soho Coho Endangered Species Petition |
| The Klamath Water crisis has been one-hundred years in the making. The root problems began with the shortsighted development of a massive irrigation project and federal and state officials promising too much water to too many interests. The consequence, nearly 80% of Klamath Basin wetlands destroyed, entire lakes drained, the elimination of natural river and stream flows, extinction of species,ecosystem collapse, and ultimately detrimental economic effects.
The ESA or Endangered Species Act, is only the latest of a series of laws and responsibilities that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has attempted to ignore over the last decade of federal mismanagement of the Klamath�s resources. In addition, the ongoing operation of the Bureau�s Irrigation Project has been in violation of the Federal Tribal Trust agreement. The tribes have always had seniority over the water rights, but those rights have been ignored. The Bureau has also been in violation of the Federal Energy river flow requirements, the Clean Water Act, and basic common sense. |
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