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| History of Klamath Project | |||||||||||||||
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| Photo: US Fisheries Wildlife Services | |||||||||||||||
| Under the 1902 Reclamation Act, California and Oregon ceded wetlands in the Klamath Basin to the Federal Government to "reclaim" for agricultural homesteading. Many of the 359,000 acres of wetlands were drained and offered for homesteads to WWI and WWII veterans. The Klamath Project was authorized in 1905 primarily to provide irrigation water and is managed by Reclamation�s Klamath Basin Area Office (KBAO) in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Project�s facilities include the Link River, Gerber, Clear Lake, and Anderson-Rose Dams as well as nearly 142,000 acres of wetlands and wildlife refuges. | |||||||||||||||
History of Klamath Project Construction of Klamath Consequences of the Klamath Project Kill Photos Homepage |
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| Links
Dept of Interior, Bureau Reclamation www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/klamath.html Reclamation Projects/Conservation www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conservation Reference Site On The Klamath http://oregonstate.edu/dept/kes/project.htm |
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| Michelle's Klamath Summary | |||||||||||||||