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Our unwavering Commitment to Lower Klamath
Our Continued Commitment to Obtain a Permanent Water Supply for the Lower Klamath
I want to take this opportunity to give you an update on our ongoing effort to secure a permanent, reliable supply of water for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
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Klamath
CWA travels to Washington D.C. to discuss Klamath Water Crisis
California Waterfowl is in Washington D.C. this week to discuss the Klamath water crisis with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and senior U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff.
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Klamath
America's First Waterfowl Refuge is Dry
The Klamath Basin is dry! For the first time in history, America’s first National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) established for waterfowl conservation purposes by Theodore Roosevelt is a barren wasteland.
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Klamath
CWA Secures State Funding to Support Water Transfer for Lower Klamath NWR
California Waterfowl entered into a contract with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to fund the transfer of up to 3,750 acre-feet of irrigation water from a landowner in the Wood River Valley of Oregon to help flood Unit 2 and other wetland habitat at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
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Klamath
CWA Funds Spring 2022 Water Delivery to Lower Klamath Refuge
In light of ongoing drought and significantly reduced wetland habitat conditions, California Waterfowl has entered into a contract with Klamath Drainage District (KDD), farmers located north of the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, to purchase up to 2,000 acre-feet of agricultural drain water to help maintain water levels in Unit 2 and possibly also flood Unit 3.
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Klamath
Infrastructure bill: an opportunity for Lower Klamath
The massive federal infrastructure bill signed into law by the president on Nov. 15 provides a significant opportunity to aid the parched Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge: $162 million to be used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earmarked for “Klamath Basin restoration activities.”
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Klamath
Flyway Council presses Interior on water for Lower Klamath
The fight to save the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge gained another voice last month when the Pacific Flyway Council sent a letter to the Secretary of the Interior asking her to prioritize getting water to the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
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Klamath
Big water victory for Lower Klamath
CWA's recent huge water victory for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge could not have happened without the efforts of many people.
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Klamath
Our first big milestone… But still many miles to go
CWA successfully acquired a permanent water right for Lower Klamath, but there's still much work to be done in the fight for water.
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Klamath
CWA to feds: Release water for wetlands
California Waterfowl delivered an urgent request, co-signed by 13 other conservation organizations, to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Monday asking it to release water from Upper Klamath Lake to flood dry wetlands in the Klamath Basin.
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Klamath
Water is flowing to Lower Klamath!
Water is flowing to the Lower Klamath NWR today, thanks to CWA's purchase of water rights for the parched refuge.
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Mallards
Water transfer to Lower Klamath approved
The Oregon Water Resources Department approved a request to transfer a water right from a willing seller in Oregon's Wood River Valley to California Waterfowl to benefit the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
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Klamath
Klamath update: Lower Klamath drying up, water shifting at Tule Lake
PHOTO AND VIDEO: Satellite imagery and photography from the past week paint a grim picture of conditions in the parched Klamath Basin.
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CWA water-rights purchase featured on JPR
Jefferson Public Radio featured a discussion today about CWA's plan to purchase water rights for the Lower Klamath NWR.
Klamath
CWA statement in response to H&N article
CWA released the following statement in response to an article in today's Klamath Falls Herald and News about the draining of Sump 1B at TLNWR.
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Klamath
Lower Klamath water rights purchase update
California Waterfowl's effort to purchase water rights for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is awaiting approvals.
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Klamath
The Klamath Effect
The effects of little water for the nation's first waterfowl refuge ripple across the entire state. (From Summer 2021 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine).
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Klamath
CWA lauds proposed aid package that would help Klamath refuges
California Waterfowl lauds a proposal by two congressmen from Northern California and Oregon to provide $57 million in aid for the Klamath Basin, including $2.5 million to help two national wildlife refuges that are drying up.
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Klamath
Extreme 2021 water disaster unfolds in the Klamath Basin
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last week that it would be allocating only 33,000 acre-feet from the Klamath Project this year - an amount that will leave the Klamath Basin's farmers, national wildlife refuges and salmon runs in dire straits.
Klamath
H&N article about impending crisis in the Klamath Basin
The Herald and News today featured an article by Alex Schwartz detailing the impending water crisis...
Klamath
Newspaper article: This wildlife refuge is drying up. An anonymous rancher wants to save it.
Herald and News reporter Alex Schwartz reports on CWA's efforts to purchase water rights for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
Klamath
Newspaper article: Botulism could decimate California wild ducks again. How hunters are trying to save them
Sacramento Bee reporter Ryan Sabalow writes about California Waterfowl's efforts to secure water rights for the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.
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Klamath
Mallards
Lower Klamath update: a huge step forward
March 4, 2021—In an exciting development, California Waterfowl has entered into an agreement to purchase rights to...
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Klamath
Lower Klamath backgrounder: biological opinions and their role in keeping LKNWR dry
One of the federal policy actions driving the lack of water for the Lower Klamath NWR is the develo...
