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Water is now flowing to LKNWR

Water is flowing into the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge today, thanks to the efforts of Cal...
 
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CWA meets with Interior Secretary about Lower Klamath

California Waterfowl and Klamath Basin farmers met yesterday with U.S. Secretary of Interior David...
 
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Lower Klamath loses its only promised water for the year

When the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last month that farmers would be getting their full al...
 
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Bureau of Reclamation restores promised water supply

A little bit of good news for the Klamath Basin today out of the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau now plans to deliver the promised 140,000 acre feet to the Klamath Project.
 
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WATER: Lower Klamath Refuge left high and dry

BY JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY (Originally published in the Summer 2020 is...
 
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Klamath Project expected to shut off water by July - bad news for the refuge

The Herald and News reported that the Klamath Project is likely to run out of water for farmers by July.
 
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CWA asks feds to study impact of water plan on Lower Klamath NWR

California Waterfowl, joined by four other waterfowl organizations, asked the Bureau of Reclamation...
 
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Water users association warns of anticipated shortfalls

The Klamath Water Users Association issued an alert to members warning that 2020 will likely be the second worst year of water deliveries in four decades.
 
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New settlement will restrict water available to the Lower Klamath NWR

A new settlement will reduce water available to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. But it a...
 
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Advocacy: The latest on Lower Klamath and groundwater regulation

by JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTOR OF WATER LAW AND POLICY Skip to groundwater law update LOWER KLAMATH...
 
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LKNWR UPDATE: Legal filing details devastating effects of withholding water

California Waterfowl filed papers this month in U.S. District Court detailing the devastating impac...
 
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Lower Klamath NWR update – Dec. 4, 2019

Biological opinions to be re-done November bird counts up LaMalfa outlines position to CWA board...
 
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Chair's Message: Unwavering mission - fix Klamath now

Originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of California Waterfowl. by ROCQUE MERLO, CHAIRMAN My...
 
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Lower Klamath NWR update

In this report: Flooding status for opener CWA fights for pump repair funding Opening Day of duck...
 
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Lower Klamath: Farmers to the rescue!

The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, which has been critically deprived of essential water su...
 
Klamath

Extra water delivery begins

The refuge began taking delivery of 50 cubic feet per second of water today. That delivery was available thanks to a cool and wet spring that delayed plantings and left the Klamath Project with extra water that it could divert to LKNWR.
 
Klamath

Critical Hub

Ducks don't stay at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge all year, but there are times the refuge is vitally important to them - and humans are letting them down.
 
Klamath

Water levels dropping

Lower Klamath looks lush this summer thanks to incredible precipitation last winter and spring, but water levels are dropping.
 
Klamath

Letter to Secretary of the Interior

On July 30, CWA hand-delivered a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
 
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Klamath's Bone-Dry Wetland

(Originally printed in the Summer 2019 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine.) Lower Klamath Centra...
 
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CWA joins Klamath lawsuit

CWA has been allowed to join in the case of The Klamath Tribes v. the United States Bureau of Reclam...
 
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Lawsuit threatens efforts to solve Klamath water problems

(Reprinted from the Fall 2018 issue of California Waterfowl Magazine) BY JEFFREY A. VOLBERG, DIRECTO...
 
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Water problems aren't over

Water problems aren't over; unbelievably, a banner year for water supply still leaves the Klamath Basin at risk.
 
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Klamath water efforts slow but steadfast

After suffering a devastating defeat at the end of 2015, water interests in the Klamath Basin are re-forming a coalition to fight for a more equitable distribution of water in the Basin...