The Klamath Basin Coalition -- Press Releases and Media Resources

Because of short growing seasons (100 days) and high elevations (4100 ft.) the farming economy of the federally subsidized Klamath Irrigation Project depends heavily on root crops such as potatos. However, these crops now compete in a glutted global market. This factor, far more than any water shortfalls, has cut into farm profits in the Upper Klamath Basin. From the March 17, 2001 New York Times, well before the 2001 drought hit the Klamath Basin potato crops. CLICK ABOVE TO ENLARGE THE PICTURE. CLICK ON LINK FOR WHOLE ARTICLE.



	Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge during 2002. Every year, large parts of the national wildlife refuges in the Upper Basin are deliberately dried up to feed excessive water demands from the federal water project to grow crops in surplus nationally and worldwide. Courtesy of Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)

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	RECENT PRESS RELEASES AND RESOURCES FOR REPORTERS
WHAT'S NEW Yurok Tribe 9/26/03 Press Release on the One-Year Anniversary of the Klamath Fish Kill Wall Street Journal 7/30/03: Klamath Water Saga Illustrates Karl Rove's Political Strongarm Methods Press Release 7/17/03: Judge Throws Out Flawed Klamath Water Plan Klamath Flows Case Litigation Backgrounder What California Says on the Klamath Irrigation Project and Its Impact on Fisheries Pacific Fisheries Management Council Letter 12/04/02 on Importance of Maintaining Higher Klamath River Flows for Fisheries Pacific Fisheries Management Council Letter of 4/23/03 on Importance of Klamath River Flows for Fisheries National Wildlife Refuges Dried Up to Feed Irrigation Other Media Resources Summary of the 2002 Massive Fish Kill California Attorney General's 15 September 2003 Ninth Circuit Amicus Brief in Support of Implementing the Plan to Put More Water in the Trinity River May 19, 2003 Letter on Klamath Flows by California Secretary of Resources Mary Nichols to Gail Norton October 11, 2002 Letter on Klamath Flows by California Secretary of Resources Mary Nichols to Gale Norton California Dept. of Fish & Games Fish Kill Report Cover Letter to CDFG Fish Kill Report American Rivers Designates Klamath the Nation's Second Most Endangered River (April 10, 2003) Downloadable Copy of American Rivers 2003 Klamath "Most Endangered" Rivers Designation