Klamath River Basin

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309115063

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Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Pdf

The Klamath River basin, which spans parts of southern Oregon and northern California, has been the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water. Management actions to protect threatened and endangered fish species in the basin have left less water available for irrigation in dry years and heightened tensions among farmers and other stakeholders including commercial fishermen, Native Americans, conservationists, hunters, anglers, and hydropower producers. This National Research Council book assesses two recent studies that evaluate various aspects of flows in the Klamath basin: (1) the Instream Flow Phase II study (IFS), conducted by Utah State University, and (2) the Natural Flow of the Upper Klamath Basin study (NFS), conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). The book concludes that both studies offer important new information but do not provide enough information for detailed management of flows in the Klamath River, and it offers many suggestions for improving the studies. The report recommends that a comprehensive analysis of the many individual studies of the Klamath river basin be conducted so that a big picture perspective of the entire basin and research and management needs can emerge.

Author : Stephen Most
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066732887

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River of Renewal by Stephen Most Pdf

"Most tells these stories in the voices of the protagonists, who give the basin's complex history an illuminating immediacy that infuses the entire book. It is a mark of his achievement that he has been able to make these historical, cultural, and environmental pieces into a comprehensive whole.River of Renewalis the best source available for those wishing to think clearly about this cumulative tragedy, as well as a first-rate model for regional land use anywhere in the American West." -Orion Magazine A land of mountains, forests, wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the Klamath Basin spans the Oregon-California state line. Farms and ranches, logging towns, and back-to-the-land communities are scattered over this 10-million-acre bioregion. There are Indian reservations at the headwaters, at the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, ever since the Gold Rush, a succession of wars and resource conflicts, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among its inhabitants. At the core of the contemporary controversy is overallocation of the waters of the Klamath Basin. This dispute has pitted farmers and ranchers against those whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing and others who would forestall the extinction of wild salmon. Yet it has also revealed the unity of the Klamath Basin, the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the Basin to find common ground. Stephen Mostis a playwright and documentary storyteller. He has contributed to numerous documentary films, including Emmy Award winnersWonders of Nature and Promisesand the Academy Award-nominatedBerkeley in the Sixties. His playsMedicine Show, Watershed, andA Free Countrydramatize events in Pacific Northwest history. To listen to an interview with Stephen Most entitled "Fished Out: Draining the Seas of Their Bounty," please visit: http://www.aworldofpossibilities.com/

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309090971

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Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin Pdf

In 1988 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed two endemic fishes of the upper Klamath River basin of Oregon and California, the sucker and the Lost River sucker, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1997, the National Marine Fisheries Service added the Southern Oregon Northern coastal California (SONCC) coho salmon as a threatened species to the list. The leading factors attributed to the decline of these species were overfishing, blockage of migration, entrainment by water management structures, habitat degradation, nonnative species, and poor water quality. Endangered and Threatened Fishes of the Klamath River Basin addresses the scientific aspects related to the continued survival of coho salmon and shortnose and Lost River suckers in the Klamath River. The book further examines and identifies gaps in the knowledge and scientific information needed for recovery of the listed species and proves an assessment of scientific considerations relevant to strategies for promoting the recovery of those species.

Author : Lawrence W. Powers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : 0966791916

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A River Never the Same by Lawrence W. Powers Pdf

"The use and control of water has defined life in the Klamath River Basin since human beings first arrived here thousands of years ago - that is the subject of this book. In a collection of articles, the authors explore various aspects of the Klamath Basin's water resources, such as the geology and geography of the region and how that has shaped the availability of water, the native wildlife and programs for its conservation, and the history of human settlement of the are from ancient times to the present. They pay special attention to the political, legal and economic forces that have shaped water project developments such as irrigation and hydroelectric power. Taken together, this collection gives a comprehensive historical overview of water use in the Klamath Basin." (Book jacket).

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062993360

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Klamath Basin Water Issues by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520213149

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Balancing Water by Anonim Pdf

"A book of unusual personality, charm, and force; it should greatly please a wide range of readers, including those sophisticated about conservation and land-use questions, and it should make even the hardest-line ranchers think some new thoughts about their future strategies."--Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia "What a grand collaboration: Kittredge's words and the Blakes' images take us to the soul of the Klamath Country, at once a magnificent, battered, and resolute landscape. This finely-crafted blend of artistry, history, literature, public policy, and ecology tells the full and compelling story of one great western place and its people. In so doing, Balancing Water tells us a great deal about how, if we find the common will to work it right, we can shape the futures of other watersheds across the west."--Charles Wilkinson, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Colorado, and author of Fire on the Plateau and The Eagle Bird "Coexistence has never been a popular principle in the American West, but as this book makes clear it has become indispensable for the survival of both endangered nature and endangered rural community. I was inspired by this brilliant collaboration of writer and photographers. They show a West that is changing for the good. They bring a message of hope that is compelling and timely."--Donald Worster, Hall Professor of American History, Univ of Kansas and author of Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West and Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas

Author : United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Water
ISBN : MINN:31951D03530861Y

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Klamath Basin Study by United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Pdf

Author : Eric A. Stene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Dams
ISBN : UCR:31210018658714

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The Klamath Project by Eric A. Stene Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Land Management. Klamath Falls Resource Area Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024699900

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Final Eligibility and Suitability Report for the Upper Klamath Wild and Scenic River Study by United States. Bureau of Land Management. Klamath Falls Resource Area Office Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309083249

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Scientific Evaluation of Biological Opinions on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin Pdf

During 2001, a severe drought occurred in the Klamath River Basin. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) determined that the newly issued biological opinions and their RPAs must prevail; thus, water that would have gone to irrigators was directed almost entirely to attempts to maintain minimum lake levels and minimum flows as prescribed in the two RPAs. The severe economic consequences of this change in water management led DOI to request that the National Research Council (NRC) independently review the scientific and technical validity of the government's biological opinions and their RPAs. The NRC Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin was formed in response to this request. The committee was charged with filing an interim report after approximately less than 3 months of study and a final report after about 18 months of study. The interim report, which is summarized here, focuses on the biological assessments of the USBR (2001) and the USFWS and NMFS biological opinions of 2001 regarding the effects of Klamath Project operations on the three listed fish species.

Author : Dennis D. Lynch,John C. Risley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : UOM:39015060768937

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Klamath River Basin Hydrologic Conditions Prior to the September 2002 Die-off of Salmon and Steelhead by Dennis D. Lynch,John C. Risley Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fishes
ISBN : 0309115027

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Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Anadromous fishes
ISBN : UCR:31210018659241

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Upper Klamath River Basin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Hydroelectric power plants
ISBN : IND:30000097848448

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Klamath River Basin, Oregon-California by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Klamath River Watershed (Or.)
ISBN : UCR:31210018659068

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Klamath River Basin, Oregon by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District Pdf