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Klamath River Basin Activities

Overview

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and local partners are bringing the benefits of voluntary, locally-led conservation to farmers, ranchers, Tribes, and other private landowners in the Klamath River Basin.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in California and Oregon provides technical assistance in conservation planning and on-farm conservation implementation through federal financial program funding, such as the Farm Bill.

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Conservation in the Klamath Basin
Partnership Accomplishments

This full color, eight-page report provides conservation partnership highlights, an overview of Farm Bill assistance, information on conservation assistance delivered to local people, a report on new scientific models to examine conservation efforts, and Klamath Basin landowner success stories.

Partnership Accomplishments Brochure [626 kb]

Photo of Agriculture in the Klamath Basin

Klamath Basin Rapid Subbasin Assessments

Below are the Summary Documents for the larger Klamath Basin Rapid Subbasin Assessments (July 2004). The full report is available as an interactive CD from the Klamath Basin Office.

The Summary Report entitled Upper Klamath Basin: Opportunities for Conserving and Sustaining Natural Resources on Private Lands provides an overview of the Upper Klamath Basin and each of the Subbasins.

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Full Final Subbasin Summary Report [20.9 Mb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Introduction [3.39 Mb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Butte Valley [739 Kb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Middle Lost River [1.49 Mb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Sprague [781 Kb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Tule Lake [778 Kb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Upper Klamath River East [2.02 Mb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Upper Klamath Lake [797 Kb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Upper Lost River [760 Kb]
Final Subbasin Summary - Williamson [823 Kb]

Klamath Basin Landcover Map
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Work Plan for Adaptive Management in the Klamath Basin (2004)

An updated Work Plan for Adaptive Management in the Klamath Basin was released in May 2004, updating the significant conservation planning and implementation that was completed during fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

May 2004 Updated Work Plan for Adaptive Management (285 Kb)
Klamath Basin Land Cover Map (134 Kb)
2002 NRCS Work Plan for Adaptive Management (906 Kb)

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Upper Klamath Lake Snow and Water Supply Reports

Reports from the National Water and Climate Center present a variety of information related to snowpack and water supply conditions.

National Water and Climate Center, Klamath Basin Special Reports

Klamath Basin Rancher Receives National Excellence in Conservation Award

The Natural Resources Conservation Service presented its 2004 Excellence in Conservation Award to California rancher Michael J. Byrne, who was recognized during the NRCS Honor Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., June 25th.

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Listen to the USDA Radio Interview with Byrne.

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Klamath Basin farmer with cost-shared wheel-line
sprinkler system that replaced his flood irrigation.
USDA Radio Feature Stories

Through conservation programs and technical assistance, NRCS is working together with farmers and ranchers, conservation districts, agencies, watershed groups, tribes and other partners to find ways to conserve and enhance natural resources in the Klamath Basin.

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Listen to these feature stories.