accomplish salmonid conservation.  The Task Force usually meets three times per year (in February, June and October) to work by  consensus to coordinate restoration planning, fund restoration projects, and express opinions on issues affecting the Klamath River.  In 1991, the Task Force developed the Long Range Plan for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Fisheries Restoration Program.  The Long Range Plan is available from the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office.  Recently, the progress of the Task Force in carrying out this plan was evaluated by an independent contractor.  Their report is the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Klamath River Basin Restoration Program.  In 2004, the Task Force completed revisions of the Long Range Plan in response to recommendations in the Mid-Term Evaluation in the form of Addenda to Chapter 8 of the Long Range Plan.

The Task Force has worked toward restoring Klamath River fisheries by funding watershed restoration planning and education, fisheries research and monitoring, fish stock enhancement, and on-the-ground habitat restoration.  Over its tenure, the Task Force has increasingly supported local watershed groups to bring together landowners and other natural resource interests in each of the 5 sub-basins of the Lower Klamath River Basin.  If it weren't for these local groups, much of the on-the-ground projects would not have been possible.  These groups have planned watershed activities and projects for their areas and act as focal points for watershed coordination.  The sub-basins and local watershed groups within each are listed below.