The first story provides a geographical and historical overview, the second focuses on economic impacts, the third focuses on the fish, and the fourth discusses possible solutions and barriers to solutions. This web page, which strongly advocates for farmers' right to irrigation water in the Klamath Basin, has recent updates on the legal battle. Judge Aiken hands down a decision in the suit brought by Klamath Basin farmers against the BuRec plan. This article also describes some of the effects already happening on the Klamath Basin. Farmers from the Klamath Basin demonstrated outside of the federal courthouse in Eugene, while their case requesting an injunction to prevent the BuRec from implementing its water management plan was being heard inside the courthouse.
Farmers give their side of the issue.
The Bureau of Reclamation had earlier decided to send irrigation water to farmers from 2 reservoirs on the eastern edge of the Klamath Basin project, but this action was ruled illegal by a federal judge. Despite the ruling, BuRec operators keep sending water until they could meet with irrigators. He said that he believes the ESA should be should be overhauled to protect farmers as well as fish. This is a newspaper story from The Oregonia n newpaper. There is a lot of anger about this decision.