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Press Release: ORGANIZATIONS PETITION THE CA WATER BOARD TO SET PERMANENT INSTREAM FLOW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SHASTA RIVER, A CRITICAL KLAMATH RIVER TRIBUTARY

Yreka, CA – As the largest dam removal project in history unfolds on the Klamath River, conservation and social justice organizations filed a legal petition seeking a permanent instream flow requirement for the Shasta River, an important Klamath River tributary.

“The Shasta River was historically the most productive chinook salmon river in the Klamath River Basin, and now it is used mainly to flood irrigate fields,” explained Regina Chichizola from Save California Salmon, a Tribally led environmental…

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