Here’s the link to a new report on this topic. However, in my experience studying and walking parts of all the large fires that have burned in the Klamath Mountains since 1987, I found that most of the post-fire sediment comes from road crossing failures {plugged culverts and blowouts}, not hillslopes. […]
Author: Falice Pace
KlamBlog: What’s the best strategy for restoring Klamath Salmon to the Upper Klamath River Basin?
The train is rolling to get more federal funding to restore salmon to the Upper Klamath River Basin. Here’s why I think that is a bad idea: If ESA-listed salmon are restored by the federal government to the Upper Basin they will be an “experimental population” and could be removed […]
Opinion: Klamath Basin Federal Irrigators continue to oppose flows for fish
The Bureau of Reclamation doesn’t just subsidize the Klamath’s federal irrigators, it also pampers them. That’s one reason those irrigators sustain a sense of their own importance and a disdain for the idea that our River needs flows adequate to support and sustain healthy aquatic ecosystems, including salmon runs. Federal […]
Is this Yurok Tribe funding justified?
The Yurok Tribe just loves to build big buildings which are NOT NEEDED and which then are left empty or underutilized. (The Weitchpec Fisheries Research Center is the latest example. It will cost taxpayers $1,619,434) I CHALLENGE YUROK OFFICIALS TO TELL US HOW CONSTRUCTING ANOTHER NEW BUILDING WILL ADVANCE FISHERIES AND HABITAT RESTORATION? […]
KlamBlog: A clear sign that the Klamath Water Wars continue
Klamath Basin Irrigators continue to challenge the right of the federal government to use water stored in Upper Klamath Lake to benefit threatened Klamath River salmon (see this link). They will likely take the challenge to the Supreme Court. Upper Klamath Lake is the Klamath Rivers source, The River begins at […]
Klamath Mountains sedge peatlands
Headwater meadow sedge fens are important to preserving our water supplies. Many fens on our national forests are getting trashed and degraded by cattle. See: https://www.cnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Fremontia_V46_N2_Wetlands_LR.pdf It is plain stupid to damage water supplies and water quality so that a few ranchers can produce a few more beefs by graze […]
Reclamation and US Fish & Wildlife requests billion for project in the Klamath Basin
See Interior Department Press Release at endpublishers note: The Klamath Basin restoration activities are a prime example of the Department of the Interior’s strategic initiatives to address climate change impacts, specifically drought resilience. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, dedicated funding has been allocated to enhance […]
KLAMBLOG: Sediment from Klamath River Basin logging roads dwarfs sediment from dam removal.
publishers notes: cover image by Jack Bulmer from Pixabay Estimating the weight of wet silt requires a few considerations: Density: Silt’s density varies depending on its composition, but we can assume a density range of roughly 120-130 pounds per cubic foot when wet. Moisture Content: The amount of water in the silt significantly impacts its […]
