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<h2 class="ydpcf8b9ac0subheadline">Agricultural interests are pitted against the needs of tribes and endangered species on the Klamath River.</h2>
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<span class="ydpcf8b9ac0pubdate">April 30, 2021</span>
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<div class="ydpcf8b9ac0caption">The Klamath River, pictured from the International Space Station, runs through Oregon just north of the border with California.</div><div class="ydpcf8b9ac0credit"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/50236505303/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NASA/CC via Flickr</a></div>
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<p><span>The federal government is strictly curtailing irrigation this
year in an attempt to protect endangered fish important to Indigenous
tribes. Farmers say this will make it all but impossible to farm, while
tribal nations say the plan doesn’t go far enough to save their
fisheries.</span></p>
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<p>In mid-April, a farming region in southern Oregon began to release
water from the Klamath River into its irrigation canals. According to
the local water authority, this was a standard move to jumpstart the
farming season during one of the driest seasons in recent memory. But
according to the federal government, it was an illegal maneuver that
could further jeopardize the survival of multiple endangered species and
food sources important to Indigenous tribes and fisheries in the
region.</p>
<p>Because of<span> </span><a href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?OR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">severe drought conditions</a><span> </span>in
the region and low snowpack levels, the Upper Klamath Lake — a large,
natural reservoir of freshwater that drains into the Klamath River — has
experienced historically low inflow this year. That means there’s not
enough water to go around for everyone who needs it: tribes that depend
on the lake to sustain culturally important species of suckerfish,
commercial and tribal fisheries downstream who depend on flow from the
lake to support salmon populations, and farmers and ranchers who rely on
irrigation to harvest crops.</p>
<p>On April 14, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), a federal agency that
oversees the Klamath irrigation project, announced that farmers would
only get 33,000 acre-feet of water this year due to drought conditions —
the lowest allotment in its history. The project spans from southern
Oregon to northern California. For context, farmers<span> </span><a href="https://kwua.org/kwua-press-release-on-2021-klamath-project-operations-plan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">say</a><span> </span>they
need 400,000 acre-feet in drought years. That didn’t stop the Klamath
Drainage District (KDD) in southern Oregon — a public entity contracted
to deliver water in the region — from turning on the spigot for its
constituents two days later.</p>
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<p>“We tried to hold off [diversion] as long as we could,” said district
manager Scott White. White said the district board faced immense
pressure to divert water from farmers in the region dealing with low
soil moisture. “Our landowners were just champing at the bit.”</p>
<p>White said that the district was accessing water from the Klamath
River through a state water permit rather than through the federal
government’s allocation, which he claimed was standard operating
procedure. The federal government doesn’t see it that way. In a letter
addressed to the district shared with <em>The Counter</em>, USBR ordered White to stop making the diversions, which it called unlawful.</p>
<p>“[The] water that is currently in the Klamath River is committed to
satisfying the Endangered Species Act (ESA), an obligation that
supersedes irrigation deliveries and rights,” the agency wrote.
“Therefore, KDD’s diversion of water … is contrary to the ESA and may
subject KDD to legal action if it does not immediately cease
diversions.”</p>
<p>The releases mean that there’s less water to go around for everyone
else who needs it, in a year where there was already little to begin
with. According to a USBR spokesperson, the agency is making up for the
diversions by releasing more water from the lake. However, tribes and
commercial fishermen downriver are worried that prolonged diversions
will reduce river flow long-term, in turn exacerbating poor
environmental conditions and further harming salmon populations that
they depend on for food, income, and ceremonial practices.</p>
<p>“It felt very, very disappointing that individuals would take
actions, such as to illegally divert water, when there is so much pain
being felt throughout the basin for communities who aren’t getting the
flows or the water levels necessary for their communities,” said Frankie
Myers, vice-chairman of the Yurok Tribe. “It felt like a pretty selfish
act.”</p>
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<div class="ydpcf8b9ac0caption">Yurok Tribal members harvest salmon in large gill nets he waters at the sand spit across the mouth of the Klamath River.</div><div class="ydpcf8b9ac0credit"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/goingslo/6130410451/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Tanner / CC via Flickr</a></div>
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<p>Salmon are a culturally and economically important species for the
Yurok. But poor river flow, pollution, disease, and dams that obstruct
movement have all played a role in the decline of the Klamath River’s
salmon population.</p>
<p>Every year, a coalition of tribal representatives, fishermen, and
community and environmental advocates sets catch limits on salmon in the
region in order to maintain long-term viability. Three decades ago,
Myers recalls, Yurok families could each harvest hundreds of fish from
the Klamath River, enough to sustain themselves for a year. This year,
he estimates that the tribe will be allocated the equivalent of one fish
per person, raising concerns about food sovereignty. The water shortage
also exacerbates the woes of non-tribal commercial fisheries. For
years, the region has put in place strict quotas to conserve salmon
populations. Earlier this month, the coalition<span> </span><a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/press-release-pacific-fishery-management-council-releases-2021-west-coast-ocean-salmon-season-dates/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">closed off</a><span> </span>commercial fishing in the region completely.</p>
<p class="ydpcf8b9ac0callout"><span>“I understand how people get desperate, but
violating the law and stealing your neighbor’s water is not the way to
solve this problem.”</span></p>
<p>“It’s really a very sad situation,” said Glen Spain, northwest
regional director for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s
Associations, which represents West Coast commercial fishermen. “I
understand how people get desperate, but violating the law and stealing
your neighbor’s water is not the way to solve this problem.”</p>
<p>Not only does the water shortage pit agricultural interests against
the needs of communities downriver — the scarcity also puts the survival
of different endangered species in conflict with one another.</p>
<p>Shortly before USBR announced this year’s allocations, the Klamath
Tribes — which are a separate tribal nation from the Yurok and have<span> </span><a href="https://www.narf.org/klamath-tribes-water-rights/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">senior water rights</a><span> </span>in
the Upper Klamath Lake — filed a lawsuit against the agency. The tribes
are accusing USBR of letting the lake’s water levels to fall below
minimum thresholds required by the Endangered Species Act for two years
in a row. This, in turn, puts two spiritually important suckerfish
species, the C’waam and Koptu, at risk of extinction, the lawsuit reads.
The tribes are demanding that USBR more than halve the average rate of
water flow out of the lake until it recovers to a minimum threshold set
by the Fish and Wildlife Service. That action, in turn, would mean less
abundant flows for farmers and salmon fisheries downriver. Someone
loses, no matter what.</p>
<p>“The Klamath Tribes certainly believe that everything should be done
to satisfy all of the biological needs of all of the species,” said Jay
Weiner, attorney for the Klamath Tribes. Weiner points out that salmon
are also significant for the Klamath Tribes, which retain fishing rights
to them. “The difficulty we find ourselves in this particular year is
that there is not enough water in the system to do that. And under those
conditions, we believe that the needs of the C’waam and Koptu, as much
more critically endangered and vulnerable species, need to come first.”</p>
<p>For some, the diversions are reminiscent of a painful chapter in the
region’s history. In 2001, USBR curtailed irrigation to farms to
prioritize the survival of endangered fish in compliance with the
Endangered Species Act. Farmers responded by physically forcing open
irrigation gates and even staging a symbolic “bucket brigade,” in which
residents manually diverted water from the river via buckets passed from
person to person along a human chain. The next year,<span> </span><em>Washington Post<span> </span></em><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/leaving_no_tracks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a>,
Vice President Dick Cheney personally lobbied the Bureau of Reclamation
to release water to farmers — a move that resulted in the largest
salmon die-off recorded in the region.</p>
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<p>Growing resentment from farmers has caused some to worry about
potential violence this year. Last Thursday, the “People’s Rights” group
announced a call to farmers and ranchers in the basin to “STAND UP AND
PROTECT YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, YOUR WATER!” People’s Rights is the
far-right militia group founded by Ammon Bundy, known for leading a
takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in 2016. </p>
<p>“I’m worried about it,” said Craig Tucker, a natural resources
consultant for the Karuk Tribe, another downriver community that depends
on the salmon for food. “The politics here in the Klamath, just like in
the rest of the country, are pretty volatile.”</p>
<p>Farmers and ranchers commonly frame USBR’s obligations under the
Endangered Species Act as a form of “single-species management” that
prioritizes conservation efforts to the detriment of other interests. </p>
<p>“We’re looking at not being able to produce crops this year,” said
Ben Duval, president of the Klamath Water Users Association and farmer
in Tulelake, California. “When that’s what you do for a living, it makes
it pretty tough.”</p>
<p>It’s worth noting USBR and USDA have set aside $25 million in relief
funds to help farmers in the region recover drought-related losses. In
addition, farmers who have opted into<span> </span><a href="https://thecounter.org/eliminate-crop-insurance-subsidies-regenerative-ag/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crop insurance</a><span> </span>and
disaster assistance programs may also be able to recover some of their
expenses through those avenues, as well. However, Duval said, relief
money doesn’t accurately reflect the true loss of farming, which can
have a multiplier effect within local economies.</p>
<p>Many people I spoke with believe that today’s water crisis is a
catastrophe created by the federal government, which historically
overcommitted the region’s water resources and is now underdelivering to
all stakeholders. Environmentalists point out that these kinds of
crises are likely to become more common in the future, as the climate
crisis reduces snowpack in the mountains and drought conditions become
more frequent.</p>
<p class="ydpcf8b9ac0callout"><span>“I think it’s pretty clear there’s not enough water to support the existing level of agriculture.”</span></p>
<p>“There’s got to be some retreat in the Klamath Basin,” said Dan
Tarlock, a professor emeritus of environmental law at the Illinois
Institute of Technology, who has written extensively about water
conflicts in the basin. “I think it’s pretty clear there’s not enough
water to support the existing level of agriculture.”</p>
<p>This year’s water crisis just might spur some dialogue on what a
sustainable level of farming in the region should look like in the
long-term. Last Wednesday, in response to unprecedented water shortages
in the West, the White House<span> </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/21/readout-of-the-third-national-climate-task-force-meeting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a><span> </span>that
it would create an interagency task force, led by Secretaries of the
Interior Deb Haaland and Agriculture Tom Vilsack, to “explore
opportunities to improve our nation’s resilience to droughts.”</p>
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<p>Until then, the ongoing crisis may continue to raise tensions in the
region, and even lead some to obtain limited water resources by any
means necessary. As of today, according to<span> </span><a href="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=11509105¶meter_cd=00060" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">live discharge data</a><span> </span>from
the U.S. Geological Survey, the Klamath Drainage District continues to
divert water from the river at a rate of 200 cubic feet per second.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://thecounter.org/author/jessica-fu/" class="ydpcf8b9ac0font-whyte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Fu</a> is a staff writer for </em>The Counter<em>. She previously worked for </em>The Stranger<em>,
Seattle's alt-weekly newspaper. Her reporting has won awards from the
Association of Food Journalists and the Newswomen’s Club of New York. <em><em><em><em><em><span><em><em><em>Email </em></em></em></span></em></em></em></em></em></em><span>High Country News</span><em><span><em><em><em> at <a href="mailto:editor@hcn.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">editor@hcn.org</a> or submit a <a href="https://www.hcn.org/feedback/contact-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">letter to the editor</a>.</em></em></em></span></em></p>
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