Letter to Bureau of Reclamation - Increase the Klamath Project Water Supply
On April 5, 2024, members of the Tri-Counties (Board members from Siskiyou County, Klamath County, and Modoc County) formally asked for full water allocations for the 2024 Klamath Project irrigators. Please read the full letter below.
April 5, 2024
Camille Calimlim Touton
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240-001
SENT VIA EMAIL
Subject: Increase the Klamath Project Water Supply
Dear Commissioner Touton:
The counties of Klamath, Oregon, and Modoc and Siskiyou, California (Tri-Counties) are calling for the Bureau of Reclamation to immediately provide adequate Klamath Project water supply for 2024. Given this year’s favorable hydrology, the actions already taken to avoid flooding on the Klamath River, and the projections showing “excess” water this year, Reclamation must make every effort, and should be able, to provide full water supplies for farms and ranches of the Klamath Project.
After four consecutive years of delayed and inadequate deliveries, Reclamation needs to provide sufficient water to the farmers and ranchers who feed the region’s economy and the nation’s food supply.
