Giving Suckers (and Salmon) an Even Break: Klamath Basin water and the Endangered Species Act

Authors

Reed D. Benson, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

An extreme drought hit the Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California in 2001, and a remarkable water controversy soon followed. Hundreds of farmers, who for decades had reliably received irrigation water from the federal government's Klamath Project, were told, for the first time, that they would get none that year. Instead, the government would hold the water in Upper Klamath Lake and release it to flow down the Klamath River in an effort to ensure the survival of fish protected by the Endangered Species Act.

Publication Title

Tulane Environmental Law Journal

Volume

15

First Page

197

Recommended Citation

Reed D. Benson, Giving Suckers (and Salmon) an Even Break: Klamath Basin water and the Endangered Species Act, 15 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 197 (2002).
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