April 27, 2021 โ Klamath Basin Tribes, Conservationists and Commercial Fishermen are calling on the Biden Administration for extreme Drought Economic Disaster Relief.
The Klamath Basin straddles the Oregon-California border, and encompasses an area roughly the size of Maryland.
On Friday, April 16, a coalition of three Klamath Basin Tribes joined with conservationists and commercial fisherman groups to write a joint letter to President Biden.
In this joint letter to President Biden, the groups said they urgently called for federal help to blunt the immediate disastrous economic consequences from impacts of the drought for farmers and ranchers as well as commercial and subsistence fishermen and Tribes.
They said the letter requested investment in short-term measures to assist native species, including fish and birds, as well as longer-term infrastructure improvements designed to prevent similar disasters in future low-water years.