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The latest award from the Bureau of Reclamation puts total funds from the agency to $20 million, available to farmers who are without irrigation water due to drought.

The fight over access to water in Southern Oregon is tense enough as it is: On May 12, the federal government announced that no water at all would be passing…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. —A group of Klamath Falls farmers is becoming activists this spring, as they fight for water rights. They’ve now purchased the property and are setting up shop right next to the headgates of the “A” Canal. The two landowners and project irrigators have set up an encampment. They say they aren’t leaving until the “A” Canal headgates are opened. Last week this 40 by 80 canvas tent popped up out of nowhere on Nevada Street in Klamath Falls. Dan Nielsen and Grant Knoll, both landowners and project irrigators are the brains behind the operation. “We bought this ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — NBC5 News first told you Wednesday, the Bureau of Reclamation has shut off the A Canal, the principal irrigation canal for the Klamath Project. It’s the first time, it’s converted no water, meaning thousands of farmers are without water for the irrigation season. Thursday, several dozen took to the streets of Klamath Falls, to peacefully protest. Around 50 people gathered Thursday in front of the Klamath Irrigation District office. They’re asking for more water to be released from Upper Klamath Lake. The group Thursday, made up of farmers, ranchers, and members o...

Liz Writes Life: Klamath farmers are frustrated, up against a wall Liz Bowen Liz Writes Life Frustrations are mounting in our neighboring Klamath Basin regarding the huge reduction of irrigation water that the government decreed 1,200 farms will receive in the Klamath Project. Last week, the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Klamath Project will receive about six percent of its needed irrigation water for more than 220,000 acres in the Project. Nope, not enough! That hurts a lot of farmers and also means six wildlife refuges will lose water that gives life to 433 species, inclu...