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Liz Writes Life: Those who don’t support agriculture should stop eating Liz Bowen Liz Writes Life Kimberly DeVall, public affairs officer for Klamath National Forest sent out disappointing information on Friday. (Remember, it isn’t her fault!) As the Forest Service employees measured the snowpack around Scott Valley, they found an “extreme plunge” in the snowpack levels. Warm weather and lack of additional snowfall along with high-elevation rain storms drastically affected the snow that was up at the 5,000 to 6,000 foot levels. DeVall said that the early-May survey showed the snowpack...

Catastrophic Juvenile Fish Kill Unfolding on the Klamath River, Yurok Tribe Declares Infected salmon. | Image courtesy Yurok Tribe. Press release from the Yurok Tribe: Yesterday, the US Bureau of Reclamation announced it would not release water to prevent a catastrophic juvenile fish kill on the Klamath River. While historic drought is the primary cause of the lack of water, previous BOR water allocation decisions led to the widespread fish kill, which could have been prevented with a flow increase. “Right now, the Klamath River is full of dead and dying fish on the Yurok Reservation,” sa...

I decided to check several Sacramento River Basin snowpack locations on the California Department of Water Resources website and found that the Mt. Shasta spot was very low at 51 percent of average with 68 inches at the 7,900 ft. elevation. But there was a nice above average in the Gray Rocks Lakes of the Castle Crags area of the basin with 73 inches recorded at the 6,200 ft. level giving that location 109 of the historical average. On April 1, I noticed ranchers were turning their legal water right allotments out on fields and pastures. I do believe the warm spring temps have dried-out the s...

Liz Writes Life: More coho returned to Scott River this year Liz Bowen Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue will be speaking at the next Siskiyou Conservative Republican’s meeting, tomorrow, March 11. LaRue was appointed sheriff by the Siskiyou Co. Board of Supervisors, last year, when Sheriff Jon Lopey retired early. The meeting starts at 11:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Montague at 150 S. 12th St. Those who would like to hear Sheriff LaRue share information about the county are invited to attend. The meeting is free, but if you would like a great Irish corned-beef and cabbag...

Craggy Vegetation Management Project going on now to reduce risk of wildfire spread Prescribed pile burns are going on now at the Klamath National Forest as part of the Craggy Project which aims to help reduce the risk of wildfire spread during fire season. Posted: Mar 2, 2021 5:31 PM Updated: Mar 2, 2021 5:37 PM Posted By: Samantha Didion YREKA, Cali. -- Officials at the Klamath National Forest are using these winter months to prepare for the wildfire season by having prescribed pile burns to eliminate fire fuels.  These pile burns are a part of the Craggy Vegetation Management Project. C...