$367.8 Million is no Small Potatoes

$367.8 Million is no Small Potatoes

KLAMATH BASIN, Ore. and Calif. – A recent economic impact study, conducted by Highland Economics and commissioned by the Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC) with funding from Oregon State University Extension and Klamath County, Oregon, reveals the Klamath Project’s substantial contribution to the region’s economic stability, numbering in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Klamath Project gets fraction of needed supply; massive river flows anticipated

Klamath Project gets fraction of needed supply; massive river flows anticipated

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) announced the initial 2023 irrigation supply from Upper Klamath Lake and the Klamath River for farms and wildlife refuges within the Klamath Project at Klamath Water Users Association’s (KWUA) annual meeting on April 13, 2023. Reclamation’s initial allocation is 215,000 acre-feet of water, which represents approximately 60 percent of the water needed this year for farms and wildlife refuges served by the Klamath Project. 

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