Our new Biological Assessment is out - Klamath Basin Crisis

Klamath Project Operations Biological Assessment
Endangered Suckers: Environmental Baseline for Suckers
nutrient load diverted into the Klamath Project is returned to the Klamath River
though the Klamath Straits Drain. If not diverted, the nutrient load to the Klamath
River would be nearly twice the current level. Table 2-7 summarizes 2002
nutrient loading to the Upper Klamath River and the Klamath Project
(Reclamation, unpublished data).
Water quality conditions and the mechanisms affecting water quality in the Lake
Ewauna to Keno Dam reach of the Klamath River, including watershed
alterations, temperature, nutrient loading, and algal productivity, are similar to
those observed in UKL. See the watershed alterations, water temperature,
nutrient loading, and algal productivity discussions in the UKL watershed section
for more detail.
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