Our new Biological Assessment is out - Klamath Basin Crisis

Klamath Project Operations Biological Assessment
Contents
Tables
Table 1-1. Seasonal variance in inflows for the entire period of April through
September. (variation in UKL inflow for six years with similar total inflow).
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Table 1-2. LRDC and KSD contributions to the Klamath River (in thousands of
acre feet).......................................................................................................... 1
Table 1-3. Minimum flows for the Klamath River................................................ 1
Table 1-4. Minimum elevations at UKL................................................................ 1
Table 1-5. Modeled IGD flow exceedence in cubic feet per second..................... 1
Table 1-6. Modeled lake elevation exceedence. .................................................... 1
Table 1-7. Possible Distribution of IM Water Guidelines. ................................... 1
Table 2-1. Lost River sucker (LRS) and shortnose sucker (SNS) population
location and status........................................................................................... 1
Table 2-2. Cattle production in Klamath County, Oregon derived from U.S.
Department of Commerce............................................................................... 1
Table 2-3. Approximate annual timber harvest in Klamath County, Oregon in
million board feet............................................................................................ 1
Table 2-4. Wetlands adjacent to UKL converted to agricultural land.
Approximately 8,000 acres, primarily in the Wood River watershed, were
converted but are not accounted for in this table. ........................................... 1
Table 2-5. Sediment accumulation rate from UKL sediment core analysis. ......... 1
Table 2-6. Summary of 2002 UKL and Klamath Straits Drain Nutrient
Concentrations. ............................................................................................... 1
Table 2-7. Upper Klamath Basin Nutrient Loading 2002...................................... 1
Table 2-8. List of Lost River monitoring locations. Locations are listed upstream
to downstream................................................................................................. 1
Table 2-9. List of Upper Klamath Basin nonnative fishes. Pond habitats include
reservoir impoundments.................................................................................. 1
Table 2-10. Reclamation actions taken in response to USFWS 2002 BO
recommendations and requirements. .............................................................. 1
Table 2-11. Reclamation actions taken in response to USFWS 2002 BO
conservation measures. ................................................................................... 1
Table 2-12. Conservation and restoration actions taken by the KWUA and
irrigation districts in the Upper Klamath Basin. ............................................. 1
Table 2-13. Proposed end-of-month minimum lake elevations, both biological
and operational, in feet above mean sea level for UKL, Oregon.................... 1
Table 2-14. Percent exceedence for end-of-month elevations in
UKL, Oregon. ................................................................................................ 1
Table 2-15. Proposed action minimum lake elevations, for Clear Lake and Gerber
reservoirs......................................................................................................... 1
Table 2-16. Emergent vegetation and lake elevation relationships for endangered
larval and juvenile suckers at heavily used areas including the lower
Williamson River, and Tulana, and Goose Bay sites combined..................... 1
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