<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9268" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-06-26/klamath-farmers-ranchers-get-2018-operations-plan" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9873">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-06-26/klamath-farmers-ranchers-get-2018-operations-plan</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9880"><br></div><div><br></div><section style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9584"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 27px 0px 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px 0px 0.3125rem 0px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 2rem !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9585"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; display: flex; -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 1 auto; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; flex-flow: row wrap; max-width: 62.5rem;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9586"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 1 100%; max-width: 100%;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9587"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: flex; border-top-width: 0px !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9588"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-box-flex: 1; flex: 1 1 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9589"><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.166666667; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-size: 2.25rem !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9590">Klamath Farmers, Ranchers Get 2018 Operations Plan</h1><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0.2rem; line-height: 1.666666667; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem !important; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important; font-weight: 400 !important; font-size: 1rem !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9591">Klamath farmers, ranchers get 2018 operations plan.</h3><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9592"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 62.5rem; width: 970px; border-top-width: 1px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) !important; min-height: 52px; max-height: 52px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9593"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9594"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9595"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 0.9375rem; padding-left: 0.9375rem; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 1 66.66667175292969%; max-width: 66.66667175292969%; padding-top: 0.9375rem !important; font-size: 0.875rem !important; float: left !important; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9596"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9597">June 26, 2018, at 5:42 p.m. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9646" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 167px; min-height: 24px;"><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; list-style-type: none; ; transform: translateX(72px); display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9647"> <li target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9652"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fnews%2Fbest-states%2Fcalifornia%2Farticles%2F2018-06-26%2Fklamath-farmers-ranchers-get-2018-operations-plan%3Fsrc=usn_tw&text=Klamath%20Farmers%2C%20Ranchers%20Get%202018%20Operations%20Plan%20%7C%20California%20News%20%7C%20US%20News" aria-label="twitter" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 98, 187); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9653"><svg style="fill:#1da1f2;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9654"><use xlink:href="/static/sprites/svg/sprite.symbol.svg#twitter" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9655"></use></svg></a></li> <li style="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ex: 0 1 66.66667175292969%; max-width: 66.66667175292969%;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9681"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5625rem; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9682"><picture style="box-sizing: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9683"><source media="only screen and (min-width: 40.0625em)" srcset="https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/a8bf79a/2147483647/thumbnail/970x647/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2F19%2F5bdcc8c0ce44429070b1a41a83aff0%2Fresizes%2F1500%2Fmedia%3A1ea6aa7451814d048d30e269e9dc1318Klamath_Water_68608.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9684"><source media="only screen and (min-width: 0em)" srcset="https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/5e93db5/2147483647/thumbnail/640x420/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2F19%2F5bdcc8c0ce44429070b1a41a83aff0%2Fresizes%2F1500%2Fmedia%3A1ea6aa7451814d048d30e269e9dc1318Klamath_Water_68608.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9685"><img alt="The Associated Press" srcset="https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/5e93db5/2147483647/thumbnail/640x420/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2F19%2F5bdcc8c0ce44429070b1a41a83aff0%2Fresizes%2F1500%2Fmedia%3A1ea6aa7451814d048d30e269e9dc1318Klamath_Water_68608.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; min-height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 636.65625px; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9686" class="" data-id="ea18f212-4e85-7c1e-7184-0bd5613bb895"></picture><div style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-bottom: 1.5625rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 223, 232);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9687">FILE - This May 7, 2013 file photo shows Klamath Falls, Ore. on the far side of Upper Klamath Lake. It may be several months late, but farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Project finally know just how much water is available for the 2018 irrigation season, pending an injunction requested by the Klamath Tribes to protect endangered sucker fish in Upper Klamath Lake. (Steve Silton/The Herald And News via AP, File)  <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem !important; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9688">The Associated Press</span></div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem !important; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9689"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9690"><img src="https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/6b17153/2147483647/resize/300x%3E/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2Fa4%2F4a853fc5fefcf0845c1a9ac58570c9%2F6977FE_PR_080923associatedpress.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 200px; min-height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9691" data-id="944c3bc0-6f31-0203-a9b8-e0a7bb467bfc"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9692"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9693">By GEORGE PLAVEN, Capital Press</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9694"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9695">SALEM, Ore. (AP) — It may be several months late, but farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Project finally know just how much water is available for the 2018 irrigation season — pending an injunction requested by the Klamath Tribes to protect endangered sucker fish in Upper Klamath Lake.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9696"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9697">The Bureau of Reclamation released its annual operations and drought plans for the Klamath Project on June 18, serving 230,000 irrigated acres in Southern <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 98, 187); line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9698">Oregon</a> and Northern <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 98, 187); line-height: inhe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/div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9724"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9725">Scott White, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association, said it has been a "crazy, crazy year" but nothing in the latest operations plan caught him by surprise.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9726"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9727">"It's going to be tough going, but we'll be able to get through," White said. "In a drought year, that's all you can really ask for."</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9728"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9729">The big question now, White said, is whether the Klamath Tribes win an injunction to hold more water in Upper Klamath Lake to protect endangered Lost River and shortnose suckers.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9730"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9731">The tribes sued the Bureau of Reclamation, National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in May. A hearing scheduled for July 11 before Judge William Orrick in San Francisco has since been rescheduled for Friday, July 20. The KWUA has also filed a motion seeking to have the case dismissed, arguing it should be heard in a different venue.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9732"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9733"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9734">Tribal harvest of suckers decreased from more than 10,000 to 687 between 1968 and 1985, and today just two fish are harvested for ceremonial purposes. But if the injunction succeeds, White said it would essentially shut down the Klamath Project.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9735"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9736">"All the dollars put into the land thus far would be wasted," he said.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9737"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9738">A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Reclamation said she cannot comment on pending litigation.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9739"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9740">___</div></div></div></main></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1530112646968_9277"><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>