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CVP Water Released To Klamath River

by Online Publisher • September 5, 2014 • 0 Comments

Far from Central California but holding a major key to Central Valley Project water deliveries, the Klamath River flows out its mouth and into the Pacific Ocean in Del Norte County. The Friant Water Authority and many other valley water agencies have objected strenuously to the Bureau of Reclamation’s decision to release CVP water down the Trinity River to presumptively help Klamath River salmon survive this year’s drought conditions.

CVP Water Released To Klamath River Action by the Interior Department and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to release Central Valley Project water in an attempt to aid survival of lower Klamath River salmon is being widely criticized by the Friant…