Reclamation Leases Water for Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges
Originally published in Journal of Water, Fall 2018
Late in the 2018 water year, the Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) entered into an agreement with the 2018 Klamath Drought Response Agency to lease up to 26,355 AF from Klamath Project contractors.
Due to drought conditions in the region, the Governors of California and Oregon requested drought assistance from the federal government. The drought resp…