KMIR 6 - Palm Springs News, Weather, SportsGovernor gathers drought data in Klamath Basin
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Associated Press - March 9, 2010 8:14 AM ET
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski is traveling to Klamath Falls to hear about the prospects for drought and how severe irrigation cutbacks could be after the needs of federally protected fish are met.
He was scheduled to meet Tuesday with farmers, Indian tribes, business people and representatives of state and federal agencies in preparation for requesting a federal drought declaration.
A 2001 drought forced authorities to shut off of water to most of the 1,300 farms on a 200,000-acre federal irrigation project straddling the Oregon-California border to leave water for fish.
Out of those confrontations came a landmark agreement on how to deal with competing water demands, but it is not yet approved or funded by Congress.
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