At roughly 60 miles long, the Lost River is a complex series of dams, canals, pumps, and other artificial structures that regulate it's water. Historically, the Lost River was home to widespread and abundant populations of the Lost River Sucker, which was federally listed in 1988. This once wetland area for Lost River suckers provided an important food source for Native Americans and local settlers. Today, agricultural development and associated water and land use changes in the basin have contributed to a significant loss of wetland habitat and resulted in significant declines in sucker populations.

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Envision A Wild & Free Klamath River

We envision a Klamath River with abundant wild salmon and steelhead that return from the Pacific Ocean with a bounty of marine nutrients, and nourish the river’s human and environmental communities...

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

NFS Comments on Klamath Spring Chinook Listing Petition

In response to a petition for listing submitted by the Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service initiated a process to solicit comments and review...

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