WASHINGTON, DC. – Oregon U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are reacting to the Bureau of Reclamation’s announcement on water allocation for the Klamath Project earlier this week. “We remain committed as ever to working together to ensure Klamath ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — $72 million is coming to the drought-stricken Klamath Basin from the federal government for ecosystem restoration projects. Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said the funding will help bring sorely needed updates to the area’s ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon’s Senators are calling for more to be done by the federal government to help the agriculture community. “We know that this is not just going to be suddenly, magically healed,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – It’s been a wet January in the Rogue Valley, and many local agencies say they’re happy to report reservoir levels rising. The Talent Irrigation District said they use water from Howard Prairie, Hyatt Lake and Emigrant Lake. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – With all the storms in our region and across the state we are getting some much-needed snow. A Water Outlook report from January 1, by the US Department of Agriculture, shows that most of Oregon was in ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.- The Winter Wings Festival in Klamath Falls has been canceled this year. According to the Klamath Basin Audubon Society, coordinators are canceling the event due to drought along with a lack of volunteers. They say the number ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —After four consecutive years of drought, things could be looking up for Jackson County as winter nears. This summer was the 3rd hottest summer on record for Medford, according to the National Weather Service. But despite that, the ...
A new study from Oregon State University says wildfires and drought in recent years has caused billions of losses to the private timber industry. The study says wildfires and drought have caused over $11 billion in damages to the west ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A high number of grasshoppers are infesting the lower Klamath area. Some are even calling it a ‘grasshopper plague.’ The Klamath Water Users association have been receiving reports of lost crops. And the organization said grasshoppers are ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has declared a “drought emergency” in Jackson County. On May 24, Jackson County commissioners asked the governor to declare a drought emergency in the county. This was followed up by similar recommendations ...