Klamath Reclamation Project

Introduction Unlike most basins, the headwaters of the Klamath River are in the flat desert of the Great Basin in eastern Oregon, and travel through the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Coast Mountain Range before finally draining into the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. The indigenous peoples who have lived along the Klamath River and its tributaries had livelihoods adapted to the basins varied climates and biophysical attributes. The Klamath Tribe still inhabits the region off the shores of Klamath Lake, the headwaters the Klamath River. The Klamath Tribe is now a composite of three tribes, the Yahooskin, Modoc, and Klamath Tribes with a governing office in Chiloquin, Oregon. Historically, the tribes relied on two fish species,…

The Klamath River Basin has been fraught environmental resource management issues that have been both highly politicized and publicized in the American West. The problems of water allocation in this region have been the result of conflicting interests between fishermen, tribes, wildlife, and farmers, which rely on scarce water resources for their livelihoods. Doremus and Tarlock(2008) refer to the Klamath Basin as a “problemshed” because its social and ecological problems pervade all of its…

Basin Geography The Klamath River Basin is located in the Eastern parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon. The upper portion of the basin lies partially in the arid Great Basin region of South Eastern Oregon and partly in the eastern Cascades. The Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge complex and much of the farmlands are located in the Upper Basin. The climate in the Upper Klamath Basin varies with changes in elevation, but it is typically dry with precipitation falling in the winter season…

TBA: Klamath Project Draft C Flume Repayment Contract (OR/CA): Reclamation anticipates that the Klamath Irrigation District (KID) will sign a $7.45M loan repayment contract. The public comment period closed May 31, and the KID board of directors have indicated they will sign the contract shortly thereafter. Mid-Pacific Regional Director David Murillo will then sign the contract for Reclamation. KID has received bids for the construction work and has selected a preferred contractor. Site work is…

Perspectives on wetlands in particular have been instrumental in shaping Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge and debates over wetland policy illustrate the difficulties when attempting to quantify or monetize ecosystems (Robertson and Wainwright 2013). The political debate about how we value systems that provide ecosystem services to humans and animals, but provide some other quality to life that is particularly difficult to quantify, a and are rooted in…

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2.3 Project Deliverables The project’s key deliverables are: Document / s covering: ▪ Matrix of processes and systems under Humanities Financial Services Office and respective Teaching Areas, ▪ Services identified for improvement via end to end processing / procurement arrangements / invoicing, ▪ Recommended process flow for identified services, ▪ List of service deliverables (with the resource requirement) of the Humanities Financial Services Office, …

Briargrove Project Monitoring and Success Anthony Redhead Grantham University Project Management Integration Framework (BA 647) Introduction As the Briargrove Project has completed multiple phases within the corporate offices, it has finally addressed with success has locations around the world. Through project risk management, the Briargrove Project has identified risks and has assessed those risks to see which ones can be mitigated or corrected, and how to monitor them at the…

Competent communication among significant project participants has been comprehended as one of the biggest challenges being faced by the construction industry. Mobile technologies have evolved rapidly over the past few years, many of which are affecting construction firms’ typical project management strategies. However, most firms are still at the initial stage of adopting them. This study aims to investigate the current practice of the mobile technologies in firms’ paperless work environment…