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Stop The Klamath Basin Water Wars

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How Can You Help Stop the Klamath Basin Water Wars?

We need everyone to realize how much of an impact the ongoing litigation over water is having on families, businesses and wildlife in the Klamath Basin. And the most important step to helping us solve these issues is by educating yourself on the impacts of the current lawsuit as well as the impact of past litigation.

Along with the effects of lawsuits on our communities, we need everyone to realize this isn’t only a Klamath Tribes issue or a Klamath Basin family farms and ranches issue, these are issues that effect everyone in our communities. From the top of Klamath County all the way down the Klamath River watershed, the effects of these lawsuits are being felt by our children, our neighbors, the wildlife in our area and the minds of those who don’t live here. What’s happening here is being read about across the nation, which is creating a cloud of negativity over our beautiful Basin.

Once you’ve learned how ongoing litigation and upcoming lawsuits are going to affect your communities, get your voice and opinions heard. It can be as simple as talking to your neighbors, reaching out to the leaders in your community or writing a letter to the editor.  While one voice speaking alone may not get noticed, many speaking together can let our leaders know we want and need a change in how water issues are solved in the Klamath Basin.

You can also drop a line to your Senator, Representative or Secretary Zinke. Don’t know what to write? Feel free to download one of the letters we’ve created in Word, personalize it and then cut-and-paste  into one of the online forms for the appropriate person below.

Finally, fill out the form below and we will add you to our mailing list. This will allow us to keep you up to date on efforts to find solutions that will benefit the Klamath Basin regardless of how the July 20th litigation turns out.

Why July 20th Matters to Everyone in The Klamath Basin

On July 20th, life in the Klamath Basin for families, local businesses, wildlife and our communities could change forever. Litigation seeking a preliminary injunction to stop all Klamath Project irrigation diversions immediately and hold the water in Upper Klamath Lake has been filed. If successful, this lawsuit would affect Klamath agriculture, fish and wildlife (including severe impacts to Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge), the Klamath River, the Klamath Basin economony, local businesses, and the social fabric of the region.

Our short-term goal is to increase awareness in our community regarding these impacts. Although community members cannot affect the outcome of this litigation, we hope to use this dire situation to form a coalition of diverse business and social interests in the Klamath Basin to demand long term, permanent solutions to water issues affecting our community.

How Can You Help?

Educate yourself on how this litigation will affect your family and livelihood should it prevail on July 20th. Our community needs to realize this doesn’t only affect Klamath Basin family farms and ranches, but communities in Klamath, Siskiyou and Modoc Counties and throughout the Klamath River watershed.

Who We Are

We are a group of citizens and community interests that are working towards finding a solution to end the ongoing “Water Wars”. Learn about StopWaterWars.org and what our goal is.

How You Can Help

Want to learn what you can do to help find a solution? Educate yourself on how the current litigation will affect you community and get your voice heard.

Get In Touch

Have a question for us or a comment? Contact us and we’ll get back to you.

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