Tribes’ Role in Water Conflict to Be Discussed
U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced Tuesday that she will start discussions with the Klamath Tribes on the possible restoration of some of their lost reservation land and on what role they will play in the ongoing conflict over water in the basin.
The tribes have been arguing with farmers over irrigation allotments to the region straddling the Oregon-California border out of concern for two endangered species of suckerfish that for generations had been a food source and ceremonial symbol.
The tribes are seeking 690,000 acres in the Winema and Fremont national forests in southern Oregon.
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