NATAMST 90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lost River Sucker, Shortnose Sucker, Sweat Lodge
7 Oct 2018
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"echoes of celilo"; when the columbia river ran backward. Turbulence in the klamath river basin -- sharon levy. Biologists insisted that water usually diverted to irrigate farms on oregon-california border remain in upper klamath lake or flow downriver to protect endangered fish. Warnings from biologists & members of yurok & karuk tribes. Downstream flow levels dropped as water was diverted to farms during dry season. September 2002: lower klamath was scene of one of worst fish kills in history of western u. s. More than 30,000 salmon died, trapped in warm, shallow water as they tried to migrate upstream to spawn. 64,000 chinook salmon killed in klamath river salmon-kill. Found that biologists" decision to maintain higher water levels in upper klamath. Lake & in river had no sound scientific basis . The shallow lakes of upper basin (largest being upper klamath lake) Endangered species: lost river sucker & shortnose sucker.
