Letter from SCWUA / Siskiyou County Water Users Association to FERC and California Coastal Commission 1/31/22. "...nearly 80% of the electorate have the following comments to make in this matter...The releasing of 20 million cubic yards of sediments and pollutants retained behind the dams down river equates to sediment 3 feet thick all the way from Iron Gate Reservoir to the ocean, assuming that the River is 150 feet wide and 190 miles to the estuary....3 feet thick on 4000 acres..."

Speak up about River Democracy Act by Matt McElligott Oregon Cattlemen’s Association 1/26/22. "...River Democracy Act that Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are pushing...why are some of the designated streams not streams at all, but dry washes? Why are the stream buffers increased from a quarter a mile to half a mile? The act has pages of coordinates of the streams, rivers, and dry gulches to be protected, but not one map...This act talks a lot about fire resiliency, but supplies no details as to how locking up 3.1 million acres of federal land will reduce threat of fire to land, lumber and lives. What will the long-term economic effect of this bill have on rural Oregon?..Wyden’s bill has a $30 million price tag...every year — forever.,,"

A dry January foreshadows another tough year for the Klamath Basin, News10 1/24/22. "Gene Souza, Klamath Irrigation District Manager, says they’re anticipating an April water delivery to its users at the latest. He says with how low the reservoirs are right now, he’d need to pull water from the lake starting in February and that request has already been denied by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)...“The water that we take out to grow crops to sustain our families and communities, that water comes down here [Tule Lake] and benefits birds, fish, and other wildlife, bald eagle, wolves, coyotes..." Souza’s biggest frustration is that the water they use for their irrigation district all ends up back in the Klamath River anyways. He says whatever water runs off of farms and ranches and through the county all runs into the wildlife refuges, at which point excess water is pumped out to the river..."

Uncertainty over latest WOTUS regs may require Supreme Court to sort out issue, Farm Bureau speakers say, Capital Press 1/12/22. "Potentially, the regulation of ephemeral waters would apply to ditches and other drainage areas, as well as low spots that collect water on fields, she said."

Agriculture seeks clarity in revisions to U.S. water rules, CFBF Ag Alert 1/12/22
"The public comment period is scheduled to close Feb. 7."  "Groundwater should continue to be excluded from the text of the rule and farm ditches, canals, ponds and similar features should continue to be excluded from the definition of WOTUS."

Modoc Nation purchases ranches near Sheepy Ridge, H&N 1/7/22. "With the Modoc Nation’s recent purchase of an overgrazed ranch near Sheepy Ridge, bison may be headed to the Klamath Basin — along with, tribal leadership hopes, cultural healing...Recently, the tribe has purchased several properties in the Tulelake area, intending to develop a presence on lands they were forcibly removed from..." KBC NOTE: they also bought the Newell Airport and private land north of that.