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Watermaster outlines refuge transfers, creek restoration and regulator notices amid low snowpack
Summary
Klamath County Watermaster Garrett Steensland updated commissioners on efforts to secure durable water to the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge, a contentious transfer from the Wood River Basin to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sun Creek and Sand Creek restoration issues, and issuance of winter regulation notices as snowpack sits near 30% of the 30-year average.
Garrett Steensland, Klamath County’s watermaster, briefed commissioners on Feb. 4 about work to deliver sustainable water to the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge, local restoration projects and regulatory notices tied to low snowpack.
Steensland said his office is working with the Yurok tribes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Drainage District staff and local partners on several concepts to get reliable water to the refuge. He told the board that a transfer of water from the Wood River Basin — property sold by Kurt Thomas and his family trust to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — had operated under a five-year temporary transfer and that Fish and Wildlife had reapplied for a new…
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