Klamath%20Basin%20water%20issues%20as%20a%20case%20study%20of:

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Klamath Basin water issues as a case study of
1. Media coverage of a sudden natural
resource conflict
2. Origins, history, content and evolution of
Indian water rights . . .
in the context of whats really driving the water
conflict in the Basin.
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Winters doctrine reserved water rights
Quantity Sufficient to meet the purpose(s)
of the reservation
Priority date Either time immemorial or
date of the federal reservation
Implied even if not expressly stated in
organic document
Poor fit with state-based water rights law
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Klamath Hydroelectric Project Re-licensing

• COPCO 1 excluded salmon from the Upper Basin in
  1917

• Existing FERC license requires minimum flows
  below Project

Copco 1

• Existing FERC license does not require fish
  passage a central issue is re-introduction of
  anadromous fish to the Upper Klamath Basin

Iron Gate
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From ODEQ (2001)
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