Update on Klamath River Basin CIP Organizational Structure

June 18, 2007  

In 2006, KBAO reviewed and built on proposals from the Klamath Basin community to develop a proposed organizational structure for the Conservation Implementation Program (CIP). The Klamath Basin CIP Organizational Structure Working Session, that was scheduled for and postponed last December, is expected to be rescheduled at a time when all members of the Klamath River Basin community are able to gather. The meeting was postponed so as not to interfere with ongoing settlement talks related to the FERC relicensing of Klamath River dams and other activities in the basin.

KBAO is meeting with the Governor’s Offices of Oregon and Californiato brief the states on the proposed organizational structure, how science and policy would be integrated into the structure, and how to best coordinate the CIP with the states’ efforts to develop a Klamath Basin Summit. KBAO has also spoken with several watershed groups, including the Hatfield Committee, to brief them on the structure, and plans to continue the discussions with interested parties prior to the Working Session.

Copies of the proposed organizational structure are available at the CIP website, www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/CIP/reports/index.html.

Community NEWS
Klamath River Basin CIP - June 2007

Restoring the Klamath River Basin

Examples of projects funded by the Klamath River Basin CIP in 2007 include:

n Salmon Escapement Study
n Contributions to TRRP Database (IIMS)
n NAS Review of Klamath River Basin Studies
n UKL Fish Screening with ODFW
n Coho Spawner/Juvenile Surveys in Klamath Tributaries
n Overwinter Study Age-0 Coho Monitoring and Evaluation Between Mainstem Klamath and Tributaries
n Shasta River Hydrologic/Geomorphic Fisheries Studies
n Karuk Fisheries Studies
n CIP Development
n Hatfield Science Team
n Economic Model for Klamath Project
n Whiskey Creek Fish Passage
n Williamson River Delta Hydrodynamic Model
n Summer 2007 CIP Grants ($650K)
n Yurok Fisheries Studies

Contacts
CIP General
Jennie Hoblit
Bureau of Reclamation
Klamath Basin Area Office
6600 Washburn Way
Klamath Falls , OR 97603
(541) 880-2572
jhoblit@mp.usbr.gov

CIP Organizational Structure
ECO Resource Group
David Sale or Sandra Davis
(206) 855-0590
CIP@ecoresourcegroup.com
Bureau of Reclamation
Klamath Basin Area Office
6600 Washburn Way
Klamath Falls, OR 97603