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Nature and History in the Klamath Basin

Wonders of Nature

The Klamath Basin supports a rich diversity of life and is home to once-abundant resources including water, trees, minerals, and wildlife. 

Sub Topics

Fire & Ice: The Cascade Range: The Cascade Range in Oregon is simply a link in the chain of fire that ultimately defines the shape of the Pacific Rim.

Treasures of the Klamath Basin: The Klamath Basin is a land of beauty through diversity and was described by one early settler as, “Country as far as the eye can reach being one continued Swamp and Lakes.”

Life & Death in the High Desert: Tucked behind the shadow cast by the Cascade Range sits a rugged basin and range land defined primarily by its lack of rainfall.

Abundant Waters: Within the dry Great Basin, the waters of the Upper Basin of the Klamath drainage create an amazing oasis.

Flyway: Once home to the greatest concentration of mirating waterfowl in North American, the Klamath Basin has lost over half of its wetlands to the needs of local farming.

Wild Salmon: The history and continued success of the wild salmon species in the Klamath Basin is inexorably linked to the land and the people who inhabit it.

Towering Pines: Between the dry, high-altitude climate and the Indian practice of burning, the ponderosa pine found an ideal habitat in the Upper Klamath Basin.

 
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Lower Klamath Marshes, June 1907
Bureau of Reclamation Photo





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