Another tract of
former farmland on the edge of Upper Klamath Lake will be turned into wetlands
in a cooperative venture between the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation
Service and The Nature Conservancy.
The deal, announced last week, involves land east of the Williamson River in
part of the delta where TNC has already created three deltas.
The tract is 2,155 acres and if a master plan is followed, it could expand to
cover 6,000 acres. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation holds title to lands nearby
which are also managed for water storage.
As part of the agreement, TNC put the eastern tract in the NRCS wetlands
reserve program.
Most of the land was diked and reclaimed for farming in the 1940s and 1950s.
Fisheries biologists believe the restored wetlands will increase habitat for
endangered suckerfish.
— TAM MOORE
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