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Water and Dams
TRIBES: MAZAMA
TREE FARM A KEY COMPONENT
Herald and News
October 2, 2011
A key component of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement is the acquisition of a 92,000-acre forest for the Klamath Tribes.
The Mazama Tree Farm is along Highway 97, from the top of Spring Creek Hill just north of Chiloquin to the Diamond Lake Junction area.
The tree farm would cost about $21 million, according to estimates in the KBRA.
As a KBRA signatory, the Klamath Tribes agreed not to
impose water rights over irrigators and agreed to not
invoke certain treaty
“Our members said if we are going to support the KBRA we need to have something that provides and economic base for our people,” he said.
The tree farm will be managed for sustainable harvests, Gentry said. It’s yet unknown how much timber the tree farm could produce and how many jobs it could sustain, he said.
The land once was part of the Klamath Tribes’
reservation and is now privately owned timberland.
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