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Shortnose Sucker - Chasmistes brevirostris
Lost River Sucker - Deltistes
luxatus
Information You Need To Know About -
The Lost River and Shortnose Suckers:
| Herald and News: Chiloquin
Dam removal is focus of Modoc meeting Aug 24, 2006 |
AP: Ammonia,
low acidity blamed for UKL fish die-offs Sept 2, 2006 |
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| USGS Press Release: Water
Conditions During Upper Klamath Lake Fish Tracking Study
Sept 5, 2006 Report available here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5209/. |
Herald and News: Vote
to decide fate of Chiloquin dam Sept 19, 2006 |
| Herald and News: Chiloquin
Dam removal wins vote Sept 26, 2006 |
AP: Oregon
regulators vote to remove Chiloquin Dam Sept 26, 2006 |
| Herald and News Editorial:
Chiloquin
Dam decision an important step for Upper Basin Sept 27,
2006 |
Herald and News: Chiloquin
dam removal official Oct 20, 2006 |
| Bureau
of Reclamation: Scoping
Notice to Screen Private Water Diversions From Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes
October 2006 |
Bureau
of Reclamation Press Release: 2006
Proves to be a Good Year for Suckers and Water Quality Conditions in the
Upper Klamath River Basin Oct 30, 2006 |
| Herald and News:
Sucker fish
return in droves Nov 2, 2006 |
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| Julie Smithson:
Important
Fishy Definitions Dec 14, 2006 |
AP: Contractor
picked to remove Chiloquin Dam Feb 7, 2007 |
| International Water
Power and Dam Construction: Chiloquin
dam removal to restore fish habitat Feb 7, 2007 |
Capital Press:
Contractor
to bust another dam Feb 23,2007 |
| Family Farm Alliance/USF&WS:
Lost
River Sucker Status Recommended to be Reclassified as
"Threatened" Under ESA
July 26,
2007
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Klamath Water Users
Association: Statement
on USF&WS ESA Reclassification of Lost River Suckers
July 26, 2007 |
| AP: Biologists:
Klamath Fish Still Need Help
July 27, 2007
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Herald and News: Suckers
show sign of recovery
July 27, 2007
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| NEW
USF&WS: Lost
River Sucker Five Year Review
(998kb PDF)
USF&WS: Shortnose
Sucker Five Year Review
(551kb PDF)
USF&WS: Questions
and Answers on Five-Year Review
(14kb PDF)
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Klamath Tribes Press Release:
Klamath
Chairman Reaffirms Commitment to protect fish; criticizes USFWS
July 26, 2007 |
| Oregonian Letter: Wishful
thinking in the
Klamath
Basin
Aug
15, 2007
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Oregonian: Sucker
fish are getting back their old home
Oct 29, 2007
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| USA TODAY: Blasting
levees part of effort to revive Oregon lake Oct
29, 2007 |
The Nature Conservancy Press Release:
Major
Explosions to Restore Wetlands in
Oregon
’s
Klamath
Basin
Oct 30, 2007 |
| Oregonian: Levees
breached to restore Klamath wetlands
Oct
30, 2007 |
AP: Dikes
blasted to restore
Oregon
marshland
for endangered fish
Oct
30, 2007
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| KATU: EXCLUSIVE
VIDEO: Explosives used to restore
Oregon
wetlands
Oct 30, 2007 |
KTVL: Explosions
Destroy Levee Near
Klamath
Lake
Oct 30, 2007
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| Oregon
Public Broadcasting: Explosions
Open Wetlands Reclamation Project In The
Klamath
Basin
Oct 30, 2007 |
Tom Chandler:
Massive
Explosions Used to Reclaim Wetlands on
Klamath
Lake
Oct 30, 2007 |
| Herald and News:
Levees
blasted - Explosions to restore wetlands on
river delta
Oct
31, 2007 |
Oregonian: Levee
blasts signal a truce in water wars
Oct 31, 2007
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| Capital Press:
A
blow for fish - Group breaches Klamath
levees, turns farmland back into wetlands
Nov
2, 2007 |
Herald and News:
Williamson
River
project on schedule - Pumping plant part of project that will
end with dam removal
Dec 1, 2007 |
| PacifiCorp/Oregon Wild Press Release:
Oregon
Wild,
PacifiCorp Reach Agreement on
Link
River
Dam
April 17, 2008
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AP: PacifiCorp
to limit turbines to help endangered Klamath fish
April
18, 2008
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| Oregonian: PacifiCorp
agrees to a seasonal fish-friendly shutdown at
Klamath
Basin
dam
April 18, 2008
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Herald and News: PacifiCorp
to turn off turbines - Turbines to shut down for four months to
improve conditions for suckers
April 18, 2008
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| Pioneer Press: Sucker
for Suckers
April 23, 2008
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USF&WS
April 2008:
Klamath
Sucker 5-year Status Review
Lost
River and Shortnose Sucker Press Release (.pdf)
Lost
River and Shortnose Sucker Q & A Sheet (.pdf)
Lost
River Sucker 5-year Status Review (.pdf)
Shortnose
Sucker 5-year Status Review (.pdf)
2008
Biological Opinion
2008
Klamath Project Biological Opinion (Final) (.pdf)
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Herald and News:
Sucker revision under way - Agency says
progress made in two fish species’ recovery
June 18, 2008 |
Herald and News:
Fish study to alter Link River flows
July 16, 2008 |
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Herald and
News:
Link River Dam turbines off
July 18, 2008 |
Herald and News:
Chiloquin Dam removed -
Structure on Sprague River gone 69 days
ahead of schedule Aug 30, 2008 |
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A
biologist displays a female Lost River
sucker pictured at
Sucker Spring, Upper Klamath Lake. This
fish has been recaptured several times during
monitoring efforts and is likely 30-35 years
old.
Lost River suckers in Upper Klamath Lake
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