The Klamath River is a 257-mile (414 km) long river in southern Oregon and northern California. Beginning near Klamath Falls in the Oregon high desert,it flows west through the Cascade Range and Klamath Mountains before reaching the temperate rainforest of California's North Coast,where it empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Klamath River is the third-largest salmon and steelhead producing river on the west coast of the contiguous United States. The river's watershed –the Klamath Basin –encompasses more than 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2),and is known for its biodiverse forests,large areas of designated wilderness,and freshwater marshes that provide key migratory bird habitat.
The Klamath Project is a water-management project developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to supply farmers with irrigation water and farmland in the Klamath Basin. The project also supplies water to the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge,and the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. The project was one of the first to be developed by the Reclamation Service,which later became the Bureau of Reclamation.
The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon,headquartered in Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February 1857 as the "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" and held its first state convention on April 1,1859,after Oregon achieved statehood.
The Klamath Basin is the region in the U.S. states of Oregon and California drained by the Klamath River. It contains most of Klamath County and parts of Lake and Jackson counties in Oregon,and parts of Del Norte,Humboldt,Modoc,Siskiyou,and Trinity counties in California. The 15,751-square-mile (40,790 km2) drainage basin is 35% in Oregon and 65% in California. In Oregon,the watershed typically lies east of the Cascade Range,while California contains most of the river's segment that passes through the mountains. In the Oregon-far northern California segment of the river,the watershed is semi-desert at lower elevations and dry alpine in the upper elevations. In the western part of the basin,in California,however,the climate is more of temperate rainforest,and the Trinity River watershed consists of a more typical alpine climate.
Doug Whitsett is an American politician who served in the Oregon State Senate from 2005 until 2017,representing District 28. He is a Republican and served on the Ways and Means Committee,the Ways and Means Public Safety subcommittee,the Emergency Board,the Judiciary Committee,and the Office of Administrative Hearings Oversight Committee.
The Forty-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in 1947 for its regular biennial session,from January 13 to April 5,at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Republicans held overwhelming majorities over the Democrats in both the Senate (25–5) and the House of Representatives (58–2). The body held no special sessions. The Senate President was Marshall E. Cornett and the Speaker of the House was John Hubert Hall.
The 2002 Klamath River fish kill occurred on the Klamath River in California in September 2002. According to the official estimate of mortality,about 34,000 fish died. Though some counts may estimate over 70,000 adult chinook salmon were killed when returning to the river to spawn,making it the largest salmon kill in the history of the Western United States. Besides the chinook salmon,other fish that perished include:steelhead,coho salmon,sculpins,speckled dace,and Klamath smallscale sucker.
Harry Dolan Boivin was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for four terms,from 1935 through 1942. He also served in the Oregon State Senate from 1955 to 1972. He held the position of Speaker of the House during the 1937 legislative session,and was President of the Oregon Senate during the 1961 and 1965 sessions. Boivin was known as "The Fox" for his expertise in parliamentary procedures and ability to build coalitions within legislature. For almost a decade in the 1960s and early 1970s,Boivin and a small group of rural conservative Democrats joined Republicans to control the state senate.
The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 15,2012,and the general election was on November 6,2012. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's 30 seats were up for election,as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.
The Native American peoples of Oregon are the set of Indigenous peoples who have inhabited or who still inhabit the area delineated in today's state of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. While the state of Oregon currently maintains relations with nine federally recognized tribal groups,the state was previously home to a much larger number of autonomous tribal groups,which today either no longer exist or have been absorbed into these larger confederated entities. Six of the nine tribes gained federal recognition in the late 20th century,after undergoing the termination and restoration of their treaty rights starting in the 1950s.
Gail Whitsett is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 56 including Klamath Falls and surrounding sections of southern Klamath County and southern Lake County,Oregon. She is married to Doug Whitsett,a veterinarian who formerly served as a member of the Oregon State Senate. Gail was his chief of staff before being elected to office. The couple owns farmland in the Klamath Basin where they raise horses. They have been involved in policy negotiations over water issues.
The Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) is an American multi-party legal agreement determining river usage and water rights involving the Klamath River and Klamath Basin in the states of California and Oregon. Discussion of the KBRA began in 2005. Parties to the agreement included the state of California,the state of Oregon,the Karuk Tribe,the Klamath Tribes,the Yurok Tribe,Del Norte County,California,Humboldt County,California,Klamath County,Oregon,Siskiyou County,California;26 private individuals,companies,and local irrigation districts;and seven NGOs including California Trout and Trout Unlimited.
Benjamin M. Musa was an American politician who served four terms in the Oregon State Senate between 1949 and 1968,including serving as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1963–1964 legislative term. A CPA,he was a conservative Democrat from a rural district,known for his ability to work with Republicans as well as fellow Democrats in the state senate. Musa ran for governor in 1966,but lost the Democratic primary to Robert W. Straub.
Boyd Richey Overhulse was an American politician and attorney from Oregon. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives followed by two terms in the Oregon State Senate. A conservative Democrat from a rural district,Overhulse was known for his ability to work with Republicans as well as fellow Democrats in the state legislature. He was elected President of the Oregon Senate eleven days after taking his seat in the state senate,the first Democrat elected to that position in 79 years.
William Lair Thompson,known as Lair Thompson or W. Lair Thompson,was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon. He served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives followed by a four-year term in the Oregon State Senate. Thompson was a conservative Republican who represented a large rural district. He served as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1915 legislative session. Thompson was one of Oregon's most prominent trial attorneys,handling a number of high-profile cases including one,Bunting v. Oregon,that required him to present arguments before the United States Supreme Court.
Jay Hollister Upton was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He was a conservative Republican who served two years in the Oregon House of Representatives;and later,fourteen years in the Oregon State Senate. In the senate,Upton represented a large rural district in eastern Oregon. He served as President of the Oregon Senate during the 1923 legislative session. Upton ran for Governor of Oregon and for the United States Congress from Oregon's 2nd congressional district,but lost both of those elections.
Charles Amos Cogswell was an American politician and attorney from the state of Oregon. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war,he moved to Lakeview,Oregon,where he became the area's first practicing attorney and was co-founder of the Lake County Examiner. Cogswell was elected to two four-year terms in the Oregon State Senate. During his tenure in the legislature,he was known as a conservative Democrat;however,near the end of his second term in the senate,he became a Republican. After retiring from his law practice,Cogswell moved to Portland,Oregon,where he was active in business and engaged in public service.
The Klamath River Hydroelectric Project was a series of hydroelectric dams and other facilities on the mainstem of the Klamath River,in a watershed on both sides of the California-Oregon border.
Edward Andrew Geary was an American politician and farmer from the state of Oregon. He was a Republican who served eight years in the Oregon House of Representatives. In the house,Geary represented a large rural district in southern Oregon. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1955 legislative session. He also served as acting governor of Oregon for several brief periods in the mid-1950s.
Un-Dam the Klamath (#UnDamtheKlamath) is a social movement in the United States to remove the dams on the Klamath River primarily because they obstruct salmon,steelhead,and other species of fish from accessing the upper basin which provides hundreds of miles of spawning habitat. The dams have also significantly harmed Native American communities such as the Hupa,Karuk,Klamath,and Yurok. Four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon are being advocated for removal.
