The Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath Falls, Oregon, is now a reservoir and home to unique species of sucker fish. A struggling onion crop sits next to a healthy mint field at Seus Family Farms in the Klamath basin region. I got to be outside doing this.”‘A civil war without guns’The bind facing the Klamath farmers is one that’s becoming more typical in the American west. As they grappled to save the season, the Klamath farmers said they encountered few sympathies from the outside world. “I guarantee if we have another year of drought,” he said, “this Klamath Basin scenario is going to be in every irrigation district across the west.”

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2021 12:13 UTC