Long Range Plan For The Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Fishery Restoration Program

The U.S. Department of Interior completed a "Klamath River Basin Fisheries Resource Plan" in 1985. It was that plan that Congress had before it when it discussed the proposal that became the Klamath Act. The 1985 plan covered the entire California portion of the Klamath River watershed, including its main tributary, the Trinity River. Recognizing that the Trinity River Fish and Wildlife Management Program was well launched, Congress deleted Trinity restoration from the proposed Klamath Task Force's duties. When it was organized in July, 1987, the Klamath Task Force recognized the need to update the information presented in the 1985 plan and, considering the deletion of the Trinity, to review the earlier plan's restoration approach. This long-range plan is the result of that review. This long-range plan for the Klamath Restoration Program not only updates the 1985 plan, it virtually replaces it by redirecting its principal thrusts.