PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The water supply and water management vulnerabilities associated with the Central Valley, Klamath Basin, and SONEC spill across Joint Venture boundaries. For example, water supplies for some refuges in the Klamath Basin have been drastically reduced over the last decade because of drought and Endangered Species Act requirements for addressing the needs of listed fish species. These water supply reductions have resulted in a predictably sharp decline in fall waterfowl use of the refuges and in change in shorebird use of the landscape. How might this increase the number of birds using the Central Valley in fall, and what is the conservation price tag for supporting these additional birds? Until we integrate our planning [...]
