Klamath Tribes

Resources

• Klamath Tribes web site

Highlights from the 2023 ODFW and Tribal Partnership Annual Report

• Evaluated and agreed with a request from the Klamath Tribe to close Ditkos spring (Hagelstein Park) to all angling to protect juvenile suckers from incidental harvest. The closure was implemented through emergency rule in July and will become a permanent closure Jan 1, 2024.
• Shared information on proposed land use actions and coordinated on evaluating the impacts to fish and wildlife from proposed development.
• Developed a cooperative program with tribal biologists and enforcement officers to obtain tissue samples from tribal deer and elk harvest for Chronic Wasting Disease testing.
• Presented proposed 2024 big game tag numbers, proposed 2025 season changes, and update on the mule deer management plan revision to the Klamath Indian Game Commission.
• ODFW and tribal biologists partnered on fish salvage efforts on JC Boyle Reservoir prior to reservoir drawdown and dam removal.
• ODFW and the Klamath Tribes are working with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to better manage growing recreation on Spring Creek. The expanding recreational use is negatively impacting natural on other cultural resources. 
• ODFW coordinated with and updated the Klamath Tribes on redband trout spawning ground surveys on the Wood, Williamson, and Sprague Rivers.
• ODFW and Klamath Tribes coordinated on operation of the recently updated ODFW owned Williamson River Boat Launch.
• ODFW and Klamath Tribes coordinated on temperature monitoring locations throughout the Upper Klamath Basin.
• ODFW and Klamath Tribes staff cooperated on water quality monitoring throughout the Upper Klamath Lake Basin.
• ODFW and Klamath Tribes continued to partner on all aspects of anadromous fish reintroduction and research projects.
• ODFW staff collaborated with the Klamath Tribes as part of the Klamath Basin Bull Trout Working Group.
• ODFW offered wildlife parts recovered from or resulting from ODFW management actions to the Klamath Tribes Cultural Heritage Program.
• ODFW continued to communicate with Klamath Tribes Cultural Heritage Program on any ground disturbing activities related to maintenance of wildlife guzzlers in Klamath and Lake Counties.
• ODFW continued to communicate with Klamath Tribes Cultural Heritage Program on any ground disturbing activities related to maintenance and habitat work on the Klamath Wildlife Area, Miller Island Unit.
• ODFW issued administrative parking permits to Les Anderson to distribute to tribal members for the collecting of bullrush (Tules) on the Klamath Wildlife Area, Miller Island Unit.
• ODFW coordinated with Klamath Tribes on wolf observations.