A series of four dams on the Klamath River operated by PacifiCorp has devastated salmon populations on what was one of the nation’s most productive salmon rivers.

American Whitewater’s objectives are to improve river access, obtain publicly accessible real-time flow information via the internet and flow phone, to establish predictable flows to provide and improve whitewater opportunities in respective reaches compatible with the physical and biotic integrity and resource goals of those reaches, and ensure a proper balance of hydropower and non-hydropower needs. We also have a significant interest in the health of salmon and steelhead populations in whitewater rivers, including the Klamath River.

The Klamath River currently meets the needs of multiple interests including but not limited to recreation, power generation, fish and wildlife, cultural, municipal water supply, and agriculture. These potentially competing interests warrant systematic evaluation of each facility individually, the Project holistically, and the river on a local, regional and global scale, to determine the proper balance of water allocation and Project alternatives for respective uses in accordance with the best interests of society.

• AW Comments,22MAR2001
• AW Comments, 26APR2004
• AW comments, 22JUL2004
• AW Comments on DEIS, 1DEC2006
• Whitewater Flow Study