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US Route 101  crosses the Klamath River near Klamath, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2021.

A C'waam, front, and Koptu at the Klamath Tribes Hatchery on July 29, 2021.

Tanks of c’waam and koptu fill the Klamath Tribes Hatchery in Chiloquin, Ore., on July 29, 2021.

Don Gentry, Chairman of the Klamath Tribal Council, speaks during the public comment portion of the council meeting on Aug. 2, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The meeting began with recommendations made by the Klamath Falls equity task force. 

Klamath Tribes Hatchery ponds line the bank of the Spraque River on July 29, 2021.

Ben and Erika Duval in their kitchen on Aug. 19, 2021, in Tulelake, Calif.

Katie Swanson works on her farm, Sweet Union, on Aug. 26, 2021.

Hannah Duval prepares to feed her sheep at the Tulelake Fair on Sept. 10, 2021.

Rodney Cheyne, a fourth-generation farmer in the Klamath Basin, leans on a hammer in his shop located on his farm in Klamath Falls, Ore., on July 27, 2021. In 1909, Cheyne's relatives began farming in the basin as part of the beginning of the Klamath Project. This year, Cheyne had to partially rely on other sources of income along with farming due to the drought.

Bootleg Fire damage seen on Sept. 13, 2021. The fire will have major negative impacts on the Klamath watershed.

Hundreds of waterfowl fly over Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge with the Peninsula in the distance on Sept. 15, 2021.

John Vradenburg, supervisory biologist for the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, checks a bird for signs of avian botulism on Sept. 15, 2021.

Tule Lake Sump A sits mostly dry from where the water has been drained to Sump B to try and prevent the spread of Avian Botulism. Eventually, Sump A will be refilled to create a food supply and better environment for the waterfowl in the area. June 8, 2021.

The Water crisis info center tent sits next to the A Canal headgates on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

A map in the Tulelake Irrigation District office shows the breakout of what is being grown in each field in the district on June 7, 2021, with orange representing unirrigated land.

Cody Dodson bales alfalfa on June 21, 2021, in Tulelake, Calif.

 Dave Bitts prepares to clean one of the two King salmon he caught on July 20, 2021.

Dave Bitts steers the F/V Elmarue towards Trinidad, Calif., while keeping an eye on his green fish finder monitor on July 20, 2021.

Dave Bitts checks on his lines from the doorway of the cabin on July 20, 2021.

A squadron of pelicans flies over the mouth of the Klamath River on July 21, 2021.

Mouth of the Klamath River on July 21, 2021.

A concrete block located on Yurok land reads "Save Our Salmon" in Klamath, Calif., on July 21, 2021.

Amy Cordalis, a member of the Yurok Tribe, prepares to clean a salmon on the hull of her boat on July 21, 2021.

Amy Cordalis cleans a salmon caught by her and her father via gill net on July 21, 2021.

Perry Chocktoot, Klamath Tribes Culture & Heritage Director, at Moore Park on Oct. 26, 2021.

A ripped poster showing the Klamath River Watershed is taped to the side of a freezer in the Salmon River Outpost in Somes Bar, Calif. on July 24, 2021.

Fog rises over the Klamath River in Klamath, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2021.

Taylor Thompson (left), the Yurok Tribe’s food sovereignty division manager, and Louisa McCovey (right), the Tribe's Environmental Director, pose for a portrait on Sept. 23, 2021, on the 48-acres of land soon to become a "food village."

Becky Hyde on her family's ranch featuring land by the Sycan River near Beatty, Oregon, on Sept. 24, 2021.

John Duwe stands next to a Mountain Hemlock covered in lichen on Oct. 5, 2021. The line where the lichen stops growing is typically the height of the average snowpack at Crater Lake.

The Link River Dam can be seen below Upper Klamath Lake on Oct. 13, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

The sun sets behind Crater Lake on Oct. 5, 2021.