Secure approximately 500 acre-feet of water with short-term forbearance agreements with willing water right holders in the Shasta River Watershed. Project will work with water rights holders to leave water instream when flows are at their lowest in late September just before the end of irrigation season.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Klamath Basin Restoration Program
Project Title: Water Transactions to Benefit Chinook Salmon and Support the Shasta River Water Transaction Program (CA)
Organization:
The Nature Conservancy
Project ID:
0208.18.059785
Description:
Award Amount:
$186.67
Location:
The project is located in the Shasta River Watershed, a tributary to the Klamath River, in Northern California in central Siskiyou County.