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2 CA 22. Tule-Klamath Basin. Acreage: 100,000. 



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O Location: Siskiyou and Modoc counties; Dorris, Mt. Dome, Tule Lake and 



— Clear Lake Reservoir Cal.-Ore. quadrangles; nearest town Tulelake; reached via 



< U.S. 97 and Rt. 139. 



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Description: At one time this basin of about a million acres was composed of 

 shallow lakes and extensive marshes. However, much of it was drained and con- 

 verted to farmland. Most of the remaining marshlands are now in federal and 

 state waterfowl areas. Most of the main migration routes for the Pacific flyway 

 pass through the basin. During the fall millions of ducks and geese funnel 

 through the basin, as they move from the northern breeding areas to the Califor- 

 nia wintering grounds. The basin is also used as nesting grounds by thousands of 

 ducks, the Great Basin Canada Goose, Greater Sandhill Crane, and numerous 

 water-associated birds. 



References: Plan for wildlife use of federal lands in the Upper Klamath Basin. 

 1956. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report, Washington, D.C. 



Encroachments: At one time most of the basin's wildlife habitat was threatened 

 by the policies of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to reclaim and homestead the 

 marshlands. However, Public Law 88-567 permanently established the federal 

 refuges. 



Ownership: BSFW, state of California, and various private owners. 



Data source: Frank M. Kozlik, California Department of Fish and Game, 1416 

 Ninth St., Sacramento, Cal. 95814. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Mr. John E. Chattin, Flyway Representative, 

 BSFW. P.O. Box 3737. Portland. Ore. 97208. 



