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Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement & Klamath Hydropower Agreement:
- Compilation of information to inform USFWS Principals on the Potential Effects o fthe Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (Draft 11) on Fish and Fish Habitat Conditions in the Klamath Basin, with Emphasis on Fall Chinook Salmon (USFWS 2010)
- Klamath Restoration Agreements website
Economics:
- California Energy Commission Economic Analysis (2006)
- California Energy Commission Response to PacifiCorp's Comments (2007)
- FERC Final Environmental Impact Statement Economic Analysis (2007)
- Preliminary Economic Assessment of Dam Removal: The Klamath River (Ecotrust, 2006)
Water Quality Impacts of Klamath Dams:
- Dam Removal and Klamath River Water Quality: A Synthesis of the Current Conceptual Understanding and an Assessment of Data Gaps (Stillwater Sciences, 2008)
Klamath Fisheries:
- A Plan for the Reintroduction of Anadromous Fish in the Upper Klamath Basin (ODFW, 2008)
- Reintroduction of Anadromous Fish to the Upper Klamath Basin: An Evaluation and Conceptual Plan (Klamath and Yurok Tribes, 2006)
- Distribution of Anadromous Fishes in the Upper Klamath River Watershed Prior to Hydropower Dams - A Synthesis of Historical Evidence (Hamilton et. al, American Fisheries Society, 2004)
- Long range plan for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area fishery restoration program (USFWS, 1991)
- Distribution of Certaomyxa shasta and Habitat Preference of the Polychaete Host, Manayunkia speciosa in the Klamath River (Stocking, 2006)
Klamath Dams and Toxic Algae:
- US EPA decision to list microcystin toxin as a pollutant in the Klamath River (2008)
- Final Report to the US EPA on Cyanotoxin Accumulation in Fish and Freshwater Mussels of the Klamath River (California Water Board, 2008)
- Microcystis aeruginosa Occurrence in the Klamath River System of Southern Oregon and Northern California - Technical memorandum to the Yurok Tribe (Kann, 2006)
- Microcystin bioaccumulation in Klamath River Fish and Freshwater Mussel Tissue (Kann, 2008)
- Letter to FERC from Yurok Tribe detailing dam-caused toxic algae (2007)
- The occurrence and response to toxic cyanobacteria in the Pacific Northwest, North America (Jakoby and Kann, Lake and Reservoir Managment, 2007)
- Microcystin toxicology factsheet (World Health Organization)
Sediment and Engineering Reports on Dam Removal:
- Stillwater Sciences Klamath Dam Removal Impacts webpages
- Effects of Sediment Release Following Dam Removal on the Aquatic Biota of the Klamath River (Stillwater Sciences, 2008)
- Klamath River Dam Removal Study: Sediment Transport DREAM-1 Simulation (Stillwater Sciences, 2008)
- Reservoir Drawdown Alternatives Analaysis (Gathard 2007)
- Summary of Reservoir Sediment Analysis (California Coastal Conservancy, 2006)
- Reservoir Sediment Toxicity Analysis Results (Shannon and Wilson, Inc.)
- Downstream Sediment Deposition After Dam Removal (Stillwater Sciences, 2004)
- Update to Downstream Sediment Deposition Study (Stillwater Sciences, 2006)
- Reservoir Sediment Sampling Plan (Gathard Engineering, 2006)
- Reservoir Sediment Analysis Results (Gathard Engineering, 2006)
Hydro power, Methane, and Global Warming:
- Methane emissions from lakes (Bastviken et. al. 2004, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
- Comments to FERC estimating Klamath reservoir methane emissions, see pages 20-23 (Resighini Rancheria, 2005)
- Hydropower Doesn't Count as Green Energy (Phalen, Earth Island Journal, 2007)