Klamath Photos & Maps

Photos of the Klamath Basin.

Klamath Marsh and Yamsay Mt. - Wendell Wood

 

Bald Eagle in Profile

 

Geese in flight - USFWS

 

Dry marsh in National Wildlife Refuge

 

Tule Lake leaselands from the air

 

Tule Lake leaselands - small

 

Upper Klamath Lake dry marsh from the air

 

Upper Klamath Lake dry marsh - small

 

Pesticide sign on Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

 

Sunsent on Upper Klamath Lake - Ellen Morris Bishop

Sunset on Upper Klamath Lake. Photo by Ellen Morris Bishop.

A Canal construction in 1907 - small

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A Canal construction in 1907 - Courtesy Klamath County Musuem

A the Klamath Irrigation Project was constructed, valuable lakes and wetlands were destroyed.

Commercial fishing boats on the Oregon Coast (small)

Klamath River salmon help sustain the economy of fishing communities throughout Oregon and California.

Lower Klamath Heron and Egrets

Photo by Brett Cole.

Lower Klamath Sunset

Photo by Brett Cole.

Tule Lake Croplands

Photo by Brett Cole.

Link River Dam

Photo by Oregon Wild.

Willows on wetlands on Lower Klamath

Photo by Brett Cole.

Red-tailed Hawk on Lower Klamath

Photo by Brett Cole.

Sunset on Lower Klamath

 

Sunset on Lower Klamath

 

JC Boyle Dam

JC Boyle Dam blocks strangles flows in the Klamath River to a trickle, and blocks native fish from migrating upstream.

The Wild and Scenic Klamath River

 

Geese in flight over Lower Klamath NWR- S. Pedery

 

Bald eagle

 

Lower Klamath NWR-USFWS

Sunset on Lower Klamath NWR.

Klamath Basin Photo Gallery and Maps

Oregon Wild's collection of Klamath Basin photographs and maps.

Modern Klamath Basin Maps

Oregon Wild's collection of modern maps of the Klamath Basin.

Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Aerial Images

A slideshow showing Klamath National Wildlife Refuge aerial images.

Historic Klamath Photographs

Oregon Wild's collection of historic Klamath Basin images.

Historic Klamath Basin Maps

Maps that show the natural expanse of wetlands and lakes in the Klamath Basin.

Historic Link River salmon fishing - small

Gentleman salmon-fisher on the Link River, circa 1891.

Captain Jack thumbnail image

Photo of the Modoc leader, circa 1864.

Klamath Basin Interactive Maps

See how the basin has changed since 1905. Watch wetlands disappear and lakes shrink.

Tule Lake leaselands and sumps

Aerial view of the Tule Lake leaselands and sumps

Leaseland overspray irrigation

Spring photo of leaseland irrigation

Row crops on Tule Lake

Spring row crops on Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge leaselands.

"Deep water" on refuges

Deep water sign on Lower Klamath NWR

Salmon River

Salmon River at the confluence with the Klamath River.

River otters in Lower Klamath

A rare photo of a family of river otters on Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

Birds in flight over Lower Klamath

Migratory passage of geese over Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

Klamath River downstream of the Salmon confluence

Photo by Oregon Wild

Upper Klamath Lake algae bloom near Upper Klamath NWR

Photo by Brett Cole

Male Ruddy Duck in algae on Lower Klamath Refuge

Photo by Brett Cole

Algae pools in a Lower Klamath irrigation ditch

Photo by Brett Cole

Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Brett Cole

Mt. Shasta behind Lower Klamath

Photo by Brett Cole

Wetlands in the Upper Klamath Basin

Photo by Brett Cole

Yellow headed Blackbird on Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Brett Cole

Great Horned Owl on Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Brett Cole

Coyote in the Klamath

Photo by Brett Cole

Water discharging from KIP

Photo by Brett Cole

Aerial Tule Lake leaselands

Photo by Brett Cole

SalmonAID banner

 

Barn swallows

Photo by Brett Cole

Deer ears

Deer at Lava Beds. (Photo by Laurie Gerloff)

Canoeing on the Williamson

Canoeing on the Williamson River (Photo by Laurie Gerloff)

Icy Lower Klamath Lake

Photo by Brett Cole

Blue Birds on Klamath Basin refuges

Photo by Brett Cole

Pesticide Tank

Photo by Brett Cole.

Lower Klamath Lake dry refuge

Photo by Brett Cole.