Disclaimer of Liability
The data presented by and available through this web site consists of information from a variety of private, local, state, and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations, which is integrated into a single web location (i.e., portal) for the Klamath Basin, southern Oregon and northern California. This website is provided as a public service by Klamath County, Oregon, as a cooperative effort with these private, local, state, and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations (the "Participants"). Neither the Participants nor any other entity providing access to information through this web site, nor any of the Participant's employees, Consultants or Subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, including the fitness of the information for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The user of this application assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of the information for any decision made as a result of this information, available from this server and the Internet in general. The user alone is responsible for the application and interpretation of this information and is responsible for use consistent with an appropriate level of caution.
Demonstration Project
This is a DEMONSTRATION application initiated by Klamath County, Oregon, with the express purpose of applying and evaluating new and emerging technologies in an effort to share information pertaining to water supply, natural resource and social and economic issues associated with water and resources management in the Klamath Basin. The vision is a common base of information to guide discussion, debate and resolution of the complex economic, social, and resource management issues within the Basin. The development of this demonstration application is guided by a formal document which identifies various future tools and applications. Those interested in participating may contact the Klamath County Public Works Department (lhickey @ co.klamath.or.us).
Acknowledgement
The user formally acknowledges that this is a DEMONSTRATION application and acknowledges and accepts the Disclaimer of Liability upon entering or using components of this application.
Welcome to the Klamath Basin
Watershed Project Viewer
The genesis for the Watershed Project Viewer is a general belief, among resource managers, that few living outside of the Klamath Basin realize the progress that is being made to restore the natural resources and conserve water within the Basin. Many different organizations, ranging from the individual landowner to the farmer-irrigator, to watershed councils, and local, state and federal government agencies, are actively involved in restoration activities in the Klamath Basin. No single source or location integrating basic information about these restoration efforts is available, which tends to hamper a coordinated restoration effort.
A "use case" is simply a written description of a concept application. The
Functional
Requirements Document for this DSS included several use cases and one of those focused on the development of a "restoration analysis" tool, of which the Watershed Project Viewer is an example. In the spring of 2009, Klamath County staff, with US Forest Service support, submitted a Secure Rural Schools Title II grant proposal to the Fremont-Winema Resource Advisory Committee (RAC). The RAC and the Forest Service agreed to fund the development of the Watershed Project Viewer by awarding a grant to Klamath County in the fall of 2009.
The Watershed Project Viewer includes two basic components. The first component is a web enabled database of restoration activities. The intent is not to duplicate the efforts of agencies like the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, but to supplement those efforts by integrating restoration information not previously available to the general public and decision makers. The second component consists of various data and applications intended to aid with the development and evaluation of new restoration activities in the Klamath Basin.
Open the Watershed Project Viewer
