Dewatered Scott River at Hwy 3 near Fort Jones, CA. Aug 23, 2009.
Scott River at Quartz Valley Road, Aug 21, 2009.
Dying sucker fish in the Scott River, downstream of Scott Valley, Aug 21, 2009.
Dewatered Scott River and irrigated fields in central Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009.Flight by LightHawk.
Dewatered Scott River, full irrigation ditches, and irrigated fields in central Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Highway 3 over dewatered Scott River near Fort Jones, CA, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Island Road, irrigated alfalfa fields and a completely dewatered Scott River in central Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Dewatered Scott River, full irrigation ditches, and irrigated fields in the Scott Valley near Greenview, CA, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Dewatered Scott River and irrigated fields west of Fort Jones, CA, Sept. 2, 2009.Flight by LightHawk.
Dewatered Scott River being watered by an overhead pivot sprinkler in lower reaches of Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Dead steelhead in the Scott River at Jones Beach, downstream of Scott Valley, Aug 21, 2009.
Overhead irrigation pivots and dewatered Scott River in the central Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Irrigated fields west of Fort Jones, CA, Sept. 2, 2009. Photo: Scott Harding/Klamath Riverkeeper. Flight by LightHawk.
Overhead irrigation pivots beside a dewatered Scott River in the central Scott Valley, Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.
Inefficient overhead irrigation sprinklers in Scott Valley, Aug 21, 2009. Scott River's flow was about 9 cfs this day.
Inefficient overhead irrigation sprinklers in Scott Valley, Aug 23, 2009. Scott River's flow was about 9 cfs this day.
Well pump for inefficient overhead irrigation sprinklers in Scott Valley, Aug 23, 2009. Scott River's flow was about 9 cfs this day. This pump is about 1000 feet from the river.
Shackleford Creek at confluence with Scott River downstream of Fort Jones,CA, Aug 21, 2009.
Kidder Creek at Hwy 3 near Greenview, CA, Aug 21, 2009.
Scott River in the canyon downstream of Scott Valley, Aug 21, 2009. The river has low but flowing water downstream of Scott Valley where mountain streams feed its flow.
Stranded fall chinook salmon in the lower Scott River, unable to migrate upstream due to low flows. Oct. 9, 2009. Scott River at 9 cfs.
Shasta River at Yreka Ager Road bridge on Aug 21, 2009. River at 16 cfs.
Shasta River at Montague Road bridge on Aug 21, 2009. River at 16 cfs.
Dwinnell Dam and Lake Shastina on June 9, 2009. Water is diverted out of the Shasta River into the Montague Water Conservation District's extensive canal network, virtually dewatering the river.
Montague Water Conservation District's extensive canal network extending from Dwinnell Dam, June 9, 2009.
Inefficient flood irrigation from a Grenada Irrigation District canal near Edgewood, CA, June 9, 2009.
Grenada Irrigation District canal on west side of the Shasta Valley, June 9, 2009.
Shasta River east of Yreka, CA. Sept. 2, 2009. Flight by LightHawk.