Sponsors of the 2025 Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour
Thank you to this year's Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour Sponsors!
We would like to thank the organizations and individuals who provided sponsorship to make the 2025 Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour possible. Their generous contributions helped us build from last year’s success.
Thank you – not only for the monetary support, but also for helping keep the conversations around Lower Klamath Lake continuing and how we can create solutions that will benefit wildlife, waterfowl, agriculture and Tribal communities in the Klamath Basin.
The Humboldt Area Foundation sponsored this year’s Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour through the Klamath River Fund program. This program’s aim is to invest in the Klamath Basin so it can thrive, ecologically, culturally, economically, and beyond.
The California Waterfowl Association (CWA) has been an ardent supporter of the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge for years. Not only have their efforts brought attention to the refuge, but CWA has also been supportive of habitat restoration efforts in Lower Klamath.
The Klamath Irrigation District (KID) provides water for over 40,000 acres in its district, including Warren Act contract and another 10,000 acres that fall under the Klamath Basin Improvement District. To learn more about the district and its history, visit https://klamathid.org/home/history/.
Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is the largest environmental mitigation company in the US that works on a variety of ecological restoration projects ranging from extra acres on family farms to ventures the size of national parks. Learn more about RES and their ecological restoration efforts.
Receiving Federal recognition in May of 1978, the Modoc Nation is made up of the descendants of Captain Jack’s Band of Modoc Indians that were forcibly removed to Baxter Springs, Kansas. Today, the Modoc Nation has made investments in their Homelands, including the Modoc Farm. Learn more about the Modoc Nation.
The Klamath Bird Observatory works on collaborative conservation planning while nurturing community outreach and education, including the Common Waterbirds of the Klamath Basin guide book they generously donated to Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour guests.
Liskey Farms
Located on Lower Klamath Lake Road, Liskey Farms’ owner Tracey Liskey and his family have been farming in the Klamath Basin for four generations. Mr. Liskey is a KDD board member and currently serves as president of the Klamath Water Users Association board. He was also instrumental in creating Gone Fishing, which eventually evolved into the C’waam and Koptu rearing facilities now known as the Klamath Falls National Fish Hatchery.
The Klamath Basin Audubon Society provides a variety of programs including birdwatching tours, talks, and exhibits to give locals and visitors to the Klamath Basin the opportunity to “appreciate our region’s wildlife, focusing on birds and other natural resources.”
Matt Brimmer
Mr. Brimmer is a member of the California Waterfowl Association, the Klamath Basin Chapter of Delta Waterfowl, and the Cal-Ore Wetlands and Waterfowl Council. Mr. Brimmer is an ardent advocate for Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges.
The Friends of Klamath Basin Birding “advocate for birds of the Klamath Basin in all matters” through a variety avenues including education, promoting events and fundraisers, and working with non-birding partners to find common ground to benefit our feathered friends. You can find their monthly newsletters in their Newsletter Archives.
Neighboring the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in what was part of Lower Klamath Lake (and a part of the Modoc homelands), the Klamath Drainage District (KDD) provides water to 27,000 acres in the district. Over the years, KDD has been a leader in sustainable agriculture in the Klamath Project and a supporter of LKNWR.
Mary Williams Hyde is a Klamath Basin photographer and bird advocate. Along with the Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour committee, she also lends her knowledge and camera to groups including the Friends of Klamath Basin Birding and the Klamath Bird Observatory.
Loree Johnson is a landscape photographer turned wildlife photographer based in Dorris, California. When she’s not behind the lens getting shots of birds, she manages the newsletter for the Friends of Klamath Basin Birding and is on the Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour planning committee.
Dr. Wenner and his wife, Anne, are one of several owners of Lakeside Farm. The farm is part of a wetlands project the Wenners embarked on to show how ag and native ecosystems can benefit one another. The Wenners are also involved in Klamath Basin conservation groups, including the Tule Smoke Hunt Club (aka the Rat Club), the Klamath Watershed Partnership, the Klamath Basin Audubon Society, and the former Winter Wings Festival.
Ducks Unlimited has been involved in waterfowl conservation efforts all throughout the Upper Klamath Basin, including ensuring Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge received water in the spring of 2024. To learn more about Ducks Unlimited’s involvement in the region, read their Klamath Basin Initiative.
The Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) advocates on behalf of Klamath Irrigation Project family farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin. KWUA works with a variety of stakeholders and governmental organizations at the state and federal level to ensure irrigated agriculture continues in the Klamath Basin.
Locally known as the Running Y, the resort features a lodge, vacation rentals, gathering spaces, and an Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course. The Running Y hosts a variety of events every month, including this year’s Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour evening reception.
Interested in being a sponsor for next year’s tour? Please let us know! We hope to keep building on each year’s event, and your organization’s support is crucial to keeping the conversations going.
To be a sponsor for future Lower Klamath Renaissance Tours, email us.
Thank you to this year’s sponsors for your generous support!