Welcome to the 2025 Lower Klamath Basin Renaissance Tour!

Thank you for joining us on March 13th for the 2nd Annual Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour!

In recent years, the Klamath Basin has been reeling from years of conflict over water allocations. Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges were dry, birds migrating the Pacific Flyway bypassed the Lower Klamath, the Winter Wings Festival was cancelled, and family farmers and ranchers have struggled.

As a result, last year a coalition of Klamath Drainage District farmers, government agency staffers, advocates for the Pacific Flyway and LKNWR, South Suburban Sanitary District, Tribes, and concerned community members came together to share exciting new directions for the Lower Klamath area on our first annual Renaissance Tour. Our guests learned how wildlife, farmers, endangered fish, and Tribal communities could benefit in ways once thought unattainable.

We invite you to continue the conversation with us as we discuss how cooperation brought water to LKNWR, and how restoration projects taking place in the Lower Klamath and endangered fish species will play a role in how the region moves forward to a brighter future.

If you would like to join us but haven’t received an invitation, please email us. Please note seating is limited and we may not be able to fulfill your request.

Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour Itinerary & Route

To see the full schedule for the tour, visit the 2025 Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour Itinerary and Map.  We have an abbreviated version of the itinerary below.

Planned stops for the morning and afternoon of the Lower Klamath Basin Renaissance Tour to include:

• • 7:45 am – Check-in at the Running Y lobby.
  • 8:00 am – Depart Running Y via Pelican Charters. Travel down Hwy 97 to Midland Rest Stop to meet up with single car tourists.
  • 8:15 – 8:25 am – Meet with guests who are leaving cars at the Midland Rest Stop and others who are following the tour.

• 8:30  am – Straits Drainage Pumping Plant.
• 9:00 am – Ady Canal Refuge Delivery Site.
• 10:00 am – Modoc Farm.
• 11:00 am – North Canal’s future extension project.
• 12:00 pm – Lunch at Liskey Farms.
• 1:20 pm – Klamath Falls National Fish Hatchery.
• 2:15 pm – Birdwatching in KDD.
• 3:15 pm – Stop at Midland Rest Stop for guests to retrieve cars.
• 3:30 pm – Return to Running Y.
• 5:00 pm – Doors open for Lower Klamath Renaissance Tour reception in the Ballroom at the Running Y Resort with heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.
• 6:00 pm – Presentations about restoration efforts across the Klamath Basin.
• 7:00 pm – Reception ends.

Lodging Information

For guests who requested lodging information, the Running Y Resort has set up a page for reservations. They are offering a discounted rate that is available from March 11th – 14th. If you wish to stay at the Running Y, make your reservations soon as the lodge is filling up!

Make a reservation at the Running Y Resort 

If you would like to make a reservation over the phone, call the Running Y Resort front desk at 541.850.5500 and ask for the DRAINAGE rate.

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