… To protect their longstanding wocus (edible pond lily) gathering tradition and the habitat it depends on, the Klamath Tribes have advocated for projects that restore the wetlands that used to dominate the Southern Oregon landscape and provide rich wildlife habitat that experts often describe as “the Everglades of the West.” Last month, the tribes teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited and private landowners to breach a dike on the uppermost section of Upper Klamath Lake and restore 14,000 acres of wetland habitat.