A mechanical failure during last week’s emergency repair work
to a damaged Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD)
transmission pipeline caused chlorinated water to spill into
Janes Creek, resulting in the death of more than 250 fish,
including trout, sculpin and Coho salmon, according to district
staff. … [O]ne of that agency’s [CDFW] environmental
scientists responded to the scene of the spill — near Coombs
Road in northern Arcata — and saw “a couple dozen” dead Coho
salmon, about 200 dead trout (mostly cutthroat) and roughly 40
dead sculpin.
On this first-ever Foundation water tourwe examined water issues along the 263-mile Klamath River, from its spring-fed headwaters in south-central Oregon to its redwood-lined estuary on the Pacific Ocean in California.
Running Y Resort
5500 Running Y Rd
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
