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Projects in the Field: Modernizing Fisheries Data in the Klamath Basin – A Collaborative Leap Forward

By Klamath Basin Fisheries Collaborative Leadership Team

Sep 30, 2025

The Klamath Basin, spanning southern Oregon and northern California, is home to several native fish species now endangered or at risk of extinction, including Coho and Chinook salmon, Lost River suckers, and shortnose suckers. These species face mounting threats from habitat loss, declining water quality, failing recruitment, and other environmental changes. Amid these challenges, members of the Klamath Basin Fisheries Collaborative (KBFC) are making strides to modernize how fish data are collected and shared. The KBFC brings together over 30 organizations, including tribal governments, state and federal agencies, academic institutions, and watershed groups, working collectively to improve fish populations and habitat across the basin. At the heart of this effort is the development of a modernized data flow – streamlining submittal of field data collection to a web-based collaborative data system that enables faster access to standardized fish monitoring data.