Watch Battle for the Klamath

The Klamath River, snaking through southern Oregon and northern California through some of the most pristine wilderness remaining in the west, is the focus of an intense battle over fish, water and conflicting ways of life, between upstream farmers and the Bush Administration on one side, and downstream Indian tribes, commercial fishermen and environmentalists on the other. Battle for the Klamath is an hour long documentary that examines why a regional fight over water and fish caused the Bush Administration and its political Svengali, Karl Rove, to intervene in determining how much water flows down an obscure western river, and how that exertion of political influence caused a veteran government fisheries biologist to file a whistleblower complaint against his own agency because he feared the endangered salmon faced extinction. The film also listens to tribal fishermen, fisheries biologists and small farmers as they explain how their way of life is threatened by too much demand for too little water, a problem that more and more communities will face in the future. Director Steven Johnson is an award winning producer of documentaries for national television and the independent film market. To purchase Battle for the Klamath for use in educational institutions, libraries, group screenings or other non-profit organizations, please contact us at: [email protected].

Battle for the Klamath is a 2006 documentary with a runtime of 53 minutes.