Transcript from the podcast, Nature's Infrastructure, Season 1, Episode 3.
This month, in a two-part series, we are focusing on the Klamath Basin, and the ways the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness. We were directly appropriated $455 million over five years in BIL funds for programs related to the President’s America the Beautiful initiative.
Learn more about Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is positively impacting collaborative conservation throughout this vital ecosystem.
On this episode, we are sitting down with Brad Parrish, a water rights specialist with the Klamath Tribes and Larry Nicholson, the executive director of the Upper Klamath Basin Ag Collaborative, to talk about the Sprague River Collaborative Restoration project that is happening in the Upper Klamath Basin, in Oregon.
The Klamath Basin is set to receive $162 million over five years from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore the regional ecosystem and repair local economies. As drought conditions persist throughout the region, the Klamath Basin’s fragile ecosystem will depend on collaborative partnerships among a wide variety of stakeholders and the development of holistic solutions to save cherished fish and wildlife from further decline.