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Klamath Falls Bucket Brigade

We provided coverage of the bucket brigade in Klamath Falls where thousands of people gathered to show support for water-starved farmers in this community along the California-Oregon border.

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Ginny Blackman is an Oregon farmer in the Klamath Basin and one of the organizers 
                        of the bucket brigade Three generations of Tulelake farmers headed the bucket brigade
Ginny Blackman, an Oregon farmer in the Klamath Basin and one of the organizers of the bucket brigade, holds two of 50 buckets to be used for the demonstration later that afternoon. (35KB)
Photo/Christine Souza
Jess Prosser, 86, a Tulelake homesteader, dips out the first bucket of water in the bucket brigade and pours the water into a bucket held by his son, John. Waiting to pass it along the line is John's son, James, 6. (38KB)
Photo/Christine Souza
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