Imagine two teenagers stepping off a ship in 1948, hearts full of hope, chasing the promise of a new world. That’s where the DeHoop story begins—Thys and Rina DeHoop, immigrants from the Netherlands, arriving in America as teens. They married in 1956, and their four children—Helena, Art, Arjen, and Boudewyn—became the first generation born on [...]

From the rough country of California to the irrigation canals of Klamath, one rancher’s journey of rebuilding proves that resilience is the only crop that matters when the water runs low. By: Gene Souza Date: December 2025 On the Henley-Ankeny lands, the water rights date back to 1884—ironclad claims established well before the federal government [...]

The internet has a favorite word lately: "Colonizer." It is a label frequently tossed around on social media by activists and disconnected policymakers to describe the agricultural families of the Klamath Basin. It paints a picture of wealthy outsiders exploiting the land, taking resources, and giving nothing back. But that label disintegrates the moment you [...]

Western Livestock Journal, August 16, 2024 by Anna Miller https://www.wlj.net/top_headlines/the-viewpoint-with-ty-kliewer/article_0cc72536-5bde-11ef-b6ca-6b1740e2ac38.html In the heart of the Klamath River Basin, Ty Kliewer and his family stand as resilient agriculturalists in a landscape facing ongoing water disputes. Ty and his wife of 21 years, Brooke, and their two children, Anna and Cade, farm and ranch in the tight-knit [...]

Rodney Cheyne on The Daily Signal 8 April 2025   Farmers are at the heart of California’s water wars, but you wouldn’t know it from reading The New York Times. A recent feature on the removal of dams from the Klamath River highlighted environmental and tribal perspectives—yet it failed to incorporate the perspective of farmers like me who are [...]

Rooted in the Basin: A Legacy of Sustainable Farming at McPherson Farms & McPherson’s High Desert Highlands Meeting the McPhersons Nestled in the expansive beauty of Southern Oregon’s Klamath Basin, just south of Klamath Falls, lies a landscape defined by open farmland, the rugged Cascade Mountains to the west, and rolling desert hills to the [...]

There is a saying in the Army: "Mission First, People Always." For Paul Crawford, a third-generation farmer in the Klamath Irrigation District, the mission has always been clear: feed the nation, steward the land, and raise his family with the values of hard work and integrity. But today, the "People"—the families, the veterans, and the [...]