California’s Northwest-Klamath region is an area of thick forests, steep mountains, narrow valleys and few people. Some of the highest precipitation totals in the state, over 100 inches per annum, have been recorded in the mountains here just a few miles from the coast.
The population in this remote region is scattered about in small towns that either hug watercourses or spread out on the few sizable areas of somewhat level ground. Primary industries such as logging and mining have been and continue to be mainstays of the local economy.
