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Field Notice Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are active across the Basin this year. If you see them on your ground, tell us where. Your reports help the District and partner agencies map where the insects are building and respond before they reach standing crops.
Klamath Project producers,
Grasshoppers are already hatching across the Basin. They've been seen pouring out of the ground at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, producers along the state line have treated several times this spring, and patrons are reporting every stage — nymph to adult — in the Van Brimmer area and the dry stateline ground.
We know how fast this can turn. During the 2023 invasion, one patron lost 80 acres of grain in a single day. With nearly 50,000 acres of dry, fallowed land this year, the habitat is set for another hard season.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is no longer funding its grasshopper and Mormon cricket reporting portal, so Klamath Irrigation District has built a new one. If you see grasshoppers or Mormon crickets on your ground — in Klamath, Modoc, or Siskiyou County — please take two minutes to report it. The more we know about where they are and how thick they're getting, the better the District and partner agencies can target a response.
Report a sighting:
https://klamathid.org/home/resources/grasshoppers-and-mormon-cricket-reporting/
It works right from your phone in the field. Note where you saw them, roughly how many, the life stage, what they're on, and whether you've treated — and add a photo if you can.
Thank you for helping us stay ahead of this.
Gene Souza
Executive Director, Klamath Irrigation District
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