About Us

Konrad has twenty-five years of advocacy and research experience focused on water, climate, and economic policy. On behalf of Water Climate Trust, Konrad coordinates policy advocacy to protect freshwater ecosystems from excessive water diversions and harmful dams. Previously, as Director of Klamath Riverkeeper, Konrad advanced successful multi-stakeholder campaigns to remove Klamath River dams and increase the quantity of water flowing in the Klamath River and its tributaries. Before that, he coordinated a successful campaign that secured representation for Native American Tribes within California's Integrated Regional Water Management planning process. He has also worked as a researcher and writer in India, Central America and Washington DC. Konrad has personal and family history in the Klamath and upper- Sacramento River watersheds. He holds a degree in International Relations & Economics from the University of Oregon.

Kiahna Allen is an Organizer for Water Climate Trust and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, with lineage from the San Carlos Apache and Klamath Modoc Tribes. She is the founder of Wana Waixtishama, an Indigenous-led whitewater kayaking organization rooted in cultural connection, water protection, and community empowerment. Kiahna's advocacy work centers on Indigenous water rights, climate justice, and elevating Native leadership in environmental spaces. As a first foods gatherer, her relationship to water is grounded in lived practice, seasonal knowledge, and intergenerational responsibility. Her work has extended internationally, including advocacy and cultural exchange through whitewater kayaking and water protection efforts in Brazil, strengthening global Indigenous connections to rivers and climate resilience.

Delia is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and of Klamath, Pit River, Umpqua, and tchinook descent. She is a dedicated mother to many children and a Tribal rights and food sovereignty advocate currently residing in Chiloquin, OR. She is the founder of the Chiloquin School Garden Project and a co-founder of Maqlaqs Geetni, an ecosystem restoration company guided by Indigenous cultural and environmental principles.

Don has practiced environmental and water law for nearly 30 years. He represents national and local environmental organizations throughout California in the areas of water law, land use, and endangered species protection. Since 1991, Don has represented the Owens Valley Committee in its continuing battles with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to protect instream flows in the Owens River. In 1996, Don began working with Konrad Fisher (now Director of Water Climate Trust) to end an unlawful water diversion from a Klamath River tributary that regularly killed endangered juvenile salmon. This work ultimately led to a historic California Water Board hearing in 2018, and a temporary enforcement action by California that stopped an unlawful diversion and prevented salmon and steelhead from being stranded and killed.