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Klamath Tribes v. United States Bureau of Reclamation
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September 12, 2023
Magistrate Says Feds Illegally Prioritized Irrigators Over Fish
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation did not violate the Endangered Species Act when it prioritized the needs of salmon over endangered sucker fish species in waters that flow through the Pacific Northwest, an Oregon federal magistrate judge found, but the agency did flout the law when it favored irrigators the following year.
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November 22, 2022
Tribes Urge Judge To Find Ore. Irrigation Plan Violated ESA
Oregon Native American tribes have urged a federal judge to find that the U.S. government violated the Endangered Species Act when it agreed to an irrigation plan to drain water from a lake inhabited by two endangered fish species.
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May 07, 2021
Tribes Can't Stop Ore. Irrigation Plan Over Drought Concerns
The U.S. government is managing drought impacts as best it can under bad circumstances, an Oregon federal judge said in an order denying a challenge to an irrigation plan by tribes that say it jeopardizes two endangered fish species.
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April 22, 2021
Ore. Water Group Wants In On Tribe's Irrigation Suit
A water users group has asked an Oregon federal court to let it intervene in a tribal suit claiming the U.S. government illegally agreed to irrigation that will drain a lake inhabited by two endangered species of fish, saying members' water supply is at risk.
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April 14, 2021
Federal Irrigation Project Imperils Endangered Fish, Tribes Say
The U.S. government illegally agreed to an irrigation plan that will drain water from a lake relied upon by two endangered species of fish, Oregon Native American tribes claimed in a new suit Tuesday.