U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will be shutting off irrigation water to hundreds of farmers to save endangered fish threatened by drought.
"The government is cutting off irrigation water to hundreds of farmers in a basin along the Oregon-California border to help threatened and endangered fish survive a drought.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that 90 percent of farmers drawing water from the Klamath Project would be left dry this year to maintain water for endangered sucker fish and sustain water flows for threatened coho salmon."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Water will be shut off to farmers to keep endangered fish alive
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UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
City of Piedmont, CA
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research