[env-trinity] Links to articles and press releases on Supreme Court won't consider Klamath farmers' water fight

[Tom Stokely]

DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: Supreme Court won't consider Klamath farmers' water fight; CA still benefits from wet 2018-19; Marking ten years of the Delta Stewardship Council; Newsom, California lawmakers agree how to close deficit; and more ... ~ MAVEN'S NOT


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DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: Supreme Court won't consider Klamath farmers' water ...

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Supreme Court won’t consider Klamath farmers’ water fight:  “The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether federal regulators violated farmers’ constitutional rights when they cut off irrigation water to save fish in the Pacific Northwest. Facing drought in 2001, the George W. Bush administration shut off water deliveries from the Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath River project to farms in south-central Oregon and Northern California. The goal was to provide water to threatened salmon species downriver.  The farmers revolted. They stormed irrigation canals, and one group took a blowtorch to a diversion head gate. .. ” Read more from E&E News here: Supreme Court won’t consider Klamath farmers’ water fight

Supreme Court declines to reconsider tribes’ water rights at Klamath River:  “Native American tribes’ water rights at the Klamath River received another boost Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to overturn a court decision guaranteeing that tribes can reserve enough water in the river to protect fish populations and beyond.  Farmers who divert water from the Klamath for agricultural purposes had sued the federal government in 2001, challenging the notion that tribes have senior rights over the river water. Late last year, an appeals court upheld a decision rejecting the farmers’ claim.  Now the Supreme Court has solidified the tribes as the Klamath’s first priority by declining to review the farmers’ latest appeal. ... ”  Read more from the Times-Herald here: Supreme Court declines to reconsider tribes’ water rights at Klamath River

SEE ALSO:
   
   - U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear 18-year-old Klamath water rights case, upholding tribal primacy, press release from Earthjustice via the Lost Coast Oupost
   - Supreme court declines review in water “takings” case, press release from the Klamath Water Users Association   

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