California Dam Lets Water Shared by Farms Flow to Salmon

Associated Press: With water scarce in Northern California’s Klamath Basin, a federal agency is again releasing water into the Klamath River to prevent a repeat of the 2002 fish kill that left tens of thousands of adult salmon dead. That move could lead to a renewed fight about the Klamath River, which has long been subject to intense political battles over the sharing of scarce water between farms and fish. Three tribes depend on the river’s salmon for subsistence and ceremonial needs, and a fourth is looking forward......

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