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Salmon populations in the Scott and Shasta rivers have crashed, so state officials are about to restrict irrigation again. And the controversial rules may even become permanent.

The legislation would expand California鈥檚 authority to fine water scofflaws who keep pumping. Even if fines had reached $10,000 a day, 鈥淚鈥檓 not so sure we wouldn鈥檛 have done it again,鈥� one rancher says.

The event is a spiritual run and prayer for the health of the Klamath watershed.

Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This year鈥檚 run will coincide with work to demolish them.

Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the Klamath Dams come out and reservoirs are drained.

A standoff over shutting down ranchers鈥� pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. 鈥淭o hell with it. We鈥檙e starting the pumps,鈥� one Siskiyou County rancher said.

Early this month, flooding from the McKinney Fire burn zone filled the Klamath River with sediment, killing tens of thousands of fish. Despite losses of some fish species, it appears adult Chinook salmon were relatively unaffected.

Bill in Congress proposes transfer of sacred lands to Karuk Tribe

Farmers, tribes and wildlife are facing what could be the driest year ever recorded in the Klamath Basin. The magnitude of that reality came on Wednesday, when the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced the annual water allocation for farmers in the Klamath Irrigation Project.

Wildfires burned more than 2 million acres in California last year. Now, a coalition of tribes and environmental groups is pushing for changes in fire management policy.

Anyone who practices a religion can appreciate the long traditions involved in worship. Few can imagine trying to restore those traditions after a long鈥�

While a pair of Native American tribes spent much of the last year squabbling over a plan for a casino in Medford, a third tribe quietly laid the鈥�