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Martin do Nascimento/CalMattersA 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. -
PGHolbrook/WikimediaDoes a river or a lake have a water right? This question gets asked more often lately, as the drought makes lakes and rivers run low or dry, while nearby鈥�
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Water and timber, timber and water. The major environmental issues of our region usually involved one or the other. And water is the focus in the Klamath鈥� -
For decades, farmers and ranchers have engaged in a bitter tug-of-war with fishermen and Indian tribes over scarce water supplies in the Klamath Basin. Now, government officials and stakeholders have announced the broad outlines of an agreement they say could finally bring peace to the region.
