Calif. irrigation district loses bid to join river ceremony suit
A lawsuit over the U.S. government’s refusal to release water for a Yurok Tribe water ceremony during drought conditions in 2020 will proceed without a local irrigation district, which a federal judge in California found Monday sought to litigate issues beyond the scope of that case. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick said the Klamath Irrigation District’s intervention bid …