“The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in to support the
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in its lawsuit against two
water districts, backing the tribe’s claims that the local
agencies are infringing upon its rights by over-pumping
groundwater from the Coachella Valley’s aquifer.”
“A landmark water-sharing agreement between the Klamath Tribes
and cattle ranchers is getting startup money as continuing
drought promises more irrigation restrictions this summer.”
“Two rivers on opposite sides of the country — the Klamath and
the Chattahoochee — may provide lessons for the inevitable and
growing dispute over how we manage our most precious natural
resource.”
“Some southern Oregon ranchers will have to reduce or completely
shut down irrigation in the parched Upper Klamath Basin this
summer as a result of a historic assertion of water rights by
other users in the region.
On Monday, several groups, including the Klamath Tribes and
irrigators in the federal Klamath Project, made formal calls
for water, asking Oregon to enforce rights they won earlier
this year.”
