New water rights have given tribes an upper hand over farmers just as the Klamath River basin plunges into a severe drought.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/80gmXI6Yoxo/la-me-klamath-20130507,0,30925.story
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/80gmXI6Yoxo/la-me-klamath-20130507,0,30925.story
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