Environmental
Apr. 17, 2015
Farmers in court over fears that effort to save fish is upending their water rights
A case pending at the 3rd District Court of Appeal could decide how far state wildlife officials can go to limit water use to protect imperiled fish.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Farmers around the state are desperate to hold onto to every drop of water in the worsening drought, and part of that struggle is playing out in a court case in which they accuse the state's wildlife agency of upending California's water rights regime in the name of protecting imperiled fish.
In a case pending at the 3rd District Court of Appeal, the Siskiyou County Farm Bureau hopes to stop th...
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