Judge sides with Tribes, BOR Violated Law by Favoring Irrigators in the Klamath Basin

Source: COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

(CN) — A magistrate judge in Oregon sided with the Klamath Tribes on Monday in finding that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation violated the Endangered Species Act by misallocating limited water supplies from the Upper Klamath Lake, harming endangered sucker fish and other aquatic wildlife.

In the 52-page findings and recommendation, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke found the central question is whether the federal government broke…