<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364151" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-05-01/federal-judge-sides-with-fish-in-klamath-water-dispute" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364304" class="">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-05-01/federal-judge-sides-with-fish-in-klamath-water-dispute</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364353"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364379"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.25rem;">Federal Judge Sides With Fish in Klamath Water Dispute</span><br></div><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0.2rem; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.666666667; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin-bottom: 0.9375rem !important; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important; font-weight: 400 !important; font-size: 1rem !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364253">Klamath Basin irrigators have been handed a defeat in their effort to ensure enough water this spring.</h3><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364254"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 62.5rem; width: 970px; border-top-width: 1px !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) !important; min-height: 52px; max-height: 52px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364255"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364256"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364257"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 0.9375rem; padding-left: 0.9375rem; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; -webkit-box-flex: 0; flex: 0 1 66.66667175292969%; max-width: 66.66667175292969%; padding-top: 0.9375rem !important; font-size: 0.875rem !important; float: left !important; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364258"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364259">May 1, 2018, at 3:35 p.m.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364184"><img src="https://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/6b17153/2147483647/resize/300x%3E/quality/85/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.beam.usnews.com%2Fa4%2F4a853fc5fefcf0845c1a9ac58570c9%2F6977FE_PR_080923associatedpress.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 200px; min-height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364185" data-id="23d16afd-91ff-504b-dc5c-a2718d50e1ec" class=""></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364186"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364187">PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request from Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers to ease their water situation this spring.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364188"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364189">A court injunction requires the Bureau of Reclamation to hold 50,000 acre-feet of stored water in Upper Klamath Lake through early June to flush away a deadly parasite that infects threatened coho salmon.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364190"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364191">Because it's been a dry year, the bureau believes the injunction makes it unlikely there will be enough water for farms.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364192"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364193">The Klamath Water Users Association asked U.S. District Court Judge William H. Orrick to modify the injunction, but the San Francisco-based judge denied the request late Monday.</div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364194"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364195">The ruling pleased groups that rely on salmon, such as the Yurok Tribe and Pacific Coast fishermen.</div></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364147"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1525027435791_364158"><br></div></div></div></body></html>