Magistrate Says Feds Illegally Prioritized Irrigators Over Fish

By Ali Sullivan (September 12, 2023, 8:58 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation did not violate the Endangered Species Act when it prioritized the needs of salmon over endangered sucker fish species in waters that flow through the Pacific Northwest, an Oregon federal magistrate judge found, but the agency did flout the law when it favored irrigators the following year....

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