(October 24, 2016, 2:10 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge overseeing an environmentalists’ lawsuit challenging the renewal of federal water contracts and the protection of endangered fish species on Oct. 20 dismissed three claims and ordered supplemental briefing on two others (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Gail A. Norton, et al., No. 05-1207, E.D. Calif.)....