(December 1, 2016, 1:50 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forty days after the Yuba County Water Agency filed a countersuit saying that Friends of the River violated a 2009 settlement agreement barring future claims, the parties on Nov. 25 stipulated to dismissal, which a California federal judge approved Nov. 29 (Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al., No. 16-818, E.D. Calif.)....