(February 24, 2017, 2:41 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge on Feb. 23 dismissed one claim involving the renewal of federal water contracts with the federal government but allowed to proceed the plaintiffs’ claim about whether the federal government has the discretion to require water diversion from a creek and to approve transfers to water contractors (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Gail A. Norton, et al., No. 05-1207, E.D. Calif.)....