Mealey's (October 8, 2018, 3:19 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge on Sept. 28 largely denied summary judgment to the United States in a 13-year-old lawsuit by environmentalists who say the government allowed water contractors in to take so much water from the Sacramento River that it harmed endangered fish species rivers and streams (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 05-1207, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168307)....