Magistrate Judge Recommends Summary Judgment Against Klamath Tribes’ ESA Case

(October 2, 2023, 8:46 AM EDT) -- MEDFORD, Ore. — An Oregon federal magistrate judge has recommended that a judge grant summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and against the Klamath Tribes, finding that the agency has “equal obligations” to three species of fish in the Upper Klamath Lake and in the Klamath River under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and did not prioritize river salmon over suckers in the lake....