Judge OKs Summary Judgment For Tribe In Suit Over Management Of Klamath Water

(March 13, 2024, 7:56 AM EDT) -- MEDFORD, Ore. — An Oregon federal judge has adopted a magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation and granted summary judgment to the Klamath Tribes on its complaint that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by implementing temporary operating procedures for the federally operated Klamath Project during droughts that gave water to Klamath Basin irrigators at the expense of two endangered fish species that are culturally important to the tribe....