Karuk Tribe joins lawsuit to protect salmon

By: Native News Network Staff in Native Currents

YREKA, CALIFORNIA – On Thursday, Klamath Riverkeeper filed an Endangered Species Act citizen suit over a dam and series of water diversions operated by Montague Water Conservation District on the Shasta River in Siskiyou County. The Karuk Tribe also decided today to file its own 60-day notice of intent to litigate on the same grounds.

Water Diversions Removal

The legal filing by Klamath Riverkeeper follows a 60-day notice period during which KRK offered Montague Water Conservation District an opportunity to negotiate a settlement outside the courtroom. The action effectively calls on the irrigation district to remedy its impacts to salmon runs verging on extinction there.

“ We simply have to better manage limited water resources to benefit everyone in the watershed. We hope to resolve this issue in a way that will restore endangered coho salmon while preserving a viable agricultural economy in Siskiyou County,”

said KRK Executive Director Erica Terence.

Klamath Riverkeeper ‘s complaint, filed in federal court in Sacramento, outlines how…For more go to this link.

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