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Tuesday, September 2, 2003

The Yurok Tribe of California says the federal government is favoring farmers over treaty and water rights.

In 2002, the Department of Interior cut off water to rivers that the tribe depends on for salmon. The Bush administration made the decision after 1,200 non-Indian farmers protested they were being shut out.

The decision, the tribe believes, contributed to the deaths of more than 30,000 salmon in the Klamath Basin. But some farmers say they are being scapegoated for the massive fishkill.

Interior is sending more water to the tribe this year but the tribe says it isn't enough. The farmers take water at a critical time for survival of salmon and fishermen fear another fishkill.

Get the Story:
A disappearing way of life (The San Francisco Chronicle 9/2)

Get the Decision:
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations v. Bureau of Reclamation (July 15, 2003)

Relevant Links:
Klamath Basin Coalition - http://www.klamathbasin.info

Related Stories:
Yurok Tribe presses suit for Klamath fishkill (9/1)
Judge orders changes in Klamath Basin plan (07/18)
Yurok Tribe protesting Klamath Basin management (7/17)
Yurok Tribe protests DOI's water conference (7/11)
Tribes and fishermen fight for Klamath water (06/03)
Interior releases Klamath Basin irrigation plan (04/11)
Klamath River makes group's most endangered list (4/10)
Klamath Basin named endangered place in Calif. (03/05)
Fishkill blamed on Norton water policy (01/07)
Klamath report contradicts economic impact (12/19)
Bush's Klamath review criticized (11/14)
DOI report backs Klamath for fish (11/1)
Klamath suit targets farmers (10/30)
Pressure cited in Klamath water decision (10/29)
Tribes would receive $20M in Klamath aid (10/25)
Yurok Tribe files Klamath lawsuit (10/23)
Norton blamed for Klamath fishkill (10/16)
Tribe protest Klamath water cut-off (10/14)
Yurok Tribe declares fish emergency (10/11)
'Not enough water to go around' (10/7)
DOI takes no blame for Klamath fish kill (10/3)
Time to count dead fish at Klamath (10/1)
Norton reverses decision on Klamath water (9/30)
Tribes estimate 30,000 dead salmon (9/27)
Salmon dying in Klamath River (9/25)
Water woes affect Calif. tribes (8/26)
Calif. tribes still waiting for water (8/22)
Interior sued over river plan (1/10)
Plan would help restore salmon to river (12/20)

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