Klamath Water Wars: Federal Biologists' Efforts Unjustified

The National Academy of Sciences says federal scientists had "no substantial scientific foundation" to protect endangered fish by denying water to farmers in the drought-striken Klamath Basin under the Endangered Species Act.

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February 5, 2002, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The National Academy of Sciences has concluded that federal biologists had no scientific justification for their efforts to protect endangered fish by withholding water from farmers in the drought-ravaged Klamath Basin of the Pacific Northwest last year, a potentially explosive development in the nation's most intense environmental battle."

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