Yurok Tribe, fishing groups sue over water delivery to farms in Klamath River Basin

A northern California tribe is pressing the federal government to stop water deliveries for farming in southern Oregon and northern California unless a federal agency can show it’s met all legal requirements for endangered species, including salmon and killer whales.

The Yurok Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and Institute for Fisheries Resources filed a motion for a preliminary injunction last week, the Capital Press reported. It's part of a 2019 lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Reclamation and the National Marine Fisheries Service.