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Siskiyou County ranchers who defied a state water order in 2022 were fined only about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor, some daily fines for water scofflaws can increase 20-fold.
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Groups have filed a legal petition to guarantee a minimum amount of water in the distressed river.
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A standoff over shutting down ranchers’ pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. “To hell with it. We’re starting the pumps,” one Siskiyou County rancher said.
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The drought in Northern California, combined with agricultural water use, is shrinking the Shasta River, according to a conservation group in Siskiyou County.
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It's not just the dams on the Klamath River that are the subject of scrutiny in Northern California.The Karuk Tribe and an environmental group filed suit…