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Emails show the governor plans to send Ivan Gall for state Senate confirmation May 29.
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Many regional reservoirs that store water for irrigation are doing better than they were last year. Two good winters have helped water managers build up their reserves.
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As more wells go dry, a developer in Oregon's fastest growing region maneuvers for water rights.
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As drought intensifies, the order affects many cities and growers from Fresno to the Oregon border, including 212 public water systems.
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Water departments had the option to choose between an outdoor watering limit of one day per week or by volume of water used.
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Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
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Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley visited the site of a new water pipeline project in the works in Jackson County on Friday. The development of the 13.6-mile-long pipeline marks a significant investment in water-moving infrastructure in Southern Oregon that could benefit both farms and fish.
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With the exception of the North Coast, Californians have been ignoring urgent pleas from water officials, using substantially more water after a record-dry three months gripped the state.
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An environmental group and native tribe have won a five-year legal battle against the Crystal Geyser Water Company over its efforts to build a water bottling plant in the city of Mt. Shasta, Calif.
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A group of farmers and ranchers in Southern Oregon have voted in favor of trying to access water in the parched Klamath Basin, even if it puts their access to federal drought funding in jeopardy.
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Still resisting statewide water rationing for parched California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking local suppliers to tighten water limits.
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Oregon has protected land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Lake County since 1944. Water is another story.
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Local activists are celebrating the sale of an old bottling facility in Siskiyou County, signaling the end of a decade-long fight over water rights in Northern California. Now the activists are lobbying for stricter environmental standards.
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In Malheur County’s Cow Valley, state regulators have ignored known issues with overpumping groundwater, leaving the region at risk of economic and ecological damage that will be difficult to reverse.