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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2003

A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of Interior Gale Norton that limits her management of the Colorado River.

Norton sought to cut water to rural farmers in California because the state overall has taken more than is share of water. The judge said Norton failed to follow procedure and

The Navajo Nation has sued Norton to seek a share of the Colorado River. Tribes were left out of a decades-old multi-state water agreement that has guided the government's management of the river.

Get the Story:
Judge Suspends Plan to Divert Colo. River (AP 3/19)

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