The Department of Interior announced on Wednesday a proposal to end litigation over water use in the Klamath Basin in northern California.

The department wants to be able to change flows in the Trinity River on a yearly basis. The plan would rely on the amount of precipitation for a given year.

The proposal isn't being welcomed by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, which relies on the river for fish and cultural subsistence, or by farmers who don't want to see their supply cut off. The Clinton administration decided to restore flows to benefit the tribe, but the farmers sued.

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Feds float Trinity plan (The Eureka Times-Standard 3/4)
Trinity River plan angers tribe, farmers (The Redding Record Searchlight 3/4)

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