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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001

The executive director of the Yurok Tribe of California says the federal government was right to deny water to farmers in Oregon in order to protect dwindling runs of fish.

The Department of Interior has denied water to about 1,400 farmers in the Klamath River Basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border. Tribes in the area depend on the fish for food and consider them sacred.

As a result, the farmers have complained. But a large group of bald eagles that arrive for winter feeding in the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge might also be threatened because of the shortage.

In response, a power company has come to an agreement with an irrigation district to provide water to the refuge.

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Government arranges water to restore marsh habitat for one month for Klamath Basin eagles (AP 9/5)

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