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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2001

Oregon farmers angry the federal government has limited their water supply say they are going to lay an undeground piple to restore the flows.

On Thursday, they started digging a trench in preparation for the pipeline, which will draw water from the Klamath Lake on the Oregon-California border.

The Bureau of Reclamation is denying about 1,400 farmers the water in order to protect endangered and threatened fish. Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has denied a request to form a special committee to consider overturning the decision.

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Klamath farmers laying own pipeline (AP 7/20)

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