Lawsuit challenges California groundwater pumping
Associated Press
Fresno Bee
06/24/2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Commercial fisherman have filed a lawsuit accusing California officials of not leaving enough water in a Northern California river for coho salmon.
The lawsuit filed Thursday says the State Water Resources Control Board and Siskiyou County allowed groundwater well permits that have depleted the Scott River.
The plaintiffs say the endangered coho salmon are now on the verge of extinction in the river.
