Three conservation groups asked the U.S. District Court in Portland
for an endangered species consultation and a water withdrawal plan before
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows Inland Land, LLC to withdraw any
more water from the Columbia River to irrigate desert farmland near Boardman,
Ore.
The brief was filed Jan. 22 by Kristen Boyles of the Earthjustice Legal
Defense Fund on behalf of WaterWatch of Oregon, Trout Unlimited and the
Northwest Environmental Defense Center. This is …
