14. OREGON WATER PERMITS CHALLENGED

An environmental group and the National Marine Fisheries Service posed
challenges to a proposed final order for extension on seven water rights
permits to irrigate desert farmland near Boardman, Ore.
WaterWatch of Oregon found the proposal lacking and protested the final
order on grounds that Oregon Water Resources Department hadnt followed
state law in allowing the extension and that the mitigation package needed
more clarity and substance.
NMFS also challenged the proposed final …

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