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Article: Okanogan County, Farmers File Suit Over Water Issues

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June 20, 2001
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SPOKANE (AP) - Okanogan County and some of its farmers sued the federal government on Tuesday over Endangered Species Act restrictions that they say favor fish over farmers.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Spokane, contends several federal agencies are illegally using the ESA to cut off irrigation water from the Methow River.

"The Methow Valley is being singled out to test a flawed policy that clearly violates federal law," said Craig Vejraska, an Okanogan County commissioner.

Officials for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Agency spokesman Brian Gorman has said that fish and farmers tend to need water at the ...

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