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Farmers protest California water plan aimed to save salmon

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Washington, August 21, 2018 | Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press | comments
Hundreds of California farmers rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest state water officials’ proposal to increase water flows in a major California river, a move state and federal politicians called an overreach of power that would mean less water for farms in the Central Valley.
 
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The Trump administration has also weighed in. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called it a “water grab” that would “cripple the Central Valley’s economy, farms and community,” after visiting the region with Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham in July. He urged the state water board to delay its vote.

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