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Ranchers risk fines amid a clash over water rights, as regulators and Indigenous nations warn of environmental danger
A standoff over shutting down ranchers’ pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. “To hell with it. We’re starting the pumps,” one Siskiyou County rancher said.
The land that Jim Scala and his family have been ranching for three generations is parched and brown as far as he can see. The...
A standoff over shutting down ranchers’ pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. “To hell with it. We’re starting the pumps,” one Siskiyou County rancher said.