Megadrought to Pit Fish Lives Against Human Needs in U.S. West

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August 23, 2021

Water cuts aimed at farmers amid the U.S. West’s megadrought have set the stage for bitter legal and political fights, pitting drinking water providers and food growers against conservationists who want to keep streams wet so that fish can survive.

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