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MOVE TO STOP WATER GRAB
14 congressmen push for language to stop state plan in federal bill
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The New Melones River on the Stanislaus River is operated by the federal Bureau of Reclamation.
Northern San Joaquin Valley farmers — frustrated with their input being completely ignored in a state plan to commandeer water from the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers in bid to boost endangered Chinook salmon by 1,103 fish — are lauding a push by 14 congressmen to pull the plug on what has been characterized as a massive state water grab.