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"The Klamath water crisis has been in the making for more than 100 years, ever since the federal government decided to subsidize a farming economy in an arid area where none belonged. The result is an overstressed ecosystem in which there are too many claimants for too little water."
"Nor is the problem the Endangered Species Act, which has to do with far more than the protection of flora and fauna. It speaks to the human condition as well: when an entire species is sufficiently threatened to require protection, it usually means that the same ecosystem will eventually fail the humans who depend on it as well. More water for agriculture will certainly cheer the farmers and may spare the administration a political problem. But it won't save the basin." ... [more]
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