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Southwest Oregon's Klamath River Basin was the site of the nation's first waterfowl refuge, declared by President Roosevelt in 1908. Now, a move to protect aquatic life in the Klamath region is the cause of heated dispute among locals and has led the City of Klamath Falls to sue the US federal government for withholding irrigation water. Earlier this year, US Fish and Wildlife ruled that this...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2001/0713