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Forest Service Can Restrict Water Use To Protect Endangered Species
Author(s) -
Stiegler Mayo H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2004.tb10592.x
Subject(s) - endangered species , ninth , service (business) , fish <actinopterygii> , business , fishery , environmental science , ecology , habitat , biology , marketing , physics , acoustics
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that the US Forest Service (USFS) has the authority to restrict the use of water from irrigation ditches in times of low flow in order to protect certain endangered species of fish.