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Tule River tribe pushes reservoir; Tribal leader goes to House to back a site near Porterville

Posted by: Maven on July 24, 2009 at 6:19 am

From the Fresno Bee:

Tule River Tribe Chairman Ryan Garfield urged senators Thursday to help resolve a long-running water dispute that still has some life in it. Garfield found a sympathetic Capitol Hill audience but some Obama administration resistance as he championed legislation providing $3 million to study a potential new reservoir near Porterville. If built, the small reservoir would funnel water to a tribe that has long needed it.

“The tribe cannot and will not meet its water needs without constructing a reservoir,” Garfield told the Senate Water and Power Subcommittee.

The legislation introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California would authorize study of a 5,000-acre-foot reservoir at the confluence of Cedar Creek and the south fork of the Tule River.

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July 24, 2009 · Filed Under Indian Water Rights, San Joaquin Valley

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