Fish ladder dispute reopened

MERCED, Calif. — An appeals court in California reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a petition seeking to force an irrigation district to reopen a fish ladder on a Merced River dam that was closed in 1970. The trial court properly dismissed a public nuisance cause of action, but a dispute exists over whether the district breached a duty to reopen the fish ladder.

Read the ruling here.

Read our prior coverage of the Merced River and irrigation **here and here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Environment, Government

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