Environmental groups and a tribe will appeal to the Ninth Circuit, after a lower court found that thefederal government properly considered the effect water contracts in California would have on theendangered delta smelt.The Natural Resources Defense Council, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, and four other groups filed theirlawsuit after the government renewed contracts linked to the Central Valley Project. The CVP,operated by California and the federal Bureau of Reclamation, is one of the “largest and mostimportant water projects in the United States,” according to court filings.
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