Friant-Kern Canal

Accusations of “extortion” and “bullying” fly in dispute over who should pay for sinking the Friant-Kern Canal

A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into a buzzsaw of opposition from several irrigation districts that were stuck with the bill – […]

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