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(redirected from suckerfish)

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In the spring of 2001, alfalfa, hay, and potato farmers marched through the streets of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and illegally opened dam gates to protest a federal decision cutting their irrigation water to guarantee protection for endangered suckerfish and coho salmon runs.
This has been confirmed by a National Academy of Sciences report, which observed (in the words of Fox News) that the suckerfish "doesn't need as much water as previously thought.
But, as a result of constant draining, the lake's suckerfish declined and eventually became an endangered species.
 
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