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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A group of Klamath farmers, are continuing to fight for their water rights. They’re now telling the media they plan to breach the fence and open the headgates of the A Canal themselves.
NBC5 News first told you last week, two of them purchased the property and set up shop right next to the headgates. Last week they said that they weren’t leaving till the headgates of the A Canal were opened, but said all would remain peaceful. Wednesday, they’re telling JPR, they plan on breaking onto federal property to force open the headgates.
The fight over access to water in Southern Oregon is tense enough as it is: On May 12, the federal government announced that no water at all would be passing…