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Feds, tribal officials call for efforts to settle, not sue over, water rights

Victoria Pelham, Cronkite News Service//March 16, 2012//

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Feds, tribal officials call for efforts to settle, not sue over, water rights

Feds, tribal officials call for efforts to settle, not sue over, water rights

Victoria Pelham, Cronkite News Service//March 16, 2012//

[caption id="attachment_43996" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Department of Interior officials (from left), Del Laverdure, David Hayes and Mike Connor told a Senate committee that settling water disputes, rather than litigating, is the...

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