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Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border see scant water

FILE - Hunter Maltz, a fish technician for the Yurok tribe, pushes a jet boat into the Klamath River at the confluence of the Klamath River and Blue Creek as Keith Parker, a Yurok tribal fisheries biologist, watches near Klamath, Calif., on March 5, 2020. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must reserve enough water in a key lake for a fish species that's important to Native American tribes and endangered salmon species downriver are declining rapidly. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

FILE - Yurok tribal member Dave Severns carves a traditional Yurok canoe as his great-nephew, Darius Silva, plays inside the unfinished craft in Klamath, Calif., on March 5, 2020. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must reserve enough water in a key lake for a fish species that's important to Native American tribes and endangered salmon species downriver are declining rapidly. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

FILE - Farmer Ben DuVal; his wife, Erika, and their daughters, Hannah, 12, in purple, and Helena, 10, in gray, stand near a canal for collecting run-off water near their property in Tulelake, Calif., on March 2, 2020. DuVal inherited the farm from his grandfather, a World War II veteran who won the land by lottery, and worries that plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River could set a precedent for dam removal that could eventually threaten his livelihood. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border see scant water