Western water provisions would affect Calif.
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy News Service
California has a stake in a sprawling public lands package moving through the Senate, including controversial water provisions that don’t even name the state.
The package includes expanding one national historic site honoring famed conservationist John Muir and designating a new historic site at the former Tule Lake camp that housed Japanese-Americans during World War II. Both proposals easily won approval Wednesday from a Senate panel.
A Western water bill inevitably is proving far trickier, squeaking through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a 12-10 vote and facing an uncertain future.