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Friends of Topnish Creek objects to county spending and files code enforcement complaint over calf ranch water use
Summary
Jean Mendoza, executive director of Friends of Topnish Creek, urged Yakima County commissioners to support a code-enforcement complaint alleging a calf ranch is withdrawing more water than permitted, and criticized a recent $2,000 county allocation to fund an anti-grizzly-bear letter.
During the public-comment period at the April 28 Yakima County Board of Commissioners work session, Jean Mendoza, executive director of Friends of Topnish Creek, told commissioners the group had filed a complaint with the county planning department's division of code enforcement alleging a Lower Yakima Valley calf ranch is withdrawing more water from falling aquifers than its permit authorizes.
"The calf ranch is taking water that should…
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