To avoid duplicating efforts and the risk of conflicting legal rulings, attorneys for the federal government requested the court consolidate two lawsuits against the Army Corps over its plans for a drawdown of water at Detroit Reservoir.  The city of Salem filed a lawsuiton July 8 in the Eugene U.S. District Court arguing that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must complete a federally mandated report analyzing the impacts from prior drawdowns before proceeding…Continue reading — subscribe to unlock the full article. ...read more read less