In Re Garrison Diversion Unit Litigation

This litigation consists of two actions pending in two districts, one each in the District of the District of Columbia and the District of North Dakota.

Both actions involve the Garrison Diversion Unit (Garrison), a federal water project presently structured by Congress to provide irrigation service to 250,000 acres in North Dakota. The project is also designed to provide several recreational areas, water service for fourteen cities and towns, and a 146,530 acre wildlife plan to mitigate wildlife habitat losses resulting from project construction.

The District of Columbia action was brought in…