Bill Clinton closed high quality, clean , low sulfur coal mining nearby so that his pals , the Riady family, got a windfall from their holdings in Asia. In trade for cash to the Clinton Foundation. Killed good paying, rural, local jobs in Utah.
Similar here. Some mining. Farmers and communities also need water to survive. Like Tombstone, Az. ; cut off the water, then they die.
Plus other issues.
The article in the link paints Obama and Holder as hero’s.
But their motives were to glean block voting from the Indian Nations, and paint themselves as white knights to crunchy liberals. And it cost the administration nothing. ‘The people’ paid the judgement.