"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
The current drought is exacerbating decades-long problems that have been ignored in the California Central Valley. Over farming is causing water levels to drop precipitously in aquifers. An impermeable layer of clay prevents minerals and salts in irrigation water from…
The plight of Central Valley farmers fallowing land and frantically pumping water from wells not knowing when they will go dry is their own damn, greedy fault, says a California water blogger. I have absolutely no sympathy for this predicament.…
If the feds do this, there will be vigilantes. Farmers who wisely stockpiled water in the San Joaquin Valley may have the water seized by the feds for farmers with senior rights. This is deranged and shows how the convoluted, grossly…
The prolonged California drought, coupled with farmers planting permanent crops, is causing land in the fertile San Joaquin Valley to sink due to overuse of wells. 1200 square miles of the valley is sinking nearly a foot a year, the…
The sign says it all. And it’s true. California Central Valley farmers receive only a fraction of their allotted water, even though they pay for all of it. This year their allocation will be a mere 30%. Read more about…