California drought enters dangerous territory. What s ahead for fish, farms and cities
Sacramento Bee 1 hr ago Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, The Sacramento Bee
May 27 In just a few weeks, California s water conditions have gone from bad to terrible.
Sacramento residents have been asked to cut water usage 10%. Their counterparts on the Russian River are being told to reduce their consumption 20%.
Farmers across the Central Valley are letting fields lie fallow and dismantling their orchards. Government agencies are warning of extensive fish kills on the Sacramento River.
After a warm spring dried up practically the entire Sierra Nevada snowpack and robbed California of enough water to fill most of Folsom Lake state and federal officials have been forced to dramatically ramp up their drought response plans.
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Two farmers with ties to anti-government activist Ammon Bundy have purchased land by the shut-off irrigation canal in Oregon that would normally deliver water to Klamath farmers.