What is happening in California right now is going to affect every man, woman and child in the entire country. Today, California has 24.6 million acres of farmland, and the state produces more [.]
Associated Press
A vehicle made its way to a newly revealed piece of land at drought-stricken Folsom Lake in Granite Bay, Calif., last month. Previous Next
Friday, June 04, 2021 1:00 am
Severe drought sapping California s reservoirs
Associated Press
OROVILLE, Calif. – Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
But the mighty lake – a linchpin in a system of aqueducts and reservoirs in the arid U.S. West that makes California possible – is shrinking with surprising speed amid a severe drought, with state officials predicting it will reach a record low later this summer.
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.