The ranchers in Ferndale where that race ends just received cease and desist orders from the state cutting them off of water out of the Eel River.
“Junior water rights holders relying on the north fork and main stem of the Eel River and the Van Duzen tributary have lost their ability to divert water after a recent California State Water Resources Control Board decision, causing one local city to initiate an emergency water shortage response plan.
The board curtailed the rights of 129 junior water rights holders after finding river levels were “insufficient to meet the needs of senior water rights holders.”
As I understand it you’re up in a conservative area but can’t compete with the big liberal cities. I’ve read that even if the proposal to split into 6 states were to win approval the congress would never approve it. What the hell has happened in this country?