To: Mike Fieschko
The huge Westlands Water District, wholly dependent on federal water, predicts up to 400,000 acres of its 611,000 acres of farmland will lie fallow this year.If the orchards are not given any water will the trees burn? If they do it will take years for them to grow back.
3 posted on
03/02/2009 9:33:07 AM PST by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: raybbr
If the orchards are not given any water will the trees burn? If they do it will take years for them to grow back.
Can't answer your question, because I'm ignorant of what might be tinder in the Central Valley.
5 posted on
03/02/2009 9:36:44 AM PST by
Mike Fieschko
(et numquam abrogatam)
To: raybbr
Forget the orchards - what about the vineyards!?! Yee Gods, CA wine at $100 a bottle? I’ll move to France!
To: raybbr
The trees and grapevines may not survive a summer without water. This is extremely frustrating because the “Delta” smelt is not even native to California!
19 posted on
03/02/2009 12:13:38 PM PST by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
To: raybbr
The central valley is not arable without irrigation. Fifteen precent. Zero percent. It doesn’t matter. Crops can’t be grown, cattle will have to be moved.
Fortunately, most of the east valley gets its irrigation water from Sierra runoff.
37 posted on
03/02/2009 5:53:04 PM PST by
Doohickey
(The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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