Thomas W. Birmingham
The State of California is among the most productive farming regions in the world. Rich soils and a Mediterranean Climate enable California farmers to produce more than 400 crops that literally feed the nation and large parts of the world.
Over the last three decades, the ability of the CVP and SWP to meet the demands of irrigated agriculture has diminished not because of a reduction in supply. Rather, the capability of the CVP and SWP, as well as other water project, to deliver water has been reduced primarily due to restrictions imposed on their operations for the ostensible protection of at-risk native fish species.
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