central valley project
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California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland
This story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped to support…
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Heat Isn’t the Only Thing That Could Kill ‘Nearly All’ Young Salmon in the Sacramento River
On Tuesday, CNN reported that “extreme heat” from California’s searing temperatures could kill “nearly all juvenile chinook salmon” in the Sacramento River. But the potential grim fate of the salmon isn’t just due to climate change — human meddling in California’s rivers is also to blame.
