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Don Curlee: Water meetings inspire farmers,’ others’ activism

Posted by: Maven on March 15, 2010 at 6:26 am

From the Visalia Times-Delta:

“In recent meetings about the lack of water for farming, the word that prompts the strongest supportive reaction from farmers in the audiences is “revolution.”

Farmers in the Central Valley are frustrated by:

# 1. Failed attempts to persuade members of Congress that the current route of water management in Central California is leading to disaster.

# 2. Backfired efforts to negotiate solutions.

# 3. Water-absorbing federal rules and regulations.

# 4. The constant thirst of environmentalists for more water to protect and maintain fish populations.

This is only a partial list, of course.

At the state level, farmers can’t understand why legislators and policy makers don’t have a better grasp of the need to provide water for all the state’s citizens.

Farmers suspect that environmental extremists had — and continue to have — little or no appreciation for California’s staggering agricultural supremacy and the resulting positive effect it has on the state’s economic well-being. … “

Continue reading Don Curlee’s column by clicking here.

March 15, 2010 · Filed Under Agriculture

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