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‘Reality check’ details water woes; Congress is helping to destroy farms, Nunes charges

Posted by: Maven on April 2, 2009 at 1:13 pm

From the Capital Press:

More than 100 farmers attending a ‘reality check’ meeting on March 27 were urged to form coalitions, intensify lobbying efforts and spend money to end the man-made water shortages in the Central Valley.

U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, representing growers who stand to lose water to the San Joaquin River restoration, called the meeting to bring attention to the problems and rally growers to hold their lawmakers accountable. Nunes’ efforts to add water storage at Temperance Flat ended with the passage of the omnibus lands bill last month.

The Visalia Republican charged that the water crisis is man-made, and Congress, which built Friant Dam to hold water to irrigate valley farms, now is helping destroy those farms as pumping in the delta is being restricted because of the Endangered Species Act.

Central Valley water woes have led to the idling of thousands of acres of farmland and the loss of thousands of farm jobs.

“We don’t have many options, and none of them are good.” Nunes said.

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April 2, 2009 · Filed Under Agriculture

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