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Stop putting fish before man, says commentary: “Californians don’t have a lack of water. They have an overabundance of environmentalists.”

Posted by: Maven on June 20, 2009 at 7:35 am

From the Bakersfield Californian, this commentary by Inga Barks:

In a congressional report, a Kern County representative warned that if we didn’t act soon, the most fertile land on the planet would be in peril. We need to balance environmental protection and our very livelihood in the Central Valley, the report said. And it stressed we’re on a collision course between fish and mankind — and mankind is losing.

That report was presented in 1993 by then-Kern County Supervisor Mary K. Shell. Her words 16 years ago about the worst-case scenario are an uncanny description of California’s modern-day man-made drought.

Today, some farmers are receiving zero allocations of water, and I’m told workers are taking their families to Central Valley homeless shelters for food. News reports estimate as many as 60,000 jobs will be lost due to this man-made drought. I stress “man-made” because it doesn’t have to be this way. Californians don’t have a lack of water. They have an overabundance of environmentalists.

Read more of this commentary from the Bakersfield Californian by clicking here.

June 20, 2009 · Filed Under General Water Issues, Wildlife & Endangered Species

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