{"id":548697,"date":"2021-06-01T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548697"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:36:42","slug":"calif-faces-worse-drought-since-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-faces-worse-drought-since-1977\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. faces worse drought since 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalif-faces-worse-drought-since-1977%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2416291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2416291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NICASIO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 MAY 28: Dry cracked earth is visible as water levels are low at Nicasio Reservoir on May 28, 2021 in Nicasio, California. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 16% of California is in exceptional drought, the most severe level of dryness. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:36 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, June 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>California has been experiencing the worst drought in over 40 years. This is taking place only a few years after a five year long dry spell left farmlands barren and fueled some of the most destructive wildfires in state history.<\/p>\n<p>Complicating matters even more, the federal government announced last week that it would cut water deliveries in half to cities in the state while also reducing water allocation to farms down to zero. The Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director Ernest Conant went on to explain this announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year is the worst drought, the worst year since 1977,\u201d he stated. \u201cOur water supplies are very deficient this year, and we simply don\u2019t have enough water to be able to supply our water service contractors with the water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The expansion of extreme\/exceptional <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drought?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#drought<\/a> across California continues. Currently, 74.46% of the state is covered by extreme and exceptional drought, the highest coverage since early February 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwater<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAfire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAfire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzSk6srbC2\">pic.twitter.com\/mzSk6srbC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US StormWatch (@US_Stormwatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US_Stormwatch\/status\/1397968953339650048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Farmers have been searching for ways to stay afloat. A trend in recent years has been to uproot water consuming trees and replace them with row crops. Although as the state continues to restrict water access, some farmers are forced to simply abandon the land they can no longer irrigate. Farmer Joe del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000 acre farm unseeded this year. Unsure if the water will arrive on time, even what he does plant has been a gamble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never been through this situation before for whatever little water we\u2019ve gotten in the past,\u201d the farmer explained. \u201cThis year, we can\u2019t plan because we don\u2019t know when we\u2019ll get water that we are trying to get for these crops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Del Bosque went on saying his operation could lose more than half of a million dollars in income as well as put many of his 700 employees out of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an economic disaster. We don\u2019t plant crops, we don\u2019t have jobs, we don\u2019t produce food,\u201d he expressed. \u201cAs we saw during the pandemic, you know, this industry is essential for everyone. We work to feed everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With winter rainfalls at historic lows, the state\u2019s major reservoirs are about 70 percent of their normal levels. Farmers say the drought has been exacerbated by&nbsp; California\u2019s lack of investment in water storage infrastructure over the last 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Conant went on by explaining, \u201cwe need to build additional storage long term.\u201d He noted the state of California is pursuing several projects to develop additional storage.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-fda-commissioner-encourages-investigation-into-the-origins-of-covid-19\/\">Fmr. FDA Commissioner Encourages Investigation Into The Origins Of COVID-19<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICASIO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 MAY 28: Dry cracked earth is visible as water levels are low at Nicasio Reservoir on May 28, 2021 in Nicasio, California. 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