bmw357

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   by bmw357 12y ago

   Yeah, all of the rice fields are currently flooded. They won't be for much longer, it's almost harvest time. Despite getting water from the reservoirs, most ranches have had their allotments restricted to the point that they have
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   by bmw357 12y ago

   A really interesting article was posted about 6 months ago that covered some of the history and drama around the state's aging water projects: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/02/amer
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   by bmw357 12y ago

   A lot of the rice is actually grown using water from lakes Oroville and Shasta. I grew up in the area, and places like Marysville (south of Oroville) and Colusa don't really grow anything but rice.