* Crossposted from: [Fido] Gassroots Political Echo
For the past five decades(yeah...that's 50 years), Californian Agricultural 
Businesses have been trying to "grow rice in the desert". Tons upon tons of 
water from the Bay Delta has been diverted to the Central Valley as well as 
Southern California. Now the Delta habitats and fisheries are suffering, 
because as you remove too much fresh water, the salty ocean water backs up 
into the system.
Now a great thing happened five years ago. A law was passed which was 
designed to limit the amount of water being diverted from the Bay Delta: 
The Central Valley Project Improvement Act. 
Great idea, right? Yes, but the problem is that the AgriCorps don't want to 
get less water, and they scared the Department of the Interior into sitting 
on this law, and not enforcing it. In order to make sure that the delta 
habitats and fisheries get on their feet, we need to make sure that they do 
their jobs: saying "NO" to the diversion of water. To do this, we need you 
to write to the Department of the Interior, and demand that they enforce 
this law, so that we have a healthy eco-system for our posterity.
      
... Two most common elements in the universe: Hydrogen & Stupidity.
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]
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