Dry cracked earth is visible on a cantaloupe farm on August 22, 2014 near Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a...
The Delta-Mendota canal passes through the federal C.W. "Bill" Jones Pumping Plant on March 11, 2014 in Byron, California. U.S. Secretary of the...
Muddy water is discharged while drilling a new well at a farm on April 29, 2014 near Mendota, California. As the California drought continues,...
Water pours from a pipe into a canal on August 21, 2014 in Mendota, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight year,...
Farmer Joe Del Bosque, of Los Banos, watches as a tractor driven by his employee destroys a 70-acre organic asparagus field in Firebaugh, Calif., on...
Farmer Joe Del Bosque, of Los Banos, holds an asparagus spear after destroying a 70-acre organic asparagus field in Firebaugh, Calif., on Monday, May...
Formerly submerged ground is left dry by the receded waters of San Luis Reservoir where marchers held a rally attended by California Gov. Arnold...
The California Aqueduct at Mendota, California on March 11, 2009. The Aqueduct carries water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in the north...
The California Aqueduct at Mendota, California on March 11, 2009. The Aqueduct carries water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in the north...
Worker uses a tractor to pull an uprooted almond tree at a farm on April 29, 2014 near Mendota, California. As the California drought continues,...
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Paul Stearns, operations manager of the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Assistant Executive...
Barbed wire fence guards the Delta-Mendota Canal on February 25, 2014 in Los Banos, California. As the California drought continues and farmers...
Worker harvests cantaloupes on a farm on August 22, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight...
Canal cuts through unplanted fields on August 22, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight...
Worker harvests cantaloupes on a farm on August 22, 2014 near Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight...
Sprinklers water a lawn at a park on August 22, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a third straight year,...
Westside Produce workers pick cantaloupes in a field on August 21, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a...
Young boy waits in line with his mother as during a Community Food Bank food giveaway the needy on August 21, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the...
Young boy waits in line with his mother as during a Community Food Bank food giveaway the needy on August 21, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the...
Boxes of freshly picked cantaloupes sit in a field on August 21, 2014 in Firebaugh, California. As the severe California drought continues for a...
An irrigation canal with low water levels flows next to a field as on May 25, 2021 in Mendota, California. As California enters an extreme drought...
Firebaugh, CA The Delta-Mendota Canal, left, and a parallel canal under the Panoche Water District's control, right, on Friday, June 3, 2022 in...
Farmer Joe Del Bosque, of Los Banos, stands in a field after destroying a 70-acre organic asparagus field in Firebaugh, Calif., on Monday, May 17,...