ABC: Judge Cuts Water to California Farmers to Save Endangered Fish

[peaceandlove]

ABC: Judge Cuts Water to California Farmers to Save Endangered Fish

Brad Wilmouth
March 31, 2009 - 10:29 ET

On the March 28 World News Saturday, ABC gave rare attention to the plight of drought-stricken farmers in California who have been denied access to a major water supply by a judge citing the Endangered Species Act to protect a type of fish. During a story recounting the unusual level of problems facing these farmers – a recession coinciding with drought – correspondent Lisa Fletcher informed viewers: "And for the first time ever, farmers may be completely cut off from one of their sources of water. Farmers don't have access to this water that runs right through the center of their farmland. It is being allocated to the delta smelt, a little fish protected by the Endangered Species Act. Conservationists say the smelt are dying in the irrigation pumps, so a judge ruled they must be shut off for much of the growing season."

Article continues: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wi...ndangered-fish

[alyscat]

But it's much more than this. It's the drought, and the water being used for the cities. Believe me, if it was just this little fish, we'd have heard about it long before now. They've managed to cope with the endangered species act and the fish in the past, so the reality is something much more than this.
alys