MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE An overflow crowd listens during a meeting of Westlands Water District farmers in which they were told how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE An overflow crowd listens to Ron Milligan, operations manager for the Central Valley Project, which is run by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation during a meeting of Westlands Water District farmers in which they were told how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE of Westlands Water District farmers how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE An overflow crowd listens during a meeting of Westlands Water District farmers in which they were told how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE At left Westlands Water District's Tom Birmingham speaks with Ron Milligan, right, operations manager for the Central Valley Project, which is run by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This was during meeting of Westlands Water District farmers in which they were told how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
MARK CROSSE
— THE FRESNO BEE An overflow crowd listens to Ron Milligan, operations manager for the Central Valley Project, which is run by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation during a meeting of Westlands Water District farmers in which they were told how the water crisis will be handled this summer. The farmers are expecting only 20% of the federal water they want to buy. The allotment was trimmed drastically this year after federal agencies cut back water pumping to protect dying fish.
