Weather Threatens California With Drought
From The Union [Grass Valley-Nevada City]:
“The specter of drought looms larger with each passing day, and officials are beginning to fret that a lack of rain in coming days and weeks could have disastrous consequences for the region’s agricultural industry.
“’What I am hearing from our staff is that without additional precipitation, we are looking at a very severe effect,’” said Nick Wilcox, a member of the Nevada Irrigation District board of directors, the water agency that distributes irrigated water to the majority of agricultural producers in Nevada County, and portions of Placer and Yuba counties.”