Water Wealth Contentment Health: That simple four-word message stretched across the famous Modesto Arch at 9th and I Streets in downtown Modesto perfectly sums up the historically optimistic relationship between farmers and the Northern California water that makes California’s abundant agriculture possible. By 1912, when the arch was new, there was good reason for optimism. [...]
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What Water Means to a Rancher
In Fall There is a faint rustling at the top of the pines—just a teasing promise of winter rains to come. The September days are still hot in the mountains, but you can see that the season is about to turn. The green grass of early summer (wild oats, timothy, red clover) is browning. Now, [...]