{"id":30965,"date":"2016-02-12T11:08:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30965"},"modified":"2016-02-12T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:08:55","slug":"environmentalists-caused-california-drought-to-protect-this-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30965","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalists Caused California Drought to Protect This Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-subtitle\">Ah, California \u2013 the place where liberalism is wreaking real world havoc on the people<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author\">Russ Helper | The Federalist Papers <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-media\">\n<div class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<p><a title=\"Environmentalists Caused California Drought to Protect This Fish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/environmentalists-caused-california-drought-to-protect-this-fish\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape thumbnail full\" src=\"http:\/\/hw.infowars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/smelt.jpg\" alt=\"Environmentalists Caused California Drought to Protect This Fish\" width=\"620\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credits\">Image Credits: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve reported here about the severe drought in California; the worst in decades. It is believed to be partially man-made because of California\u2019s extreme environmental regulations that are literally flushing fresh water out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a new report by CNS News reveals the shocking reason for the drought.<\/p>\n<article>\n<blockquote><p>Since California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown imposed water restrictions on the state\u2019s residents on April 1, people have suddenly become interested in what government officials have described as \u201cone of the\u00a0most severe <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.gov\/drought\/\">droughts<\/a> on record.\u201d<br \/>\nBut for months, Republican Assemblywoman Shannon Grove \u2014 who represents part of Kern County, the second largest agricultural sector in the country \u2013 has been trying to get the word out about how Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations apparently are literally draining water into the sea all for the sake of a three-inch fish.\u201cI put together this short video to explain the real cause of California\u2019s water shortage problems, which everyone is paying attention to now that the Governor has imposed water restrictions on the entire state,\u201d Grove wrote on her Facebook page on April 3, the day she reposted the video she first published back in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShare it with your friends who need to know the truth,\u201d Grove wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The truth, Grove said, is that the Endangered Species Act and its effort to protect the tiny delta smelt has taken water away from farmers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/134797\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, the worst drought in a century in California is because environmentalists want to be sure a 3 inch fish \u2013 the Delta Smelt \u2013 has enough water to swim in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fish.jpg\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"2032215439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/fish.jpg\" alt=\"fish\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/blog\/penny-starr\/epa-and-ca-drought-what-civilized-society-destroys-its-own-food-source-three-inch?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=marketing&amp;utm_term=facebook&amp;utm_content=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=b-epa-drought\">CNS News<\/a> reveals further details:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAll in all, California farmers fallowed about 500,000 acres of land this year,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/political-diary-will-voters-roll-the-dice-1403799135\">Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> in June 2014. \u201cBut here\u2019s the thing: much of this land could have been productive had the state stored up more water from wet years and not flushed 800,000 acre-feet into the San Francisco Bay last winter and an additional 445,000 acre-feet this spring to safeguard the endangered delta smelt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s enough for roughly three million households to live on and to irrigate 600,000 acres of land,\u201d the\u00a0WSJ reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ucdavis.edu\/search\/news_detail.lasso?id=10978\">University of California-Davis<\/a>, this represents the \u201cgreatest water loss ever seen\u201d for California agriculture and resulted in the loss of 17,000 seasonal and part-time jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cali1.jpg\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-asset=\"1042669102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cali1.jpg\" alt=\"cali\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This policy is the height of irresponsibility.\u00a0 These extremists have no clue how many lives they are ruining due to their fanaticism.\u00a0 But, California\u2019s farmers know all too well just how damaging these policies are to California\u2019s food supply (and the food supply for many other states as well).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/blog\/penny-starr\/epa-and-ca-drought-what-civilized-society-destroys-its-own-food-source-three-inch?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=marketing&amp;utm_term=facebook&amp;utm_content=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=b-epa-drought\">CNS News<\/a> quotes one who personally knows why the problem now exists:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Grove went to talk to farmers about the drought, including Larry Starrh, the third generation in his family to work the land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny how back in the day drought was, you know, you would see dry conditions and you\u2019d deal with it,\u201d Starrh said. \u201cBut now you got added conditions \u2026 and I don\u2019t think we can blame the weather for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s drought I think is more politically driven than weather-related,\u201d Starrh said, and added that he doesn\u2019t remember these kinds of problems until Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973.\u201cUntil that happened we were fine,\u201d Starrh said. \u201cWe got through all our droughts with no issues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah, California \u2013 the place where liberalism is wreaking real world havoc on the people who live there and voted for it.\u00a0 Thank you, Gov. \u201cMoonbeam\u201d, for showing the world in real terms just how silly and dangerous the environmentalist movement is for all of us humans!<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a 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