Yeah, all of the rice fields are currently flooded. They won't be for much longer, it's almost harvest time. Despite getting water from the reservoirs, most ranches have had their allotments restricted to the point that…
A really interesting article was posted about 6 months ago that covered some of the history and drama around the state's aging water projects: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/02/american...
A lot of the rice is actually grown using water from lakes Oroville and Shasta. I grew up in the area, and places like Marysville (south of Oroville) and Colusa don't really grow anything but rice.
Yeah, all of the rice fields are currently flooded. They won't be for much longer, it's almost harvest time. Despite getting water from the reservoirs, most ranches have had their allotments restricted to the point that…
A really interesting article was posted about 6 months ago that covered some of the history and drama around the state's aging water projects: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/02/american...
A lot of the rice is actually grown using water from lakes Oroville and Shasta. I grew up in the area, and places like Marysville (south of Oroville) and Colusa don't really grow anything but rice.