Thanks to the government’s
misuse of the Federal Endangered Species Act and two
subsequent biological opinions, the vast majority of water that
normally flows to California’s West-Side Central Valley farmers
has been shut off DURING THE GROWING SEASON in order to
protect a 2” baitfish called the Delta Smelt*, and a handful of
other marine species**. In 2010, through enactment of the
San Joaquin River Settlement, water for struggling farms on
the East-Side of the Valley will be diverted to restore a long
lost salmon run (one that experts say will not reestablish).
THE RESULT is a growing Government created Dust Bowl, 40+%
unemployment for surrounding communities, bankruptcy for
countless farmers and their families, higher food prices
nationally, a greater dependence on foreign produce, and a
dangerous precedent for land owners NATIONWIDE.
SOLUTION:
Contact your Federal lawmakers
and demand a “Temporary Waiver” of the Endangered Species Act
for the two biological opinions affecting the farmers on the
West-Side of the Central Valley, as well as an abolishment of
the “San Joaquin River Settlement” affecting the farmers on the
East-Side. Tell them you support Farmers Over Fish.
HISTORIC
PRECEDENT:
In 2003, California lawmakers
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Diane Feinstein, and Sen. Barbara Boxer
all voted to a support a temporarily waiver of the Endangered
Species Act in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the 3" Silvery
Minnow...a baitfish not unlike the Delta Smelt. High time they
help their own state!
