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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. Colorado is experimenting with water transfers that would have minimal impact on rural areas, but implementation has been hampered by distrust.

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In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters

Food Environment and Reporting Network

In the early 1900s, Los Angeles was a small city that was running out of water, and Payahuunadü , which means “the land of flowing water,” had lots of it. Renamed the Owens Valley by white settlers, the valley was a snow-capped patchwork of pear farms and cattle ranches.