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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.

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Farming in Dry Places: Investors Continue to Speculate on Colorado Water

Civil Eats

The investors are behind Renewable Water Resources (RWR), a company that failed a year ago to obtain $10 million in pandemic-relief funds from Douglas County, located south of Denver and one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. billion in output in 2019. Now, RWR officials could significantly influence that plan.

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