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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

The authors also note ongoing and increasing “disruptions to the ability of subsistence-based peoples to access food through hunting, fishing, and foraging.” The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

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Drought’s Toll on California Family Farms

Caff

On June 15, the State Water Resources Control Board told 4,300 users to stop diverting water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta Watershed (3). Underlying the current crisis are long-standing issues regarding regulation of water rights in the state. I am losing crops by the bed. The priorities don’t seem fair.