A BUNCH OF US DID SO AT KLAMATH
...and now this!
FNC: Drought-Stricken Farmers Lose Fight for Water to Endangered Fish
By Brad Wilmouth (Bio | Archive)
May 9, 2009 - 18:35 ET
On Friday’s Hannity show on FNC, correspondent Ainsley Earhardt filed an in depth report on the plight of farmers in California who are starving for water, exacerbated by a federal court which ordered that one of their sources of water be shut down due to fears that irrigation would harm an endangered species of fish, the delta smelt. Earhardt began: “California’s Central Valley is considered by many to be the richest and most productive farmland in the nation. But this land is being threatened by the small, harmless-looking minnow called the delta smelt. Recently, it has landed on the endangered species list, causing a federal court to shut down vital pumps to farmers to help preserve it.”
A shot was soon shown of Earhardt walking on dry ground that used to be a canal full of water until environmentalists convinced a federal court to shut off the water supply: “This was a canal full of gushing water irrigating the farmland here in the San Joaquin Valley. But as you can see, it is all dried up. The pumps were turned off after environmentalists won a federal court case.”
When I heard this on Friday, I was instantly reminded of the courageous actions by you and a great many others, and it appears on the surface that once again the courts and rabid environmentalists are willing to sell humans out for something that humans are masters over. There is a web site that is covering the plight of the farmers, but I can’t remember where I wrote it down. If I was to do a search on the Delta Smelt, I’m sure I would find it.