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Sounds like a “great” idea: build a reservoir in the Sacramento Valley so that during the hot summer, most of the “extra” water can evaporate instead of letting it fill the Yolo Bypass, support salmon and other fish populations, and soak into the ground and recharge the water table.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-13/column-its-about-time-california-built-the-sites-reservoir-critics-be-damned
Column: It's about time California built the Sites Reservoir

California’s state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper. So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for deciding that it’s finally time to put this tardy project on the fast track.

Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2023 at 4:37pmWeb
Show threadGladwyn d’SouzaNov 13, 2023

@ELS Typical LATimes #DoctrineOfDiscover #ManifestDestiny "however" bull. They never read “part of large-scale efforts to engineer landscapes to serve growing populations and accompanied a new belief in the need to “preserve” wilderness as the limits to continental expansion loomed.”

Excerpt From
As Long as Grass Grows
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Page 78, Apple books.