A California farmer decides it makes better business sense to sell his water than to grow rice. An almond farmer considers uprooting his trees to put up solar panels. Drought is transforming the state, with broad consequences for the food supply.
David Bernhardt is backing a plan to raise the height of the Shasta Dam in California even though his department’s experts have warned against the change.
David Bernhardt is backing a plan to raise the height of the Shasta Dam in California even though his department’s experts have warned against the change.
David Bernhardt, the agency’s acting chief, wants to roll back endangered-species protections on a tiny fish, a change that benefits few outside a California group he once represented as a lobbyist.
