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 April 13- 2,500 acres flooded near Riverdale, Ca.  Homes and farmland.
 They know whom to blame!
 
 It's interesting to watch this thing develop here in Fresno 
 where it is front page news.

 The levee broke, the headline on the second day said it was
 gopher holes.  The farmers said the Army Corps of Engineers
 and the Kings River Conservation District were releasing too 
 much water (4,000 cu. feet/sec.) in preparation for snow melt, 
 or they should have diverted some of it into
 the dry Tulare Lake bed being farmed largely by the world's
 largest farmer, J.G. Boswell inc.  Tulare Lake used to be
 the largest lake outside of the Great Lakes in the US, and 
 it is where the Kings used to drain.

 But just like in Watsonville, somebody had to give the 
 environmentalists a kick in the shins.  The Fresno Bee
 seemingly interviewed some grower standing on the ditch who blamed
 environmental laws for poor maintenance.  Where have we 
 heard that before?  Cheap easy news; reporting uninformed 
 opinion as fact.  It will be curious to see how this develops.  
 
 No doubt "Wise Use" will wisely use it.  Has Limbaaaah heard 
 this yet?
 --Doug

... --------  From Dead Central California  ----------