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PROGRAM PROFILE - California's Latest Water War.(Imperial Valley of California: water transfer plan)(Brief Article)
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National Wildlife
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October 1, 2002
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2002 National Wildlife Federation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Water. The citizens of San Diego want it. California's agricultural Imperial Valley has plenty of it. But if a proposed Imperial Valley water transfer goes forward as planned, wildlife and wild lands could disappear forever.
To help prevent that scenario, NWF is testifying at public hearings and working with its California affiliate, the Planning and Conservation League, to ensure that all the potential environmental impacts of the transfer-the largest in U.S. history-are adequately addressed.
The agricultural runoff from the valley's alfalfa, carrot and cantaloupe fields is oddly what feeds one of the nation's largest and most important bird habitats, the Salton ...