"It’s really the history of droughts and floods and lawsuits," says Jay Lund, director of the Center of Watershed Science at the University of California at Davis.
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Dry years have wreaked havoc on California’s agriculture and wildlife. What is being done to prepare for dry times that lie ahead? In this first of a two-part series, KRCB Danielle Venton examines what water demands have meant for California’s economy and wildlife, and what can be done to help them in the future.