Michael L. Connor: “Promises of more water to irrigation in Oregon and calls for less funding for fishery protection create the appearance…”

I think the easiest answer is yes, States are fully capable of protecting their water resources.

If we don't turn around and have a good precipitation year--we're in a 10-year drought cycle in the Colorado River basin--we're looking at the possibility, within a couple years, of having to declare a shortage in the Lower Colorado River…

As long as there is this kind of local opposition, this is not, does not seem to be an amicable arrangement among friends; it seems to be terms imposed upon a conquered enemy, to quote Burke.

The current water supply situation infrastructure in California is just unsustainable.