National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 33 Cal. 3d 419, is a California Supreme Court decision holding that the public trust doctrine limits appropriative water rights and requires the state to co
Image of Mono Lake from space, 1985
Lakeside of Mono Lake, 1999
Water in California
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California's interconnected water system serves almost 40 million people and irrigates over 5,680,000 acres of farmland. As the world's largest, most productive, and potentially most controversial wat
Windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, ca. 1900–1901
Castle Lake, part of the headwaters of the Sacramento River
Major rivers of California
A canal irrigating citrus ranches in Fresno County, 1970s