Save the Farms

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Earlier this year, the delta smelt fish was placed on the endangered species list. Federal water managers cut the water supply to thousands of farms in California in an effort to save this fish. Since March, farmers in California have not had any water to use for irrigation on approximately 1 million acres of land. The unemployment rate is estimated to be approximately 40\% at this time. Individuals are turning to food banks for survival, and the price of fruits and vegetables have dramatically increased in other parts of California. These farmers have lost the ability to sustain an income and to provide for the basic necessity needed to sustain life. This action by the Federal water managers has place more value on the life of the Delta Smelt than on the lives of humans. Thousands of people are suffering because of this decision. This decision sets a precedent that may lead to the same kind of decisions in other parts of the country. We cannot allow the agricultural business in this country to suffer. America needs to protect its farmers. We are asking that the water supply be reinstated to this area. We do not believe that the life of a fish should hold more value than the life of humans.

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  • Amanda McVay
    • Zip Code
    • 31791
  • Margie Nagel
    • Zip Code
    • 94544
  • Brenda Jennings
    • Zip Code
    • 31791
  • Mark T. McVay
    • Comments
    • People First, Fish Second
    • Zip Code
    • 31791
  • Theile Riordan
    • Zip Code
    • 33612
  • M. Price
    • Comments
    • DENYING SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FARMERS THE WATER THEY NEED TO FEED THEMSELVES WHILE FEEDING OTHER AMERICANS IN ORDER TO SAVE A TWO INCH FISH (THE DELTA SMELT) IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!! TURN THE WATER ON NOW SO THESE PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA!!
    • Zip Code
    • 85712
  • Angie Davis
    • Zip Code
    • 31791
  • Dave Johnson
    • Comments
    • Best Social Program Ever Invented. It is Called A Job. Created in Private Sector,Killed by Democrats in Gov.
    • Zip Code
    • 95843
  • ADAM YORK
    • Comments
    • Put the fish in a holding tank and breed them ,this situation is appalling , and an embarassment to the people of this country
    • Zip Code
    • 11706
  • David Andersen
    • Zip Code
    • 85249
  • Margie Wilson-Mars
    • Zip Code
    • 97306
  • Rob Mars
    • Zip Code
    • 97306
  • Michael Wilson
    • Zip Code
    • 97306
  • Kimberly Dodson
    • Zip Code
    • 37324
  • Robert A. Madrid
    • Zip Code
    • 92648
  • Karen Dunger
    • Comments
    • Shame on all of you!
    • Zip Code
    • 95361
  • James Dunger
    • Comments
    • You work for us! Do you remember this? We will remind you in 2010
    • Zip Code
    • 95361
  • Chuck Nichols
    • Comments
    • We must end this assault on our food source.
    • Zip Code
    • 32303
  • Amber Hopson
    • Comments
    • We don't have a good history concerning dependance on other countries.
    • Zip Code
    • 39842
  • Rod Meneley
    • Zip Code
    • 75287
  • CAITLIN UPTON
    • Zip Code
    • 76133
  • JOHN E. SEGGERMAN
    • Comments
    • TURN ON THE WATER!!!!!!!
    • Zip Code
    • 27705
  • Lisa Yvonne Hunt
    • Zip Code
    • 77539
  • Lonnie Hall
    • Comments
    • STOP This Madness and turn that Water back on for those Americans
    • Zip Code
    • 24540
  • Barry Thomason
    • Zip Code
    • 42776
  • bill frields
    • Comments
    • people come before a few fish
    • Zip Code
    • 46225
  • Ferdousi Akter
    • Zip Code
    • 22191
  • James Carlos Romero
    • Comments
    • STOP BEING RACIST AND STARVING MEXICANS!!!!
    • Zip Code
    • 31069
  • Ian Landers
    • Comments
    • Something stinks and it sure isn't the smelt. You guys are evil to turn the water off!
    • Zip Code
    • 31005
  • M Cleveland
    • Zip Code
    • 39837
  • Peter DiGaudio
    • Zip Code
    • 53405
  • C. Iwanski
    • Zip Code
    • 32784
  • Cirilo O'Neill
    • Zip Code
    • 90402
  • Justin
    • Comments
    • end this, get the water back on and get the jobs back!
    • Zip Code
    • 23236
  • Joe Biondo
    • Zip Code
    • 39421
  • Kenneth Johnson
    • Zip Code
    • 67460
  • Jerry Sayre
    • Zip Code
    • 46952
  • Gail H. Gerlach
    • Comments
    • Stop this maddness! Have you all gone crazy?
    • Zip Code
    • 99202
  • Libby Wagner
    • Zip Code
    • 90731
  • wade
    • Comments
    • when these folks get ready for a drink of water and your standing in the way...God help your soul!
    • Zip Code
    • 31637
  • John Amaro
    • Comments
    • Turn on the water!
    • Zip Code
    • 90247
  • Edward Caffray
    • Comments
    • People First!
    • Zip Code
    • 13750
  • Frank Calamia
    • Zip Code
    • 93933
  • Ann Matzkanin
    • Comments
    • Turn the water on...
    • Zip Code
    • 30064
  • Eliza Balaguer
    • Zip Code
    • 92105
  • nathan sullivan
    • Zip Code
    • 42164
  • Vincent Ross
    • Comments
    • Give them the water NOW!!!
    • Zip Code
    • 64856
  • Cynthia Nelson
    • Zip Code
    • 93065
  • Rochelle D. Saxon
    • Zip Code
    • 80863
  • Mrs. Charlene Richard
    • Comments
    • save the farms now
    • Zip Code
    • 33030