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Mariposa FFA hosts Bay-Delta listening session on water flows and farm impacts
Summary
A Mariposa FFA team presented a moderated listening session on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, airing tensions between Merced-area producers and State Water Board goals to restore Delta flows for fish while producers warned of local economic harm and groundwater impacts.
Emma Pioski convened a youth-led listening session before the Water Agency Advisory Board to discuss the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan and its local effects on agriculture and water rights. The forum framed the debate over state proposals to increase flows to the Delta in order to restore habitat, and the consequences that change could have for Merced-area farmers.
Panelists included an environmentalist affiliated with the State Water Board, representatives of the Merced Irrigation District and Merced Farm Bureau, a Delta Watermaster representative, and local producers who said the plan would limit local flexibility to manage supplies. The Merced Irrigation District…
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