Some almond orchards on the western side of California's San Joaquin Valley died from lack of irrigaation water last summer: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/duste.jpg http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/dustb.jpg A federal court order restricted the pumping of fresh water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the Central Valley south of Tracy to help prevent an endangered Delta fish from going extinct. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L