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Caleen Sisk-Franco, Chief of the Winnemem Wintu
The building of the Shasta Dam in Northern California was part of the 1930s solution to the state's twin problems of summer drought and winter flood. The construction flooded most of the land inhabited by the Winnemem Wintu tribe. Caleen and the remaining members of the tribe are deeply concerned by plans to raise the height of the dam, potentially flooding even more of the tribal land.
Winnemem Wintu -
Caleen conducts a puberty ceremony with tribal head man Mark Franco
Winnemem Wintu photos courtesy of Marc Dadigan.
Journalist-in-residence Marc Dadigan -
Pear farmers Chuck and Joy Baker
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a hugely fertile agricultural area, producing a vast crop of pears and cherries. The Baker family have farmed here since the 1850s.
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Biologist and pear farmer Brett Baker surveys the Delta
Brett campaigns to improve the health of the Delta eco-system damaged by over-abstraction of water for homes, business and agriculture.
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A blue heron on the Delta
This photo and all aerial shots courtesy of California Department of Water Resources.
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Asparagus farming in the Delta
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Housing development in the Delta
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Bob Willett and Susan Mecum
Two Sacramento residents take a dusk walk on one of the levees that protects California's state capital. Experts believe the city is at a higher threat from flooding than New Orleans was prior to Hurricane Katrina.
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