All of Calif. in severe drought for 1st time this century

[Sunlei]

60. yes & the pressures on the land in the late 19th and in the 20th Century adds to the desert

The whole of the San Joaquin Valley used to be lakes before the cattle moved in and then huge farms.

Lands need roaming grazing wildlife (not cattle) to keep grasses seeds spreading and to keep brush wildfire tinder, from taking over.

Lands need tree cover to hold the soil, keep the soil from baking and blowing away. To keep that moist tule fog rolling in you have to have trees.