The California State Water Plan is discussed as the latest example of anti-ecological use of water. The basic issue of this scheme is whether Los Angeles should continue to increase at the expense of the rest of California. There are indications, as Mary Austin predicted 40 years ago, that the land is beginning to speak against Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the people in charge of programs of such potentially great ecological damage as the State Water Plan lack the necessary background to understand what they are doing, and they would benefit from expert advice from professional societies as well as individuals.
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