The New Dust Bowl. /
Maggie Sieger.
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 39. Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: The New Dust Bowl, Sept. 16, 2002; pp. 52+.
"Cursed by a drought worse than the Okies saw at the height of the Great Depression, the West's farmers are selling their cattle and leaving plots to blow toward the Rockies. As harvest season arrives, grocery stores will raise prices and the nation's growers will seek relief, yet again, from a Congress with its own budget problems." (TIME) This article discusses the devastating effects this year's [2002] drought has had for farmers.
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Crops and climate. Droughts. Farmers. Water supply--Agricultural.