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The Colorado River Crisis
I strongly believe that farmers should have the rights to the Colorado River.
Through the months of December to April 90% of the U.S leafy greens come from farms along the river.
If we took the necessary amount of water needed to grow crops away from these farmers, we would suffer too, due to a lack of vegetables.
In conclusion, we should not cut any amount of water given to the farmers and find other ways to solve the Colorado River crisis,
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