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Word: kesterson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eggs are blocked by the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. Those that get by are often unable to spawn in overheated waters coming from drought-stricken Shasta Lake. The San Joaquin River is entirely diverted for irrigation as it emerges from the Sierra Nevada. When it resumes downstream near the Kesterson Reservoir, selenium-poisoned waters flow into it from the Westlands agricultural district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gobbling Up the Land | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

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