(AP) — In this June, 10, 2011 photo, Joe Marchini of Marchini Farms stands in front a water cutbacks sign on the flanks of his field and highway 99 near Chowchilla, Calif.
Drive on Highway 99 or Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles and you will see them, scattered among wine tasting ads and billboards hawking the latest pesticide. “Man-made drought,” the signs draped across fences or cotton trailers at the edge of fields proclaim in large, bold letters. The signs in the Central Valley, which provides many of the nation's fruits and vegetables, are a reminder of California's decades-old water war, a conflict stemming from large numbers of people living and farming in areas where the resource is scarce. (AP Photo/GosiaWozniacka)
