Joshua Tree

The Colorado River Basin, which provides water from San Diego to Santa Barbara, has seen its most severe 14-year drought in 1,250 years. The giant reservoir of Lake Mead is at less than 45 percent of capacity. Joshua Tree National Park has not gotten its average four inches of precipitation for several years, and this year the total stands at just 1.71 inches. The drought is devastating the reproductive cycle of the Joshua trees. Although the older trees are able to survive for now, the young seedlings cannot