Before:
Here, the Green Bridge passes over Lake Oroville near the Bidwell
Marina in 2011. Notice the trees and shrubs that grow right against the
man-made lake's edge
After:
Fast forward to 2014 and even the massive pillars holding up the bridge
can be completely seen at the lakes edge, where a wide swath of parched
dirt spans between what's left of the water and the tree line
Before:
The marina at Oroville Lake, here in 2011, is the picture of serenity.
Recent serious storms in Northern and Southern California have helped
give the state a very small reprieve during the 3-year drought, but the
effects have been described as a 'drop in the bucket'
After:
Much of what was once an engorged reservoir is now gone at Oroville.
Shockingly, only a handful of Central Coast dams have fallen below the
historically low 1977 levels
Before: Here, the Enterprise Bridge spans the Lake Oroville in Butte County, California in July 2011.
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