Mark Grossi

Mark Grossi is a freelance journalist in the San Joaquin Valley who spent 2016 writing about environmental justice communities for the Alicia Patterson Foundation. For 25 years, he was the environment and science writer at the Fresno Bee.

A pistachio orchard in Tulare County, California, was planted during California’s five-year drought. A record 904 water wells were drilled in the county during 2015, in part to help sustain agricultural operations.
Environment

The Fight for Groundwater in California's San Joaquin Valley

Drought conditions continue for thousands of rural residents in the San Joaquin Valley who rely on groundwater, and the race to dig deeper wells is a losing game.