{"id":12797,"date":"2017-04-18T08:17:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=12797"},"modified":"2020-02-25T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:53:02","slug":"photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: California drought, then and now &#8211; from the San Jose Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared an end to the state\u2019s water emergency following a five-year drought, thanks to a historically wet winter. Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan recently revisited areas of California he photographed at the height of the drought, capturing the dramatic changes between the parched landscapes and lush greenery we are seeing today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12798\" style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12798\" class=\"wp-image-12798\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto1-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WOODACRE, CA - JULY 15, 2014: In this before-and-after composite image, (TOP PHOTO) Horses graze in a field of dead grass on July 15, 2014 in Woodacre, California. As the severe drought in California contiues to worsen, the State's landscape and many resident's lawns are turning brown due to lack of rain and the discontinuation of watering. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images) WOODACRE, CA - APRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Horses graze in a field on April 10, 2017 in Woodacre, California. Much of California's landscape has turned from brown to green as California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order Friday to lift the State's drought emergency in all but four counties. The drought emergency had been in place since 2014. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"608\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto1.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JULY 15, 2014: (TOP PHOTO) Horses graze in a field of dead grass on July 15, 2014 in Woodacre, California. \u00a0(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<br \/>APRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Horses graze in a field on April 10, 2017 in Woodacre, California. \u00a0(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12797 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-11\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto02-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto02-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto02.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12811'>\n\t\t\t\t JULY 15, 2014: (TOP PHOTO) Dry grasses partially cover a fire danger sign that is posted in Samuel P. Taylor state park on July 15, 2014 in Lagunitas, California. \n\n APRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Grasses partially cover a fire danger sign in Samuel P. Taylor state park. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-10\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto03-229x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto03-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto03-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto03.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12810'>\n\t\t\t\tJULY 16, 2014: (TOP PHOTO) A woman walks her dog walker on a dried section of Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\nAPRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) A similar view at Bernal Heights Park.   Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-9\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto04-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto04.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12809'>\n\t\t\t\tJULY 15, 2014:  (TOP PHOTO) Headstones are surrounded by dead grass at the Presidio National Cemetery on July 15, 2014 in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\nAPRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Headstones are surrounded by green grass at the Presidio National Cemetery. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-7\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto06-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto06-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto06-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto06.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12807'>\n\t\t\t\tMarch 2014: (TOP PHOTO) Empty boat docks at the Folsom Lake Marina sit on the dry lakebed of Folsom Lake.\nAPRIL 11, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) Boats sit docked at the Folsom Lake Marina.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-6\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto07-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto07-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto07-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto07.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12806'>\n\t\t\t\tJULY 15, 2014:  (TOP PHOTO) A home stands next to a hill that is brown with dead grass  in Nicasio, California.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\nAPRIL 10, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) A home stands next to a hill with green grass on in Nicasio, California.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/photos-california-drought-then-and-now-from-the-mercury-news\/then-and-now-californias-drought-officially-declared-to-be-over-4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto09-223x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Then And Now: California&#039;s Drought Officially Declared To Be Over\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto09-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto09-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MercuryNewsphoto09.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12804'>\n\t\t\t\tAUGUST 19, 2014:  (TOP PHOTO) The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that is nearly dry. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images) \n\nAPRIL 11, 2017: (BOTTOM PHOTO) The Enterprise Bridge passes over the same section of Lake Oroville. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>See the original post from the Mercury News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2017\/04\/11\/photos-california-drougth-then-and-now\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared an end to the state\u2019s water emergency following a five-year drought, thanks to a historically wet winter. 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