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Lake Mead is the largest reservoir on the 1.450-mile Colorado River, which serves millions of people in the Southwest. (Photo by Jordan Evans/Cronkite News)

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It’s the early 1990s, and Park Williams stands in the middle of Folsom Lake, at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills in Northern California. He’s not walking on water; severe drought has exposed the lakebed.

By Madison Staten: Cronkite News April 29, 2020
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