Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroys an area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, whi...

Ashley Cooper / The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest, California, USA. This picture was taken during a severe drought in which wild fires are much more common. October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley in the Yosemite National Park, California, USA. This fire was started by a lightning strike. October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Sprinklers watering lawns during the worst drought in living memory, Fresno, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Drought impacted lake in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Lake Mead at a very low level due to the four year long drought. Lake Mead, Nevada, USA. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, at less than 13% capacity during the 2012-2017 California drought. California, USA, September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Pumping station sending water uphill over the mountains on the California aquaduct. This brings water from snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada mountains to farmland in the Central Valley. California, USA, S...

Ashley Cooper / Pumping station sending water uphill over the mountains on the California aquaduct that brings water from snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada mountains to farmland in the Central Valley, California, USA, Se...