Ashley Cooper / American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at Lake Success near Porterville, Bakersfield which is at 7% capacity during severe drought, California, USA, October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Lake Success near Porterville, Bakersfield is at 7% capacity during severe drought, California, USA October 2014.

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

Ashley Cooper / Sign warning about dust during the 2012-2017 California drought, California, USA. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's...

Ashley Cooper / Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's...

Ashley Cooper / The Kern Valley Wildlife Refuge in California's Central Valley was created as important resting and feeding grounds for wildfowl migrating along the pacific flyway. After four years of unprecedented d...

Ashley Cooper / Fruit tree planted during drought which lasted between 2012-2017. Wasco, California, USA, September.

Ashley Cooper / Soil turned to dust and Almond groves chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them during 2012-2017 California drought, Wasco, California, USA, September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco, California, USA, September 2014.