SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - MARCH 17: Despite a series of recent storms, the mountains, trees and meadows surrounding this famous high-elevation lake, usually covered in several feet of snow this time of year, continue to suffer from the effects of an extended drought as viewed on March 17, 2014, in South Lake Tahoe, California. With 2013 the driest year in recoreded history. Governor Jerry "Edmund" Brown has declared a water "State of Emergency" for all of California. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
