Water savings may cause suffering for burrowing owls.

For decades, the Imperial Valley, where the hardpan Sonoran desert meets the verdant agricultural fields that stretch from Mexico to the Salton Sea, has provided an improbable refuge for these owls. They were once relatively scarce here, but now the valley harbors 70 percent of the state’s population, thanks to a 3,100-mile irrigation system that transformed this stretch of desert into a multibillion-dollar agricultural industry.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.1/wildlife-water-savings-may-cause-suffering-for-burrowing-owls-california

Posted on January 12, 2019 02:07 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1

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