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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS
The Pacific Institute's Peter Gleick pens a harsh opinion in the Los Angeles Times today about Congressional efforts to address California's drought:
"The federal government has a vital role to play in helping states address water problems: improving management of federal infrastructure, funding research of new technologies, setting standards for water-quality and appliance efficiency, as well as protecting the environment and marginalized communities. And yet none of those issues is the thrust of the two water bills now moving through the House and Senate. Instead, a California-centric bill sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein anda Western water bill sponsored by Rep. David Valadao both contain egregious, anti-environmental giveaways hidden behind modest provisions for modernizing California's water system."
It's worth a read.
Just a day after John James Audubon's birthday, we discover this hilarious story about that time he pranked a rival by making up a bunch of fake mammals and birds. The one above is the "big-eye jumping mouse."
Valley Public Radio producer Ezra David Romero spent the day with Tricolored Blackbird conservation program manager Samantha Arthur and our partners at Dairy Cares, NRCS, and Merced National Wildlife Refuge to see what it takes to help keep a species safe to reproduce. Listen to the story here.
We need your help to keep the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher on the Endangered Species List. Because its habitat is highly prized by developers and others, there has been constant pressure to remove it from the list. Now, these same forces are using highly suspect research to make their case. Please speak up for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher by sending an email to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today.
Ian Souza-Cole, field technician for Audubon California, got some great photos of Tricolored Blackbirds in the Central Valley last week. We're working hard to make sure that these colonies are protected, and the young birds are able to fledge. Rapid declines have put this species on the brink in recent years. You can help the birds right now.
Audubon California at the Owens Lake Birding Festival. Our own Marcos Trinidad and Andrea Jones were all smiles today at the Owens Lake Birding Festival. Many great birds were seen.
Sea & Sage Audubon Society was interviewed by The Orange County Register to protect birds with spring fever from crashing into mirrors and other reflective surfaces:
“Every spring we get California towhees and song sparrows attacking the side mirrors on our cars,” said Trude Hurd, project director of education for Sea and Sage Audubon. “Males are feeling very territorial, so they try to drive the intruder in the mirror away.”
“We don’t want a bird wasting its energy,” Hurd said. “That energy needs to be spent on nesting. It’s never going to be able to drive that bird in the mirror away.”
Read the entire article here.
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