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Audubon California held its board meeting in Palm Desert this week, and took the opportunity to tour the west side of the Salton Sea with a group of staff and Audubon supporters. Here are some pics.
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By Garrison Frost
February 22, 2019
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.