Between 1800 and 1975, grizzly bear populations fell from estimates of over 50,000 to less than 1,000. In Yellowstone National Park, government helicopters regularly fly over a habitat shared by grizzly bears and bison, for the purpose of preventing bison from contaminating cattle with a disease carried by bison. Concerned about the untoward albeit unintended […]
Less Water For The Crops.
After young salmon died along the Russian River during a cold month in a dry year, federal scientists concluded the deaths were caused by abrupt declines in water level after water was drained to spray on vineyards and orchards. The State Water Resources Board adopted a regulation “that is likely to require a reduction in […]
Water Projects Halted; Southern And Central California Losing The Water Wars.
The Central Valley Project and the State Water Project “are perhaps the two largest and most important water projects in the United States. These combined water projects supply water originating in northern California to more than 20,000,000 agricultural and domestic consumers in central and southern California.” The source of the water is the lone habitat […]