HAPPY WATERFOWL: The country’s first national wildlife refuges went bone-dry during the drought, but they now have water again.
Farmers turned on a pump today to send water from the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in far northern California for the first time in four years, according to the Tulelake Irrigation District.
There was enough water to do so in part because of this winter’s wet storms and in part because the federal government diverted water out of the Klamath River into the refuges to lower flood risk downstream, where work is ongoing to remove three remaining dams. The refuges are an important stop along the Pacific Flyway. — CvK
KWUA In the News:
Politico, March 25, 2024
Original: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/03/25/rural-california-is-coming-out-of-the-woods-00148949
