Tens of thousands of birds die at wildlife refuges in southern Oregon, the largest die-off to date

The Oregonian ^ | Sep 28, 2024 | GOSIA WOZNIACKA

[cuz1961]

More than 80,000 birds have died over the past 2½ months at a network of wildlife refuges on the Oregon-California border.

The deaths, linked to a rare combination of botulism and avian flu, increased sharply since the...

..wetland habitat continues to shrink, forcing birds into smaller patches of water, and climate change dries up what’s left of the habitat, the toxin has infected many more birds.

Competition for water

in the Klamath Basin

makes the situation worse.

[cuz1961]

to save the fish , pull the klamath dams, and it kills the wetlands and its birds and its fauna.

[kiryandil]

[ridesthemiles]

DAISY CHAIN OF FAILURE.......

[Carry_Okie]

Gosh, would "welands drying" be due to emptying Klamath Lakes pursuant to the dam breach?

It was for the environ-mint you know.

[chopperk]

Gosia is full of BS.

[griswold3]

Drought?

[dynachrome]

Those dang Haitians.

[Pontiac]

California has been systematically demolishing long standing dams.

The ecological disaster has been huge.

[Pontiac]

Where socialism thrives nature dies.

[Uncle Miltie]

The feds drained the Klamath basin for the Indians and the fish.

Dead birds are the result.

[No name given]

Exactly, just look at the old Soviet Union and China 🇨🇳.

[No name given]

Let’s just deport them already.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

And Gov thought kudzu was a good idea to prevent erosion after the Dust Bowl.

*spit*

[Carry_Okie]

Drought?

Doubt it. The Klamath Dam created a huge swampy wetland area. The greenies, real estate interests, and the energy racketeering scam had the dam breached and the lake drained.

[Pontiac]

I expect to hear that the Three Gorges Dam has failed any time now.

[scrabblehack]

It’s about 340 miles to Bodega Bay.

[grame]

What! In Oregon? The bastion of safe water, safe ecosystem, safe electricity……….? Whaaat happened?

[Paal Gulli]

Windmills kill more than that every day.

[doc maverick]

“Drought?”
No, it’s from democrats meddling with the water supply to put Trump areas out of business. Democrats destroy everything they touch and now they’ve turned Oregon into a shithole in most areas including every area democrats live in.
And if you live in a non-democrat area, don’t count on firetrucks arriving in time to put out any fires. Thankfully, we’ve had a mostly cool summer with rain.

[palmer]

Area has a little moderate drought: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_41035 If drought kills the birds, why didn't they all die in 2021-2022?