This is Seabird, but let’s talk about seeing birds. More to the point: Ironically, the wildlife sanctuaries the government is supposed to protect and preserve are sometimes the last to receive resources to *be* preserved in a competition with the agricultural industry’s vice grip on water rights. And in Southern Oregon, some of the most important bird migration hotspots in the nation have become death traps for that very reason.
In the Land of Fire and Ice, Water Determines Everything
For the estimated one billion birds that traverse the Pacific Flyway each year, the Malheur and Klamath National Wildlife Refuges are the most important refuges in Oregon. They provide space for birds to rest and refuel while headed north or south, and for myriad bird, aquatic, and mammalian species to reproduce, survive, and thrive. But these refuges and their wetland habitats are at risk.
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