Natural History Wanderings

The Nature Conservancy plans to expand its program of paying farmers to create pop-up wetlands for migrating birds. A large migration is expected in California’s Central Valley this fall. Due to the drought its is expected there will only be about 15 percent of the wetlands usually found in the Central Valley in Fall.

The Nature Conservancy Program asks farmers to make bids on what it would cost to have their rice fields flooded and than pays than create temporary habitat. It is much cheaper to “rent” the wetlands than to buy large tracts of land.

Read story at Nature Conservancy rents wetlands for birds in Sacramento Valley – Our Region – The Sacramento Bee.