Natural History Wanderings

The Nature Conservancy recently reported on how marijuana farming is making the drought worse in a number ways and creating serious environmental damage.

• Diverting water  from streams which reduces already low water levels threatens the survival of salmon, amphibians, and other animals.
• Forest clearing, land terracing, and road construction often occur right next to streams and rivers and lead to erosion.
• Pesticides and herbicides contaminate the water. Diesel often leaks from generators set up to pump water to plants, polluting streams and further stressing fish and amphibians

Read article at How Marijuana Farming is Worsening California’s Drought…And What We Can Do to Help – The Nature Conservancy, California.