Natural History Wanderings

The LA Times reports on the drought’s impact on California’s Native Fish

The drought’s toll on California has been measured mostly in terms of idled cropland, dried up domestic wells and brown lawns. Less visible but more devastating has been damage to native fish that struggle for survival in the best of times.

Four years of drought — and the accompanying relaxation of environmental standards by state regulators — have compounded the harm of dams and diversions that long ago thwarted fish migration and destroyed habitat.

Read full story at The drought’s hidden victim: California’s native fish – LA Times.