08-13-2010, 12:52 AM
I don't believe we've lost 80% of our fields, but we've lost over 80% of our ducks. South of Lake Lowell there are quite a few new homes, however, thousands of acres of new farm fields have been created by pumping water from the Snake River. They didn't even exist when we had great duck populations.
The USFWS says it was caused by the diversion of the flyway to the new grain fields along the Columbia River.
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The USFWS says it was caused by the diversion of the flyway to the new grain fields along the Columbia River.
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