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Hi Tweets,

A couple of people of asked about the Salton Sea situation. Let me offer =
my bits of information. First, I began concerned last fall when I found =
out that over 12,000 birds had died there, allegedly because of avian =
botulism. This number included about 900 Brown Pelicans. As many of you =
know the Salton Sea is a major stopover for birds migrating along the =
Colorado River and the inner coastal flyway. Each year over 190,000 =
waterfowl use these waters.
Because Salton Sea NWR was a favorite birding spot, I some further =
searching for more information. First, I found a continuing history of =
bird deaths.
Fall, 1996 12,000 including White and Brown Pelicans
1994 14,000 birds died
1992-1993 150,000 Eared Grebes died

Now we have the news release about the Cormorants.

If you would like more information, one source is the
Smithsonian magazine, June, 1996
Also I found that most search engines gave me lots of URL's including =
FWS News Releases.

The problem is not new. The complicating factors are many,including the =
politics of California water use, California agri-business, Free Trade =
with Mexico and cross border pollution. The problem involves increasing =
pollution and salinity in the "lake".

I have been asked what I think should be done. First, I feel very =
uncomfortable offerring such advice to citizens of another country(I'm =
Canadian). I guess what comes to mind are things like letters to Bruce =
Babbit, California state officials, FWS, or .... Perhaps letters to =
California chapters of the National Audubon Association.=20
As I have said before, it is an outrageous situation and is getting =
worse.

Sorry if this post is a downer. Personally, I'm quite depressed by the =
whole thing. Sorry if this is overly long.
Cheers,
Gail Spitler
Johnsons Landing, BC
gspitler at awinc.com

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