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I hope the plover are happy
h/t Gates of ViennaA year or so ago, I talked to a park ranger in Yankton, South Dakota, while watching the Missouri River from an overlook near Yankton. I casually asked the ranger why the Corps was holding back so much water in the spring. To protect the plover, he repliedas if it were common knowledge. The what? I inquired. The ploverit is a shore bird that nests along the Missouri. If they let out too much water in the spring, it drowns out their nests and kills the baby birds. So the Corps holds it back to allow the birds to hatch. How noble, I thoughtwe hold back mighty waters to protect bird life. Fast forward to the spring of 2011. As I watch my friends in Dakota Dunes frantically trying to escape the mighty flood waters released in record amounts by the Corps this week, while their houses are ruined by the Muddy Mo, and my friends, neighbors, and family members work feverishly to protect our own homes and each others homes in Wynstone, South Dakotaup river a waysI thought a lot about the plover. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-02 |
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