The whiplash change from extreme drought to epic snowpack is having very different outcomes for different species throughout California.
The Big Melt is finally underway in the Sierra Nevada range, and soon there will be few wild places beyond the reach of water sounds: dripping, gurgling and roaring as runoff flows from lofty peaks to sage plains below.is having very different consequences for a variety of species.
“Things that were only in history books are now happening before our eyes,” Viers said. “A growing concern for ecosystem and water managers throughout the state is that we can expect increasing periods of prolonged drought punctuated by pronounced wetness from now on.” Jason Coslovich, a biologist with the California Waterfowl Assn. in Central California, suggested that things are looking better for ducks such as mallards and gadwalls than at any other time in the last three years — a period spanning the most severe drought in 1,200 years.
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