Interesting look at the history of the Malheur basin and wildlife refuge
Posted by
znufrii
Jan 6 '16, 08:34
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"By the 1930s, after four decades of overgrazing, irrigation withdrawals, grain agriculture, dredging and channelization, followed by several years of drought, Malheur had become a dust bowl.
Ranches failed, livestock starved, homesteaders went bust and the primary occupation in the valley became suing one’s neighbor over water rights."
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