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Debate flares over giving wildlife artificial water sources
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Apr 7, 2014
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Debate flares over giving wildlife artificial water sources
The ongoing drought has many agencies in California reevaluating how they use water. The Mojave National Preserve in the southeastern part of the state is developing a new water management plan.
Cliff McDonald (R) helps a Water for Wildlife volunteer patch cracks in a cement drinker.
Cliff McDonald (R) helps a Water for Wildlife volunteer patch cracks in a cement drinker.
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Katherine Davis
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Cliff McDonald surveys the damage to a 1940s era artificial water source in the Mojave Desert before beginning work to repair it with his team of volunteers.
Cliff McDonald surveys the damage to a 1940s era artificial water source in the Mojave Desert before beginning work to repair it with his team of volunteers.
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Katherine Davis
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Water for Wildlife volunteers repave parts of a cracked cement drinker in the Mojave Desert in February 2014.
Water for Wildlife volunteers repave parts of a cracked cement drinker in the Mojave Desert in February 2014.
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Katherine Davis
)
Cliff McDonald takes a break while working on a drinker restoration volunteer project in the Mojave Desert in February 2014.
Cliff McDonald takes a break while working on a drinker restoration volunteer project in the Mojave Desert in February 2014.
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Katherine Davis
)

The ongoing drought has many agencies in California reevaluating how they use water. The Mojave National Preserve in the southeastern part of the state is developing a new water management plan.

The ongoing drought has many agencies in California reevaluating how they use water. The Mojave National Preserve in the southeastern part of the state is developing a new water management plan.

But, Katherine Davis reports the process has reignited debate about whether to keep giving wildlife artificial sources of drinking water.