How Conserving Wildlife Could Prevent Another Dust Bowl Disaster

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The sky becomes dark, and on the horizon, something huge and ominous is approaching. It’s as large as a mountain range, but its shape keeps changing and churning. It’s getting larger and closer. Dust blankets everything, apart from a few dead trees. People stand outside with mouths covered to avoid breathing it in. Families try to pack whatever belongings they have on the backs of sandblasted cars and trucks, trying to escape the desolation.

This is not a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie, this is a scene from American history. One of the largest environmental disasters in the United States, referred to as the “Dust Bowl” now has some scientists fearing that the same scenario will come again.

How Conserving Wildlife Could Prevent Another Dust Bowl Disaster

 

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Here is a somewhat relevant article, pertaining to wildlife management during the Dust Bowl.

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

When biblical jackrabbit plagues swarmed the drought-ravaged High Plains in the early 20th century, farmers rallied with clubs and baseball bats.

IT WAS THE DRIEST year on record when 21-year-old Paul Gatschet saw the advertisement in the local paper.

Volunteers wanted, announced the Hays Daily News. Farmers near La Crosse, Kansas, had a jackrabbit problem and they needed help corralling the crop-destroying critters. So one afternoon, Gatschet and his younger brother, George, drove south from Hays to join the rest of the volunteers. Neither Gatschet had participated in a rabbit drive before, but they were willing if it kept local farmers from losing their crops.

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America