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Understanding Drought: Impacts on Wildlife, Habitats, and Ecosystems

Explore the effects of drought on wildlife, habitat destruction, and reduced water levels in lakes and ponds. Learn how drought leads to fewer young animals, wildfires, and damage to plant life.

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Understanding Drought: Impacts on Wildlife, Habitats, and Ecosystems

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  1. Clue #11 Drought “Drought is when you have less rainfall than you expected over an extended period of time, usually several months or longer.” http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/whatis.htm

  2. “The Jamestown drought, for instance, destroyed corn crops on which the colonists depended” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980428075409.htm

  3. “Less water equals to less food and therefore fewer young for all wildlife (fawns, elk calves, and so on).” http://wdfw.wa.gov/drought/index.htm

  4. “destruction of fish and wildlife habitat” http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm http://www.altamahariverkeeper.org/advocacy/forested_wetlands/img/wilk_duckhabitat.jpg

  5. “Lack of food and drinking water for wild animals” http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm

  6. “Lower water levels in lakes, and ponds” http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm

  7. “More fires” http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm

  8. “Damage to plants” http://www.library.thinkquest.org/16132/html/droughtinfo/effects.htmls

  9. http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/community/2007/drought2.jpghttp://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/includes/columns/community/2007/drought2.jpg

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