The California Fish & Game Commission voted 4-0 to lift the tricolored blackbird as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act. For more than a decade, California dairy organizations have worked shoulder to shoulder with conservationists to preserve and increase the state’s threatened tricolored blackbird population. Partners in this effort include Audubon California, California Farm Bureau Federation, Dairy Cares, Sustainable Conservation, and Western United Dairymen (WUD).
Paul Sousa, WUD director of environmental services tells Dairy Radio Now that a grant is available for California dairy producers who have to deal with tricolored blackbirds on their operation. Patrick Cavanaugh reports:
