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Nearly 14,000 birds have died in a growing botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, just south of the Oregon border, and the timing could hardly be worse.
The Klamath Basin is heading into one of the busiest periods of the year for migratory birds, when ducks, geese, shorebirds and other species begin pouring into the region along the Pacific Flyway. For many of them, the wetlands around Tule Lake are not simply a scenic stop. They are a critical place to rest, feed and rebuild energy before continuing journeys that can stretch for thousands of miles.
As of August 20, at least 13,730 birds had
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