Brigid McCormack is executive director of Audubon California. She can be reached via Twitter at @audubon_brigid. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/brigid-mccormack/rss en Climate & Weather Environment & Wildlife Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Brigid McCormack https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/01/22/despite-rain-drought-continues-for-waterfowl https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/01/22/despite-rain-drought-continues-for-waterfowl Five million waterbirds rely on habitats along the Pacific Flyway in California that are increasingly threatened by insufficient water allocations to wildlife refuges. Even in a rainy year, these wetlands don’t have enough water.