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These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction

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The Threat of Habitat Loss in the Central Valley

90 percent of vernal pools have been lost from the Central Valley since European colonization. A recent study showed that between 2005 and 2018, 9 percent of the remaining vernal pool habitat was wiped out. Sean O'Brien: "If it isn't already gone, it will be gone in very short order"

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