Bakersfield California
A big Bakersfield development threatens an endangered cactus. From the <a href="https://cactusjungle.com/archives/blog/exit.php?url_id=1810&entry_id=1629" title="http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/343145.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/343145.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;">Bakersfield Californian</a>:<br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Canyons, perhaps the single most controversial development in Bakersfield today…. would put about 1,300 homes on 890 acres atop the bluffs overlooking the Kern River in northeast Bakersfield….<br />
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In particular, they’ll look at the effects the development would have on the endangered cactus preserve downhill from the proposed development.<br />
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Right now, the Bakersfield cactus thrives because it gets rainwater from the whole area, but changes to the drainage patterns there could put them in jeopardy, she said.</span><br /></div><br />Court cases are pending as we speak. Any protests?<br /><br />
