Charco La Palma, once a wet area and spring that was dried up in the early 1990s by unscrupulous extraction of water to use in inefficient crop watering systems [Nuevo León]. (24.066394°N, 100.087997°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (26-Apr-2023).
Bajio Quelitos: Charco La Palma
Conservation: Charco La Palma dried up in the early 199s (Tveteraas, 1995), with the consequential extinction of Cyprinodon longidorsalis from its only habitat. The disappearance of the other times spring and wet areas is a clear example of the unscrupulous and unsustainable exploration of water from the water table for inefficient watering of crops, done in front of the eyes of the uninterested community.
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