CAWSF Sponsors Anza-Borrego Drinker Refill in Fall 2021

In extreme drought even the clever collection mechanisms of drinkers are overwhelmed by water demand. We are very thankful for the assistance of the USMC to make an emergency water haul to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

SoCal Summer 2021 was probably the driest recorded in nearly a hundred years.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (ABDSP): ABDSP is home to approximately 60% of the federally listed endangered population of desert Bighorn Sheep known as “Peninsular Bighorn Sheep.” Although once considered a separate subspecies (O. c. cremnobates ), bighorn sheep of the Peninsular Ranges have recently been classified the same as desert bighorn sheep in the subspecies O. c. nelsoni.

Read more about this project in the 2022 Q2 Newsletter.

People eat a meal on camp chairs and coolers beside a blue canopy in a sandy wash; a helicopter is parked behind — Every drinker project brings together like minded individuals. Friendships forged and reinforced in the desert.

A military helicopter carries an orange water bucket on a long line over open desert; a tank and water trailer sit below — Helicopter help, thanks to partnerships with military and others.

A red helicopter bucket pours water into a round tank set among pale boulders while a crew member watches from the rocks — Helicopter assistance ins invaluable in getting water to remove locations.

Three people tend yellow portable water tanks on a sandy flat beside a tanker truck, with desert mountains behind — Also great to bring in a tanker where road conditions and access permit, and the land-manager is agreeable.