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| Some areas are habitats for the [[desert bighorn sheep]]. The peninsula bighorn sheep reside in Anza-Borrego. They have been federally endangered since 1998 and are one of the most iconic species of this state park.<ref name="Negrete" /> Observers count this [[endangered species]] to study the population, and monitor its current decline from [[Habitat fragmentation|human encroachment]].<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. California Fan Palm: ''Washingtonia filifera'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg</ref> The two biggest threats to bighorn sheep populations are anthropogenic influences and climate change. As humans continue to develop in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the surrounding area, bighorn sheep continue to lose their habitat. Coupled with the increasing extreme temperatures and decrease in precipitation, bighorn shape face a decreasing free-standing water availability crisis. Bighorn sheep face considerable habitat loss at the hands of humans ranging from water diversion to noise pollution and habitat fragmentation. As critical members of this desert biome, it is important to recognize the necessity to protect them and mitigate our impact on their limited and unique environment.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dolan |first=Brian F. |date=2006 |title=Water Developments and Desert Bighorn Sheep: Implications for Conservation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3784691 |journal=Wildlife Society Bulletin |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=642–646 |jstor=3784691 |issn=0091-7648}}</ref> | Some areas are habitats for the [[desert bighorn sheep]]. The peninsula bighorn sheep reside in Anza-Borrego. They have been federally endangered since 1998 and are one of the most iconic species of this state park.<ref name="Negrete" /> Observers count this [[endangered species]] to study the population, and monitor its current decline from [[Habitat fragmentation|human encroachment]].<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. California Fan Palm: ''Washingtonia filifera'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg</ref> The two biggest threats to bighorn sheep populations are anthropogenic influences and climate change. As humans continue to develop in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the surrounding area, bighorn sheep continue to lose their habitat. Coupled with the increasing extreme temperatures and decrease in precipitation, bighorn shape face a decreasing free-standing water availability crisis. Bighorn sheep face considerable habitat loss at the hands of humans ranging from water diversion to noise pollution and habitat fragmentation. As critical members of this desert biome, it is important to recognize the necessity to protect them and mitigate our impact on their limited and unique environment.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dolan |first=Brian F. |date=2006 |title=Water Developments and Desert Bighorn Sheep: Implications for Conservation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3784691 |journal=Wildlife Society Bulletin |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=642–646 |jstor=3784691 |issn=0091-7648}}</ref> |
| ==Climate and Its Impact On the Landscape== | ==Climate and its impact on the landscape== |
| Anza-Borrego State Park is located in the Colorado Desert Region of Southern California which is an extension of the Mexican Sonoran Desert. The [[Köppen climate classification|Koppen Climate]] classification for Anza Borrego Desert State Park is BWh. The characteristics of this climate are typically hot and arid along with a deficiency in precipitation due to the continental tropical air mass which has very dry warm air.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barbour |first=M |date=31 December 2019 |title=Colorado Desert Vegetation |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520933361-025/html |journal=Terrestrial Vegetation of California |via=JSTOR}}</ref> As climate change increases there is potential for wetter years which bring about "super blooms," that boost tourism during the winter and early spring. Locals began to rely on seasonal tourism to boost their economies, and, along with wet years climate change has threatened the economy as it has the ability to produce longer droughts which threaten the tourist dependent towns nearby.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Winkler |first=Daniel |date=April 2020 |title=Tracing extremes across iconic desert landscapes: Socio-ecological and cultural responses to climate change, water scarcity, and wildflower Superblooms |url=https://www-jstor-org.csulb.idm.oclc.org/stable/45295518?seq=1 |journal=Human Ecology |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=215-219 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> As the environment changes with climate desertification, locals and developers search for ways to maintain tourism, some attempt to maintain steady tourism with mega development of resorts or artificial oases. However, a study conducted on North-West China deserts in 2020 showed that artificial oases vegetation is not acclimated to drought conditions, and they consume large amounts of groundwater which deplete the water table level and outcompete native vegetation that store water in their roots.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luo |first=Lihui |date=Aug 2020 |title=The Hidden Costs of Desert Development |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/24...-origsite=primo&sourcetype=Scholarly Journals |journal=The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |volume=49 |issue=8 |pages=1413, 1415, 1419 |via=ProQuest}}</ref> Since deserts have such extreme weather, the species that inhabit them are highly dependent on each other, and developing on deserts or creating artificial oases will not only impact vegetation but also animals. | Anza-Borrego State Park is located in the Colorado Desert Region of Southern California which is an extension of the Mexican Sonoran Desert. The [[Köppen climate classification|Koppen Climate]] classification for Anza Borrego Desert State Park is BWh. The characteristics of this climate are typically hot and arid along with a deficiency in precipitation due to the continental tropical air mass which has very dry warm air.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barbour |first=M |date=31 December 2019 |title=Colorado Desert Vegetation |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520933361-025/html |journal=Terrestrial Vegetation of California |via=JSTOR}}</ref> As climate change increases there is potential for wetter years which bring about "super blooms," that boost tourism during the winter and early spring. Locals began to rely on seasonal tourism to boost their economies, and, along with wet years climate change has threatened the economy as it has the ability to produce longer droughts which threaten the tourist dependent towns nearby.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Winkler |first=Daniel |date=April 2020 |title=Tracing extremes across iconic desert landscapes: Socio-ecological and cultural responses to climate change, water scarcity, and wildflower Superblooms |url=https://www-jstor-org.csulb.idm.oclc.org/stable/45295518?seq=1 |journal=Human Ecology |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=215-219 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> As the environment changes with climate desertification, locals and developers search for ways to maintain tourism, some attempt to maintain steady tourism with mega development of resorts or artificial oases. However, a study conducted on North-West China deserts in 2020 showed that artificial oases vegetation is not acclimated to drought conditions, and they consume large amounts of groundwater which deplete the water table level and outcompete native vegetation that store water in their roots.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luo |first=Lihui |date=Aug 2020 |title=The Hidden Costs of Desert Development |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/24...-origsite=primo&sourcetype=Scholarly Journals |journal=The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |volume=49 |issue=8 |pages=1413, 1415, 1419 |via=ProQuest}}</ref> Since deserts have such extreme weather, the species that inhabit them are highly dependent on each other, and developing on deserts or creating artificial oases will not only impact vegetation but also animals. |
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