Sandhill Cranes and the Keystone XL pipeline

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Uploaded by on Sep 27, 2011

The migration of Sandhill cranes brings them through the Sand Hills of Nebraska every March. They roost for a couple weeks here on the Platte River at the Rowe Sanctuary. On the way, they make use of the lakes and ponds which form as the Ogallala Aquifer bubbles to the surface.

Could this whole fragile ecosystem be in trouble should the Keystone XL pipeline be approved (as it would cut right across this highly permeable landscape)? According to conservationists, not only the cranes but the entire aquifer would be under threat.

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