Wildlife Water Sources Renovated in Arizona

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Wildlife Water Sources Renovated in Arizona

It roared to life late in the summer of 2020 when a lightning strike in eastern Arizona ignited what became known as the Cow Canyon Fire. It scorched more than 35,000 acres of important, life-sustaining habitat for elk, deer, bighorn sheep, wild turkey and many other bird and wildlife species. Left behind and negatively impacted in the burn scar were nine “dirt tanks,” as they’re called, which serve as water-holding sources for wildlife. “Part o…