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  • High Noon

    High Noon

    Environmentalists are arguing passionately over large-scale solar development on California's Mojave Desert.

    by Judith Lewis , May 11, 2009

  • Stalking the boojum in the Sonoran Desert

    Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas is a revised and expanded edition of a classic botanical guide

    by Renee Guillory, Feb 20, 2006

  • Developer under fire for destroying desert

    Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development

    by Tony Davis, Apr 04, 2005

  • The allure of the gnarled

    It took a while, but the writer eventually came to see the strange, harsh beauty of the gnarled old pinon and juniper trees in Canyon Country

    by Joshua Zaffos, May 16, 2005

  • Bonfire of the Superweeds

    In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 20, 2007

  • Scientists and the city

    Scientists working in the relatively new field of urban ecology study cities like Phoenix, seeking to gain knowledge that will help all cities as the West gets warmer

    by Petra Spiess, Aug 20, 2007

  • Getting under the desert’s skin: Biologist Jayne Belnap

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jan 19, 2004
  • Birds can only fly so far

    Birds can only fly so far

    The birds in California’s Joshua Tree National Park will need human help to survive climate change.

    by Seth Shteir , Jul 09, 2009

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