As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert
As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert
www.latimes.com As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert
As firefighters finally made progress on California's largest wildfire of the year, national park officials and ecologists are preparing for irreversible habitat losses.
“We’ve lost a huge area of native vegetation,” said Debra Hughson, deputy superintendent for the Mojave National Preserve. “A lot of pinyon [pines], junipers gone forever, and a lot of the Joshua trees, likely.”
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This is so heartbreaking. That ecosystem is so much more fragile than it seems. I wonder if replanting would help in this instance, or if it would be too difficult/expensive.
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