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Arizona Wildfires Lead to New NAU Restoration Study
Send us a text and chime in!When the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires roared through northern Arizona last summer, they didn’t just destroy the Grand Canyon Lodge and hundreds of thousands of ponderosa pine trees. They also affected a humble yet ecologically important native succulent: the paradine plains cactus. It’s not a plant many Four Corners visitors are likely to notice. Shaped like a tiny green hedgehog, the paradine plains cactus grows just an inch or two above the ground and could fit in the palm of your hand. In winter, when it’s cold and dry, the entire plant often recedes…
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