An Ecological Checkup for the Gulf of California

How does one do a checkup on a whole ecosystem? It takes a lot of doctors! Thirty-two, in the case of the latest Assessment of the Ecological Health of the Gulf of California, which finds that parts of the system are doing well, while others are hurting.

Stinknet and Saguaros: Protecting the Future of the Sonoran Desert 

Article by Ben Parry-Lemon and Aya Pickett, Tucson Audubon Society . Thanks to the Tucson Audubon Society for sharing this article with our audience and for driving Tucson’s stinknet efforts forward. A new threat to the Sonoran Desert  What is that small yellow flowering plant? It is all over the roadsides and blooms along with the…