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Afforestation

10,000 Birds

Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. Alas, this is what I must trim. I now protect the lots Huizaches, which shelter self-sown fruiting plants such as Granjenos and Prickly Pears. Some did not survive a spotty first rainy season.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

10,000 Birds

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. In an area known for ‘the cleanest water in the world,’ 234,000 acres were sheltered from mining exploration…until now.

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