Desert Museum expansion dooms 6 large saguaros

Bagwell K. 1994. Desert Museum expansion dooms 6 large saguaros. Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. 25 Jun 1994. 1B-2B

Parking lot expansion at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum required removal of over one hundred saguaros along with many other desert plants such as prickly pear, ocotillo, cholla. Six saguaros were "felled", but the rest saved for transplantation elsewhere within the grounds. Of the $500,000 cost of the parking lot project, about $100,000 is going to plant-salvage contractors.

Type
Newspaper Article
Authors
Bagwell, Keith
Date of Issue
1994-06-25
Publisher
John M Humenik
Units
SAGU
Keywords
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, development, removal, saguaro
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Visitor and Recreation Use | Visitor Use , NPS.gov Subject Site: Deserts

Full text (PDF)

Browse the catalog