Cop Guards High-and-Dry Cacti
Shyr LI. 1995. Cop Guards High-and-Dry Cacti. Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, NM. 23 Jul 1995. 1 page
"Cactus Cops", or "Native Plant Policemen", working for the Arizona Agriculture Department enforce the State's native plant law, apprehending vandals poaching the protected saguaro cactus and other protected native plants. Saguaros are commercially valuable and susceptible to theft and vandalism.
- Type
- Newspaper Article
- Authors
- Shyr, Luna
- Date of Issue
- 1995-07-23
- Publisher
- Albuquerque Journal
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- cactus cops, saguaro, theft, vandalism
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Point-Source Human Effects | Point-Source Human Effects , NPS.gov Subject Site: Deserts