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- Creators: Regan, John J.
ContributorsArizona. Department of Transportation (Issuing body) / Bullhead City (Ariz.) (Issuing body) / HDR Engineering (Publisher)
Created2011-05-27
ContributorsFonseca, Julia (Author) / Regan, John J. (Author) / Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office (Publisher)
Created2001-10
Description
If one species had to be chosen to preserve and restore, perhaps it should be cottonwood. Cottonwood-willow forests, where they exist and are healthy, indicated the presence of a viable riparian area, which is in turn the key to conserving great proportions of our native species. A reflection of the dire status of our riparian systems is that the Sonoran cottonwood-willow and Sonoran mesquite-cottonwood forests.