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- Creators: Nelson, Gaylord, 1916-2005
- Creators: Regan, John J.
ContributorsGrant, Michael, 1951- (Host) / Nelson, Gaylord, 1916-2005 (Interviewee) / Public Broadcasting Service (Broadcaster)
Created1985-05-24
DescriptionPre-recorded. Gaylord Nelson Package (Cavanary); Dr. Lawrence Resnick Interview Package (D'Alli); Grand Canyon Mappers Package (Taylor). Segments on wildlife conservation, medication treatments for stress, and cartography of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River.
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.