jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
sadness, loss:
‘California's largest wildfire of the year continues to grow in the eastern Mojave Desert, burning Joshua trees and other vegetation across more than 80,000 acres. National park officials and ecologists are preparing for native habitat losses that are likely to alter the landscape forever.
"Recovery is really not a meaningful term here in the desert because of the global change going on," said Debra Hughson, deputy superintendent for the Mojave National Preserve.’
- LATimes