Bob Wilson and Bill McKeekin take a snack break while counting saguaros. They have plenty of help: More than 300 volunteers are believed to be…
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Using tape measures, clinometers and trigonometry, volunteers record the height of the saguaros they encounter. Here, Heidi Searle looks throu…
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Judie Schumacher, center, and Craig Fobes use folding rulers to measure the height of a saguaro. With a combined estimated 1.8 million saguaro…
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In 2010, the census team collected data on more than 20,000 individual cactuses, then used computer modeling to come up with a parkwide popula…
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Judie Schumacher, center, and Craig Fobes use folding rulers to measure the height of a saguaro during a cactus count at Saguaro National Park…
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Volunteers measure a cactus in the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park in December 2019 as part of the park's 2020 saguaro census.
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Just a few minutes outside of Tucson, Saguaro National Park West is an iconic desert landscape that attracts visitors from all over the world.
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The proposed 280-mile highway is planned for mostly undisturbed sections of the Sonoran desert.
- Carmen Duarte and Danyelle Khmara Arizona Daily Star
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A Silvert Alert was issued Thursday evening, authorities said.
- Carmen Duarte and Danyelle Khmara Arizona Daily Star
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A Silvert Alert was issued Thursday evening, authorities said.
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