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Cruise through the following news articles, op-eds, and letters to the editor.
- Buffelgrass—Sonoran Desert Nightmare:
1994: A broad overview of the issues of buffelgrass in the Sonoran Desert, co-authored
by Dr. David Yetman, a deep thinker on this issue.
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3/22/06: Non-Native Weeds Get Whacked in Southwest: The issue of buffelgrass
invading the Sonoran Desert was covered on NPR's "All Things Considered," including
interviews with workers of Desert Lab of Tumamoc Hill. Audio available.
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3/30/06: Bad Grass: A look at the effects of the buffelgrass invasion into
the Sonoran Desert.
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4/13/06: Buffelgrass Gets a Little Love: A letter to the editor (go to
bottom of page) in response to the Tucson Weekly cover story about buffelgrass.
Just remember, for every opinion, there's always an equal and opposite
oh-pinion.
- 8/22/06: Scientists: Buffelgrass
a threat: Enough is enough. Millions in funding called for to eradicate non-native,
fire-fueling "noxious weed."
- 8/29/06: Buffelgrass criticism is
misguided; plant's benefits receive short shrift: Another alternative view that
buffelgrass in the Sonoran desert is a good thing.
- 9/2/06: Bigger problems than buffelgrass:
A letter to the editor acknowledging confusion on the issue of buffelgrass. A binary
choice is then posed.
- 9/3/06: Grass is a blight on the desert:
A letter to the editor, with no confusion on the issue of buffelgrass. This one is
by the Director of Natural History of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
- 9/3/06: Fighting grass worth the effort:
Another letter to the editor.
- 9/6/06: Grass has many beneficial uses:
Golly, yet another letter to the editor, this one by a soil scientist.
- 9/13/06: Unchecked,
buffelgrass will devastate our desert: Golly, golly, yet another op-ed piece on
buffelgrass, this one by an ecologist from the Arizona-Sonora desert Museum.
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2/25/07: Pull buffelgrass, help save our desert: An editorial from the AZ Daily
Star.
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2/25/08: Buffelgrass has potential to radically alter desert: An op-ed piece from the AZ Daily
Star, exactly one year after the previous editorial.
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July 08: Buffelgrass Invasion: This is a 10-minute video on buffelgrass in
Tucson, including an actual buffelgrass fire. Well done. See it here easily on YouTube.
- 1/29/09: Beat Back Buffelgrass: The
annual call for volunteers to pull up buffelgrass.
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3/5/09: State of the Desert: A Tucson Weekly cover story on the Sonoran
Desert, including buffelgrass.
- 6/10/11: We must fight buffelgrass now: The
latest call to tackle buffelgrass.
- Fall, 2011: Buffelgrass: Making Wildfires Wilder:
An article from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum News, with nice graphics.
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April 19, 2013: Buffelgrass goes up in flames in controlled burn in southeast Tucson:
An AZ Daily Star photo of purposeful burning of buffelgrass. Is this a good idea?
- January, 2014: The Buffelgrass Battle:
Tucson Weekly update on the buffelgrass situation.
- June, 2015: Funding boosts
battle against buffelgrass: An AZ Daily Star report of new funding to fight buffelgrass.
- August, 2015:
Buffelgrass spraying at Saguaro National Park: An AZ Daily Star report on pros and cons
of herbicide spraying against buffelgrass.
- October, 2015: A K.Rat cartoon about buffelgrass:
A little humor about buffelgrass from the Tucson Weekly. Password protected (ask Paul
for the password).
- July, 2017: July 4th fireworks
fire on A Mt.: Fueled by buffelgrass, burned saguaros will not survive this one.
Bighorn Fire take out saguaros _ Local news _ tucson.pdf">June, 2020: Bighorn Fire: The role of buffelgrass
on the Bighorn Fire, Catalina Mountains.
- April, 2022: Buffelgrass, a
tipping point: A bit defeatist here, buffelgrass can't be beat.
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