Natural Fire: Helpful or Destructive?

image of smoke spewing from Pusch Ridge

Fire can be a wonderful or terrify thing. In many ecosystems, fires are important for keeping them healthy. These are low intensity fires that clear the ground of brush and scrub. However, invasive plant species like buffelgrass cause fires to burn hotter destroying the ecosystem, instead of nurturing it. May and June in the Sonoran […]

Elaine A. Powers, Author
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