Watch Those Saguaros: They Sure Can Hurt You!

Saguaro "Spears" Forest

It was interesting to recently see that the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) picked up and published on-line a story dated June 22, 2012 about a Yuma, AZ man who was crushed by a falling saguaro cactus in the Yuma, Arizona area.  The story must have originated from a wire report or the local Yuma papers [...]

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A Picture and No Story

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has so much to offer as long as you look.  I wanted to post this picture to share it with the other Anza-Borrego explorers on the site.  However,  because desertusa.com is not just some photo posting site (not that there is anything wrong with having a flickr photostream), I felt an obligation to have [...]

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Cactus Wrangling

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The wild west still has its wranglers. Cactus wranglers are the bane of today, stealing and destroying specimen cactus throughout the desert southwest. But new technology is helping to rope in some of these modern-day poachers.

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Get Ready for the Spring Wildflower Bloom

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Expect 2010 desert wildflowers to be brilliant!

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