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Wild Arizona is an amazing state. We have an incredible diverstiy of natural areas, protected lands, vast tracts of publically owned land, and quite a history. Arizona has alpine tundra and baking hot desert, pine forest, grassland, oak forest, piñon/juniper, mixed conifer forsest, and after over 100 years of groundwater pumping and livestock ranching we still have a few areas of healthy riparian forest left.
Arizona's biological and geological diversity is astounding. We have some of the highest diversity in the nation in many categories, with a few listed here: plants, birds, reptiles, bees, bats, mammals in general, geology, among others.
Arizona's natural heritage wild future is also threated by old and continued practices as well as new and mounting problems. Our population growth is out of hand, our water needs far outpace our long-term availability. Large swaths of land are threatened and damaged by many forces including livestock grazing, offroad vehicles, housing developments, and new road construction. A new border wall is being constructed along the Arizona/Sonora border cutting off key wildlife corridors and slicing watersheds in half.
With many people fighting for positive change in Arizona, our outlook looks much better than it would otherwise. We need to remember what matters most to Arizona in the long run. A bright future depends on us protecting and restoring as much of our natural heritage as we can.
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