Salt River Explorer

As I described in my previous post, Burning Cattails, cattails were subjected to a controlled burn at Tres Rios Wetlands in Phoenix last Saturday. I returned there three days later to take a look at the aftermath of the fire.

The photo above shows the gazebo that is in the center of the cattail basin and [...]

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Last Saturday the terrific folks at Tres Rios Wetlands in Phoenix teamed up with other terrific folks from the Phoenix Fire Department to do a controlled burn of cattails. Cattails make a valuable contribution to a wetlands, providing habitat for wildlife and purifying water. However, their value diminishes when they become so thick that they [...]

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