Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I do love the fall and winter smell of moist old leaves and grasses. It always sparks a memory of…

    It’s been a long time since the Santa Cruz River ran and even when it did it only…

    I hope that this show sorta speaks for itself, but I will tell you I wrote this story…

I can’t believe I almost let November go by without at least mentioning desert broom (Baccahris sarothroides).  It is the…

There are around 150 species of Rhus (sumacs) found around the world in temperate regions. They are found in both…

I love the botanical name Amoreuxia. I think it may be the “euxia” part that feels so pleasant to say.…

Solanaceae is the nightshade family and according to my Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United…

Steve Kozachik, Tucson City Council Member for Ward 6

This episode focuses on the lack of environmental and conservation-minded voices on the Arizona Governor’s Water Augmentation Council (GWAC). We talk with Tucson City Council Member Steve Kozachik, Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter Executive Director Sandy Bahr, and former President of the Huachuca Audubon Society Tricia Gerrodette.  Our interviewees discuss how the Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey, has stacked GWAC with partisan business and municipal interests, and has directed the Council to focus on augmentation methods such as desalination. The environmental and conservation community see this as a step backwards for Arizona water policy, and are concerned the actions of GWAC have the potential to weaken Arizona’s future water security by not first focusing on conservation methods.

Steve Kozachik was interviewed at his office in Tucson’s Ward 6 on October 21, 2016. Sandy Bahr was interviewed at her office in Phoenix on October 24, 2016, and Tricia Gerrodette was interviewed at the Sierra Vista Public Library on October 26, 2016.

Sandy Bahr, Executive Director for the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter

Tricia Gerrodette, Former President of the Huachuca Audubon Society

Acaciela angustissima is the former Acacia angustissima. I suspect the name change is about priority.  The plant already had a…

Mentzelia pumila is in the Loasa family. Kearny and Peebles in Arizona Flora say, “the family is remarkable for the…