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Every desert river rat knows that tamarisk is sucks up our most precious resource. But what if the science we've been basing that on is wrong?
An eye-opening piece on one of the Southwest's most reviled trees, and how saving our rivers is a lot more complex than simply getting rid of tamarisk:
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The Trouble with Tamarisk | bioGraphic
Twenty-five years ago, land managers unleashed a beetle to control an invasive tree sucking rivers dry. But water levels haven’t risen—and the real villains are still causing trouble.