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Tag: buffelgrass

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Buffelgrass: The scourge of the Sonoran Desert is here to stay

by Adnan Alam Apr 15, 2022Apr 15, 2022

PHOENIX — Marilyn Hanson takes a 3-mile walk every day along a river wash and bike path northwest of Tucson. While she walks, she listens for birds and surveys the areas along the path for invasive species like buffelgrass, a perennial weed that has ripped across southern Arizona, threatening native plants and drastically increasing fuel […]

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sustainability

Buffelgrass Blues: Campaign kicks off in Phoenix parks to combat an invasive species

by Adnan Alam May 29, 2019Jun 3, 2019
Researchers Ben Stinnett and Brenton Scott pilot the drone over the desert landscape. (Photo by Ty Scholes/Cronkite News)
Posted inSustainability

ASU scientists are piloting drones over the desert to track invasive African grass

by Adnan Alam Nov 17, 2015
Posted inUncategorized

Invasive buffelgrass no longer just southern Arizona’s problem

by Adnan Alam Apr 30, 2015May 20, 2015

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