Dear HCN, Tony Davis’ story on desert sprawl (HCN, 1/18/99), with figures proving the city of Tucson has more than doubled in size in 40 years, and that an acre of the Sonoran Desert disappears every two hours, seems absurdly unbelievable. It is preposterous that people can destroy the saguaro, prickly pear cacti, and ironwood […]
