TUCSON — In the Santa Catalina Mountains of the Coronado National Forest, buffelgrass has taken over, occupying thousands of acres of wildlands with what can quickly become fuel for wildfires. Land ...

University of Arizona researchers are preparing their first concerted attack against buffelgrass, an invading species that threatens to forever change this part of the Sonoran Desert. The ...

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The monsoon rains that greened up native desert plants also left invasive, destructive buffelgrass green and bristling with seed heads — setting it up for effective treatment with chemical sprays.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Buffelgrass is seen all around Tucson, and it’s dangerous because it can burn almost three times hotter than fires created by native vegetation. At "A" Mountain, Navajo-Churro ...

A new grant has given UA researchers the funds necessary to investigate the ecological effects of local invasive grasses. Processes and Patterns in the North American Monsoon Macrosystem is a $2.9 ...

A group of volunteers came together Saturday morning to help remove buffelgrass. Buffelgrass is an invasive plant that creates a high level of fire danger. The plant burns at 1400 degrees and can burn ...

Picture a sunset in which a “forest” of that Sonoran Desert icon the saguaro cactus is silhouetted against the skyline. Now picture that sunset minus the saguaros and you will have an idea why ...

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