The past and threatened future of the lower San Pedro Watershed — from above

Miles and miles of dark green hills interspersed with sandy snakes of roads. Small cliffs falling into shadow alongside a thread of green trees that marks where the San Pedro River soaks into the ground and feeds the surrounding area. And then — some of the same features but cut by a highly geometric blue […]
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