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Letter From The Desert: Water is Life

Letter From The Desert: Water is Life

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Chris Clarke
Jul 14, 2019
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Right now, in a small bowl-shaped canyon on the south face of the Clipper Mountains, water flows from a small opening in the friable rock at the head of the canyon. Nearby is a surprising grove of trees, cottonwood and black willow, cattail and sedge and a few stems of exotic Arundo. I would say the trees and other vegetation were downstream, but this t…

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