Junipers are very slow-growing. Save every tree over 150 years of age, in addition to intact clusters of trees within the grasslands.
The trees are drought-tolerant, they moderate our climate, and contribute oxygen to the atmosphere.
It is important to supervise the contractors.
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Dorothy inman
9 years ago
I don't eat beef and do not depend on the calendar street. I see that this industry does more harm than good. We shouldn't be cutting these trees down for them.
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Janet Kothrade
9 years ago
Cattle are no longer King; respect the environment and do the right thing.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
The trees are critical for our health and the health of the environment. If the cattle can not exist on the land, they should not be on the land. Arizona's ecosystems are delicate, why put them under more stress when the climate already is. We need more trees than ever now, Ranchers should be encouraged to find more sustainable means of farming if they don't exist.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Cattle are not natural to the landscape and we need to stop changing out natural landscape to accommodate them. We subsidize them enough.
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Joe Shannon
9 years ago
We need to allow natural processes to occur and remove trees for grazing. This archaic range practice only serves a very small portion of the public, and creates havoc for wildlife.
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Beth Test
9 years ago
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My family lives in this area.The impact of the tree removal will affect my children, spouses and their children for generations to come. Research articles about the 'Dirty 30's' if you think acreage can survive, sustain let alone flourish without trees.
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Catherine Caldwell
9 years ago
The beauty of Arizona is in the untouched wilderness. With mass deforestaion happening all over the globe, please do not ruin what little beauty and oxygen producers we have left!
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Karyn
9 years ago
Please let us keep our trees. They do us good.
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Leslee Jorgensen
9 years ago
I live in this area, and I have been personally affected by the substantial removal of the trees and increased, & hazardous traffic.
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Brandon Letcher
9 years ago
We need trees
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Kate OHara
9 years ago
This clear cutting is also disrupting the ecosystem in these areas. Please use some foresight!
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Jennifer Pryor
9 years ago
Save the trees!
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Nancy franklin
9 years ago
Why take all the trees?? Who wants a concrete work?? Trees are life
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Catherine Greiser
9 years ago
Stop before there is nothing left please!!! We need trees to breathe!!!
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Caitlin Caldwell
9 years ago
Juniper trees have been native to Arizona for possibly thousands of years. They have been called an invasive species, yet it takes them about 10 years to grow just 1 ft. They have become very important to the ecosystem over the past hundreds of years. Junipers provide shade, wind block, homes and food for many indigenous animals such as birds, rodents and many threatened and endangered animals living in Navajo county.
Trees like the juniper absorb carbon dioxide, from the air and store it in the leaves, wood and roots which helps to reduce green house gas which causes global warming. They also absorb airborne particles and pollutants, and retain them; such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. Trees absorb chemicals and pollutants from the soil. They filter sewage and farm chemicals, animal wastes, which are plentiful from the cows in Navajo county. They also clean roadside spills and water runoff into streams, lakes and washes.
Shade from trees reduces heat, a much needed relief for animals that live in the desert and cows that are grazing in the area. Trees also lower the air temperature through respiration.
The cheat grass that Navajo county is trying to grow back will not have a steady source of water. The deforestation in an attempt to allow for more cheat grass will not have the desired effect. Trees control and increase precipitation and removing junipers will drastically reduce rain in the area having a negative impact on the cheat grass. Further, the tree root system brings water up from a greater depth than grass root systems.
Flash flooding, which often occurs in Navajo county during a rain, can be reduced by a forest of trees; they intercept a large portion of the water, and in turn recharge underground aquifers by slowing down the water runoff. Trees also fight soil erosion with their roots binding the soil. Navajo county is home to many aquifers including one of the largest in North America which needs to be protected fro
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Aaron Lofgreen
9 years ago
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I live on land bordering BLM where they remove thousands of trees and it's created more dust wind and destroyed what was once a breathtaking view and turned it into an eye sore please stop removing trees
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Timothy Green
9 years ago
Our trees aren't sizable or plentiful as it is. Preserve our landscape.
Junipers are very slow-growing. Save every tree over 150 years of age, in addition to intact clusters of trees within the grasslands. The trees are drought-tolerant, they moderate our climate, and contribute oxygen to the atmosphere. It is important to supervise the contractors.
I don't eat beef and do not depend on the calendar street. I see that this industry does more harm than good. We shouldn't be cutting these trees down for them.
Cattle are no longer King; respect the environment and do the right thing.
The trees are critical for our health and the health of the environment. If the cattle can not exist on the land, they should not be on the land. Arizona's ecosystems are delicate, why put them under more stress when the climate already is. We need more trees than ever now, Ranchers should be encouraged to find more sustainable means of farming if they don't exist.
Cattle are not natural to the landscape and we need to stop changing out natural landscape to accommodate them. We subsidize them enough.
We need to allow natural processes to occur and remove trees for grazing. This archaic range practice only serves a very small portion of the public, and creates havoc for wildlife.
My family lives in this area.The impact of the tree removal will affect my children, spouses and their children for generations to come. Research articles about the 'Dirty 30's' if you think acreage can survive, sustain let alone flourish without trees.
The beauty of Arizona is in the untouched wilderness. With mass deforestaion happening all over the globe, please do not ruin what little beauty and oxygen producers we have left!
Please let us keep our trees. They do us good.
I live in this area, and I have been personally affected by the substantial removal of the trees and increased, & hazardous traffic.
We need trees
This clear cutting is also disrupting the ecosystem in these areas. Please use some foresight!
Save the trees!
Why take all the trees?? Who wants a concrete work?? Trees are life
Stop before there is nothing left please!!! We need trees to breathe!!!
Juniper trees have been native to Arizona for possibly thousands of years. They have been called an invasive species, yet it takes them about 10 years to grow just 1 ft. They have become very important to the ecosystem over the past hundreds of years. Junipers provide shade, wind block, homes and food for many indigenous animals such as birds, rodents and many threatened and endangered animals living in Navajo county. Trees like the juniper absorb carbon dioxide, from the air and store it in the leaves, wood and roots which helps to reduce green house gas which causes global warming. They also absorb airborne particles and pollutants, and retain them; such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. Trees absorb chemicals and pollutants from the soil. They filter sewage and farm chemicals, animal wastes, which are plentiful from the cows in Navajo county. They also clean roadside spills and water runoff into streams, lakes and washes. Shade from trees reduces heat, a much needed relief for animals that live in the desert and cows that are grazing in the area. Trees also lower the air temperature through respiration. The cheat grass that Navajo county is trying to grow back will not have a steady source of water. The deforestation in an attempt to allow for more cheat grass will not have the desired effect. Trees control and increase precipitation and removing junipers will drastically reduce rain in the area having a negative impact on the cheat grass. Further, the tree root system brings water up from a greater depth than grass root systems. Flash flooding, which often occurs in Navajo county during a rain, can be reduced by a forest of trees; they intercept a large portion of the water, and in turn recharge underground aquifers by slowing down the water runoff. Trees also fight soil erosion with their roots binding the soil. Navajo county is home to many aquifers including one of the largest in North America which needs to be protected fro
I live on land bordering BLM where they remove thousands of trees and it's created more dust wind and destroyed what was once a breathtaking view and turned it into an eye sore please stop removing trees
Our trees aren't sizable or plentiful as it is. Preserve our landscape.
leave the trees alone!
Deforestation is devastating to our land!