A wipeout : Southern Arizonaâs spring wildflower bloom absent this year
By Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Southern Arizona’s treasured spring wildflower bloom is pretty much a no-show this year.
The relative lack of fall and winter showers needed to produce a bounty of colors means the traditional wildflower hot spots across the Sonoran Desert are brown landscapes.
It’s the worst bloom in years, the Arizona Daily Star reported. We’ve got nothing, unfortunately, said Steven Haas, manager of Catalina State Park outside Tucson. It’s just been so dry.
Slopes at Picacho Peak State Park about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Tucson were blanketed in orange, yellow and purple blossoms a year ago but now have only a few isolated annuals along the roads.
TUCSON, Ariz. Southern Arizona’s treasured spring wildflower bloom is pretty much a no-show this year.
The relative lack of fall and winter showers needed to produce a bounty of colors means the traditional wildflower hot spots across the Sonoran Desert are brown landscapes.
It’s the worst bloom in years, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
“We’ve got nothing, unfortunately,” said Steven Haas, manager of Catalina State Park outside Tucson. “It’s just been so dry.”
Slopes at Picacho Peak State Par k about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Tucson were blanketed in orange, yellow and purple blossoms a year ago but now have only a few isolated annuals along the roads.
April 18, 2021 GMT
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Southern Arizona’s treasured spring wildflower bloom is pretty much a no-show this year.
The relative lack of fall and winter showers needed to produce a bounty of colors means the traditional wildflower hot spots across the Sonoran Desert are brown landscapes.
It’s the worst bloom in years, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
“We’ve got nothing, unfortunately,” said Steven Haas, manager of Catalina State Park outside Tucson. “It’s just been so dry.”
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Slopes at Picacho Peak State Par k about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Tucson were blanketed in orange, yellow and purple blossoms a year ago but now have only a few isolated annuals along the roads.
When: Manor Township Supervisors meeting, April 5.
What happened: The board approved two requests from the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, including a request to extend the hours of operation at the landfill during upcoming construction and a request in support of stockpiling ash for a 6-month trial period. The township will send a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection in support of the move.
Background: According to Bob Zorbaugh of LCSWMA, the Inashco facility had approached DEP with a proposal that includes creating a visual screen around the ash stockpile. During a recent Zoom meeting hosted by LCSWMA for neighbors of the landfill, the authority did not receive any negative feedback. Zorbaugh said the extended hours are necessary during construction at the transfer station to accommodate the additional vehicles. The current hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Published: February 19th, 2021
Haas, the co-head of M&A at Hunton Andrews Kurth, discusses what he learned from working for Travis Laster, the state of Delaware law on officer liability, MAE clauses and ordinary course covenants and why he enjoys teaching M&A at the University of Richmond.
As a first-year associate in 2005, Steven Haas got a call from J. Travis Laster. Haas had been a student in a course Laster taught on Delaware takeover litigation at the University of Virginia School of Law the previous year, and Laster wanted to know if Haas would join him as an associate at a firm he and Kevin Abrams were launching in Wilmington.