You can view the drought conditions for your county. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at [email protected].

Researchers are concerned the declines will lessen the scale of and in some cases possibly eliminate the large saguaro forests in Arizona.

The initiative leases desert land to farmers at a symbolic price of one dollar per dunum (0.25 hectares in Iraq's measurement), provides subsidised irrigation systems, and buys their harvest at a ...