Thank you to everyone who participated in Beat Back Buffelgrass Day this year.  It was a huge success with over 800 participants at 22 sites!  Find details here.

Why we are so focused on Buffelgrass in Southern Arizona - take a few minutes to view this short film.

"Buffelgrass and the fire it brings are poised to destroy our Sonoran Desert ecosystems and threaten public safety, possibly more effectively and faster than drought, development, or almost any other potential disaster." - Southern Arizona resident

Buffelgrass Invasion: Its Threat to the Sonoran Desert and Our Will to Stop It
Produced by: Mark Betancourt
Major Funding Provided by: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum; Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation; Tohono O'odham Nation; National Park Service; Southern Arizona Native Plant Society; USDA-Forest Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Sandy Lanham; and Environmental Flying Services
 

Buffelgrass Center receives prestigious national award

The Southern Arizona Buffelgrass Coordination Center (SABCC) has been honored as one of 17 organizations nationwide to win the U.S. Department of Interior’s coveted “2011 Partners in Conservation Awards.”

The award, presented Sept. 21 by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, recognizes SABCC for its integrated approach to mitigating the impacts of buffelgrass invasion in the Sonoran Desert. Introduced from Africa in the 1930’s, buffelgrass is gradually replacing cacti and other native plants through competition, increases fire risk to ecosystems, people and property, and could eventually reduce tourism in southern Arizona.

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Arizona Spotlight segment with Mark McLemore August 2010 (link)