Climate-change related issues are putting Arizona’s saguaros at risk

Arizona’s iconic saguaros are being threatened

TUCSON – It’s hard to imagine a cactus without thinking of a saguaro. Adam Farrell-Wortman has spent more than a decade caring for saguaros at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, where he is the director of horticulture.                                      “You can go anywhere around the world, (and if you tell) a random person to draw a cactus, they will draw a saguaro,” Farrell-Wortman said. “It is the icon of the Northern American desert.” But the…

Climate-change related issues are putting Arizona’s saguaros at risk

The saguaro is facing growing threats. Experts explain what’s putting the plant at risk.