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McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
The Hills are Alive! If you think the desert floor is all dust, gravel, and rocks, then you haven’t taken a good look beneath your feet. The desert’s surface is full of life in the form of soil crust, lichen, and desert varnish – the living things that probably cover more of the desert than any single kind of plant. These organisms have much in common — they’re all alive (yes, even varnish), they have some components that are neither plant nor animal and living filaments that are crucial to their existence. We’ll explore these life forms and how they enrich and protect the desert surface.
Presenter: Dan Gruber, Legacy Steward, McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
*UPDATED - This is a change from the topic listed in Scottsdale Life - that program (Animal Mind Games) will take place June 11, 2024.
TAGS: | Scottsdale | History |
Opened June 13, 1987
31,850 square feet
35 public-use computers
Drive-up window service
