Image: PBIO Alumnus Andrew Kaiser (B.S. 2008), now a botanist at Mojave National Preserve, CA estimates that about 1.33 million Joshua trees, about 25% of all trees, were burned in an August wildfire. According to Kaiser, recovery plans will focus on small Joshua tree plantings in selected areas and keeping the invasive red brome, likely to fuel future fires, from running wild. Read the full LA Times article here
