After the Fire

There was a bad fire in the eastern Mojave this summer and a lot of Joshua trees were caught.

The plan was to take a look at was left.

 

One of the big new solar collectors on the way east...

 

 

On the dirt at last, a couple of Joshua's to lead me on...

 

 

 

This burn victem must have been an old tree, they only grow a few inches a year...

 

 

 

and another...

 

 

 

A couple of young 'uns...

 

A cholla to hold up a fence...

 

 

Not just the Joshuas burned....

 

 

I think of this as the last of the Mohicans...

 

The Joshua trees are threatened by the warming climate as they live in a narrow band of temperature and altitude. They won't be able to migrate fast enough to stay ahead of the changes. The only insect that pollinates them is a moth and that's suffering from the climate too...

...wish them, and the rest of us, luck.