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As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert

www.latimes.com As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert

As firefighters finally made progress on California's largest wildfire of the year, national park officials and ecologists are preparing for irreversible habitat losses.

As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert

“We’ve lost a huge area of native vegetation,” said Debra Hughson, deputy superintendent for the Mojave National Preserve. “A lot of pinyon [pines], junipers gone forever, and a lot of the Joshua trees, likely.”

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