Angel's cedar

Landowners along rivers in the Southwest must contend with invasive salt cedar, which depletes river water, increases soil salinity evicting native plants, and its wood burns very hot, sterilizing all flora and fauna deep into the topsoil during wildfires. The wetland below benefited from the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, which funded the removal of much of the old salt cedar stands. Seeds wash up on the riverbanks each season. Seedlings must be pulled by hand as demonstrated by Southern New Mexico’s PFW Biologist Angel Montoya.