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Mount Graham red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis).
independent of climate change. Graham County is fortunate in that its many amenities include close-knit rural living and a wealth of small-town conveniences that contribute to community resilience like wellness centers, parks, health care and education systems. The assessment allows local leaders and residents alike to better anticipate where the stresses of warming and drought can be expected and mitigated by building on the assets already available to them. Long-term drought will remain a challenge for the waterstressed communities of the county, as well as its parched biota. It will take more than one favorable monsoon season to relieve the threats. Deep soil moisture and replenished aquifers, reservoirs and stream flow would go a long way towards restoring climate calm in the region and avoiding another water emergency declaration. Until that happens, residents and land managers must prepare for an uncertain future. The community resilience found across the treasured rural landscape of Graham County will be its most valuable asset as the future unfolds.
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For Green Living’s climate change series, each month we will focus on one of Arizona’s 15 counties and how climate change is affecting it specifically. Next month’s installment will focus on Greenlee County. David A. Schaller is a retired environmental scientist living in Tucson where he writes on climate, water and energy security.
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