Chiricahua National Monument
March 27th 2008 Chiricahua National Monument
The term “sky island” was new to me, but it now makes sense. Imagine an isolated mountain range surrounded by grassland. What is growing or living in the mountain is different from the surrounding “sea” of grasslands or desert. It is cutoff from other distant mountains. The Chiricahua Mountains rise to 9,763 feet. This “sky island” is home to 1,200 spec
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