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 Stories About: Arizona AND food AND habitat protection
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
A new preserve keeps chilis from going up in smoke |
Amy E. Nevala |
07 Jul 1999 |
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| A tongue-smoking red chili may stay out of hot water thanks to a new botanical area in Arizona, the first in the U.S. set aside to protect wild relatives of domesticated crops. The botanical area -- a four-square-mile parcel in the Coronado National Forest, 50 miles south of Tucson -- was officially dedicated to the preservation of the red-hot chiltepine last month. Photo by Jesús García. For mo ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, food, habitat protection (all these topics) |
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