The National Parks Service has selected Scott Stonum as the latest superintendent of Saguaro National Park — a vast arid landscape that stretches across 143 square miles in southern Arizona's portion of the Sonoran Desert — where the iconic Saguaro cactus makes its home.
Deputy Regional Director Lance Hatten said in a release,"Scott brings sound knowledge and experience around these issues and will be a great fit to lead the team at the park." SEE MORE: National Park Service sued for going cashless Gila woodpeckers and gilded flickers make holes in the cactus' trunks and branches where small birds then create their nests.
Last year, the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona said that the condition of its cacti were affected because of the lack of precipitation and record high sustained heat conditions in recent years.