Forests Of The World: Christine Hass - Mogollon Rim - Arizona - USA by Woodcraft Productions published on 2016-07-31T15:27:35Z A broad, rocky escarpment splits the Sonoran Desert from the Colorado Plateau, dividing Arizona and western New Mexico along a northwest to southeast line. This escarpment, known as the Mogollon Rim, contains one of the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine stands in the world. A warming climate has meant more frequent droughts in this part of the world, which has resulted in several massive wildfires that have collectively burned more than 1 million acres of pine and fir woodlands. Many of these forest stands were killed; some are being replaced by aspen, and some will likely start to become shrub lands. We are seeing a big change in this forest. In June of last year, I camped out in a small patch of surviving pine and fir, surrounded by the skeletons of dead trees and thickets of 4-year-old aspens. I was near a large beautiful meadow that attracted elk and coyotes in the evenings. The recording, Vanishing Forest, is a dawn recording of hermit thrush, American robins, hairy woodpeckers, several warblers, chickadees, nuthatches and red squirrels. Even in this area of rapidly changing habitats, wildlife finds a way to survive. Genre Field Recording Comment by Dr Berndt Hoffmann beautiful! 2018-04-05T09:23:15Z Comment by Wilhelm Matthies so beautiful! Thanks for recording so clearly and letting the natural ambiance show itself. 2017-11-21T02:27:00Z Comment by maaheli great ambience, love the woodpeckers 2016-09-08T19:19:53Z