>>2726636If you watch the video, you will see a diverse array of habitats being traversed in a few miles. Including riparian mixed deciduous old growth forest. Research in some of those canyons and in some canyons in AZ's sky islands have identified more than 1,000 plant species in single stretches of canyon. And the point about the snow illustrates the delusions and misconceptions and preconceptions people have. As yes, Arizona gets a similar or higher amount of average annual snowfall as the Austrian alps in Europe (6-12m), which is directly indicative of the extreme climate variation over a small area in the west, which is also indicative of extreme flora and fauna habitat variation over both small and large areas. Most of the western US is wilderness and wildlands (of extremely diverse kinds) that you can fuck off into without any regulations, any human habitation or industry, and without anyone to bother you. A concept that most Euros and easterners cannot grasp.
