Old growth woodlands come in many forms. The trees don't have to be big. Mesquites growing in relatively moist soil like that in the Brawley Wash next to Avra Valley Road live more than a hundred years and offer typical old growth benefits such as abundant food for wildlife, lots of shady spaces to nest and perch, and a special quiet that occurs only among old trees. But this venerable oasis may be doomed if ADOT follows through with it's proposal to build Interstate 11.
