TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — The Telegraph Fire scorched 180,000 acres in 2021 near Superior, stripping the land of vegetation and eroding and degrading the soil. Little remained to soak in the heavy rains that followed.
The barren land created a flash flood that affected the towns of Miami and Globe. The same conditions fostered deadly flooding last year in Gila County.
Arizona State University researcher Emmanuel Salifu may have a solution, and it’s something found in a local supermarket: oyster mushrooms…