I want you to close your eyes, unless you're driving, then you should

definitely keep them open. But try to really take in the sounds of all of these

creatures.

Oh, livers. Hi, Lizards.

Yeah, there is a lot of wildlife here.

Squirrels and snakes. A lot of wildlife here.

Squirrels and snakes.

Oh, I could certainly splash in the water.

You can tell him a city person.

I'm like, oh, animals.

We're walking on a dirt path along the edge of a pond. It's a hot August morning and it's dry.

The summer monsoon rains that usually start in July are running late this year. But this place is lush with

sandbar willows and arrowweed and cattail stands. I was marveling that this grass

is like taller than me by several feet.

It's so beautiful.

It's like you wouldn't know you're in the middle of the desert?

Totally.

You would never know this was here just driving by.

I'm here with my colleague Savannah Marr and Stephen Row

Lewis, the governor of the Heila River Indian community, in a wetland about 40 miles south of Phoenix.

Historically, the water that runs through here

is the lifeblood of the community,

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