Which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in "The Thirsty Tree"? It is imperative to restore the American Southwest to the environment of about a hundred years ago. Encouraging the salt cedar tree and decreasing overgrazing are the best solutions in the American Southwest. People might do better to take a holistic approach to the health of the ecosystem in the American Southwest. China beetles might be a part of the solution to a number of misguided efforts regarding salt cedar trees.

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What is the author’s purpose in "The Thirsty Tree" in highlighting the various mistakes made by different agencies in the past?

to suggest a better approach to environmental management after showing how other strategies have ultimately been unsuccessful

to show the impossibility of managing the American Southwest environment without placing restrictions on human water usage

to suggest that the various agencies would do better if they were combined into one agency to oversee the entire region

to show that efforts in the American Southwest need to focus on endangered wildlife as much as they focus on trees

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the answer is : People might do better to take a holistic approach to the health of the ecosystem in the American Southwest.

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