As in most of the early villages along the Skagit river, one of the first priorities was to clear the forest land to provide space for a townsite and residential area. This photo of the Hamilton Logging Co. shows a crew in action.
Because of aridity and scarcity of rain Arabian Gulf is considered to be poor as far as natural plants are concerned. Natural vegetation in the Arabian Gulf region have deep roots or thorn-like small leaves, hence they endure aridity and overcome its impact.
Initial greenhouse studies evaluated salt-tolerant wetland plants to clean up and reduce the volume of salty producedwater, the wastewater brought to the surface from wells producing natural gasand crude oil (Hinchman and Negri, 1994b).