EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)
EditorialRancher's fireweed wildflowers grow at Carrizo Plain National Monument in Santa Margarita, Calif., March 25, 2023. (Stella Kalinina/The New York Times)