Before the development (dump, blade & scrape) got underway, the US Department of the Interior did a 15-page study of the cacti. Here’s a link to the 15 December 2004 report.

Many cacti, including Ocotillo, were moved to the 5-acre lot adjacent to Unit 8, here’s an aerial view of the transplant area. Next time I go out there I will take pics.

Transplanted Cacti on the 5-acre lot in Unit 8, 25 April 2013

Dead Ocotillo at the transplant site, 25 April 2013

Another transplant area, 25 April 2013

Looks like a Fishhook Barrel Cactus tagged on Unit 5 (Click pic to enlarge.) March 2004

The prior majority lot owners paid a lot of money for tagging the Pineapples and transplanting the cacti, they also dumped 10,000 dump-truck loads of dirt (and allegedly paid lots of money to test the dirt for radiation, etc.) on Unit 5 to level it off for the sewer-slope.

Dump, Blade & Scrape Unit 5 Sycamore Vista