January 31, 2008

L.A.breaks ground on largest city-owned wind farm

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U.S. Department of Energy L os Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) broke ground Januar...
January 28, 2008

Mojave River Flooding closes Rock Springs Road

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2,400 gallons of water per second being released RYAN ORR Staff Writer Victor Valley Daily Press Rock Springs Road has been over taken by Mo...

Utah governor stakes a claim on roads

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The idea is to keep the byways open for energy drilling and recreation By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Federally posted closure signs ...
January 27, 2008

Piute Canyon still draws dedicated explorers

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TRIP OF THE WEEK by MARGO BARTLETT PESEK Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal T he stone ruins of old Fort Piute overlook a spring and veget...
January 24, 2008

Justice Department Undercuts Park System for Mojave Cross

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Administration Argues Park Service Lacks Authority on Private Land within System Press Release from Public Employees for Environmental Respo...
January 22, 2008

Rancho Dos Palmas Gets Historical Designation

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Roy Wilson, District 4 Supervisor Riverside County Board of Supervisors News Release The Riverside County Historical Commission voted to des...
January 19, 2008

Busload of locals takes message to feds

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By Jutta Biggerstaff Hi-Desert Star JOHNSON VALLEY — Public officials in Ontario expressed surprise Jan. 10 when a large contingent of Moron...
January 18, 2008

Conservancy buys 1,000 acres to expand state park

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Desert property is near Jacumba By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER San Diego Union Tribune The Nature Conservancy has bought more than 1,000 acres...
January 16, 2008

Park Service airs complaint against proposed coal plant

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By JOHN G. EDWARDS Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal The National Park Service says the $3.8 billion, coal-fired power plant that Nevada ...

Voices against power path grow

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By JUTTA BIGGERSTAFF / Special to The Trail Twentynine Palms Desert Trail YUCCA VALLEY — Exclamations of dismay rang among the crowd Saturda...

Eminent Domain Reform Qualifies for June Ballot

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Threatened Home and Business Owners Cheer Reuters PRNewswire SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- Today, a broad-based coalition of California property ow...
January 15, 2008

Body found in Mojave National Preserve possible suicide

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By Aaron Aupperlee, city editor Desert Dispatch CIMA — The body of a 26-year-old man was found inside a vehicle by a park ranger working in ...
January 12, 2008

Mojave lizard may rate protection

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The U.S. will study whether the Mojave fringe-toed lizard merits federal protection From the Associated Press Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS --...

Losers in Boulder land dispute file appeal

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PRIVATE IMPROPERTY 'It's unfair what happened to us. We're going to fight on' © 2008 WorldNetDaily.com A Boulder couple who ...
January 10, 2008

Budget slashes impact two desert parks

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By JIM MILLER Sacramento Bureau Press-Enterprise Mitchell Caverns walkway SACRAMENTO - Gov. Schwarzenegger released a spending plan Thursday...

Proposed Energy Corridors Threaten 1000 Acres of California Public Lands

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Public Meeting Scheduled for January 10 in Ontario, CA NewsBlaze.com Denver (January 10, 2008) - The Mojave National Preserve, the Californi...
January 9, 2008

Ivanpah Dry Lake Solar Energy Public Meeting

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BLM Announces Additional Public Scoping Meeting Bureau of Land Management Press Release BLM Announces Additional Public Scoping Meeting for ...
January 6, 2008

Local fish species on the rebound

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Bob Hilburn, a Bureau of Land Management volunteer site steward and educator, checks the water temperature of an aquarium full of Mohave tui...
January 5, 2008

Nature may play role in Arctic thaw

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Science in brief From Los Angeles Times Staff and Wire Reports There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic re...
January 2, 2008

FEMA reimburses CDF for fire costs

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The Sawtooth fire as seen from a hill in Yucca Valley. The road below is Highway 62. Photo by Westerberg Lauren McSherry, Staff Writer San B...