July 8, 2008

The desert boom

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In the Southwest, demand for sites for solar power projects is creating a hot real estate market. By Todd Woody, senior editor CNNmoney.com ...
July 7, 2008

Farewell to the Archaeological Survey Foundation

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The End of the Archaeological Survey Association By Anne Q. Stoll, President and Executive Director LaMonk Collection “The next generation” ...
July 6, 2008

Suit attacks relocation effort

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Army and the Bureau of Land Ma...
July 5, 2008

In southern Utah, new case of gold fever

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Seeking legendary Montezuma treasure By Mark Havnes The Salt Lake Tribune BLM spokesman Larry Crutchfield stands at entrance to a White Moun...
July 3, 2008

Sun shines on solar again

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Caving to public, political pressure, BLM lifts moratorium By Lisa Mascaro, Phoebe Sweet Las Vegas Sun U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Rei...

Groups battle over land proposition

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Opponents: Measure would detract from sales benefiting state schools by Lesley Wright The Arizona Republic Arizona state trust lands map. [C...
July 2, 2008

Feds backtrack on solar energy moratorium

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Margot Roosevelt Los Angeles Times Solar plant in the Mojave Desert. Credit: PBS S olar companies went ballistic last month when the federal...

Desert tortoise Mojave Max dies at Red Rock habitat

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By ANTONIO PLANAS Las Vegas Review-Journal Desert tortoise Mojave Max examines a cactus in May in his habitat at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor...

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Desert Tortoise Relocation

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Press Release Center for Biological Diversity LOS ANGELES — The Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors today filed suit in fe...
June 30, 2008

Government considering euthanizing wild horses

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By SANDRA CHEREB and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Wild horses make their way north of historic Virginia City in Nevada. RENO, Nev. (AP) — ...

No Sun Intended

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Alternative Energy: Washington has placed a moratorium on solar power projects on federal land. Is this the work of evil oil companies? No,...

You Can't Get There From Here

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ENERGY The problem: Much solar and wind power are generated far from the people who use it FAR FROM HOME A wind farm (left) and transmission...
June 28, 2008

Tehachapi residents remember the depot

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BY JOE BOESEN staff writer Bakersfield Californian Tehachapi Train Depot in 1904. A fter 104 years of service, it only took hours for the Hi...
June 26, 2008

U.S. halts uranium mining near Grand Canyon

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Reporting by Bernard Woodall Reuters UK South Rim from the Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon in this photo taken January 3, 2008. LOS A...

Wilderness Meeting Gets Ugly

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Written by Tom Woods Sierra Wave.net Advocates for Access to Public Lands hands out signs during Wednesday’s public hearing on the Wild Heri...

House panel OKs Matheson land swap

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Deal would help cut down 'checkerboard pattern' of property By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret News WASHINGTON — A House panel has appr...
June 25, 2008

Inland acres in LA power path

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ENERGY DELIVERY: Six possible utility routes include razing up to 3,500 houses or infringing on wildland. By JENNIFER BOWLES and IMRAN GHORI...

County sets aside funds for new Interstate 40 fire station

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By Abby Sewell Desert Dispatch S an Bernardino County has committed to building a new fire station on Interstate 40 between Barstow and Need...

Man found dead near Mojave Desert highway

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San Diego Union-Tribune ASSOCIATED PRESS LUDLOW – An elderly man was found dead after he wandered from his disabled van in the Mojave Deser...
June 24, 2008

Wildlife agency agrees to revisit protections for rare Mojave Desert plant

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By Abby Sewell, staff writer Desert Dispatch BARSTOW — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Monday to consider new protections for the ...