October 9, 2008

Mojave Max tortoise successor chosen

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By Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun Mojave Max. A 10-pound successor to the Mojave Max legacy at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area h...

Inland Empire Defined

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By John Weeks San Bernardino Sun W e never lack for a good argument here in the Inland Empire. We even argue about what the Inland Empire is...
October 8, 2008

Good Morning, Desert Sheep

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By Ken Layne LA CityBeat I n the pre-dawn hour, I’m sitting at a picnic table in a little city park, a plastic kids’ playground behind me, t...
October 7, 2008

Volunteers Sought to Help Restore Bonanza Springs

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News Release BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT California Desert District V olunteers willing to roll up their sleeves for a day are needed to help ...

BLM wants Nine Mile Canyon on Historic Places list

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Nine Mile Canyon petroglyph. SALT LAKE CITY — Federal officials want parts of Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon put on the National R...

Improvements Coming to Outlying Desert Fire Stations

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Press Release Brad Mitzelfelt Supervisor, First District San Bernardino County SAN BERNARDINO – The San Bernardino County Board of Superviso...
October 5, 2008

Mojave offers plenty of trails

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TRIP OF THE WEEK by Margo Bartlett Pesek Las Vegas Review-Journal T he return of cooler months to the desert invites exploration of the spra...
October 1, 2008

BLM to end cattle grazing in East Mojave

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BLM Announces Notice of Intent to Amend CDCA Plan News Release Bureau of Land Management - California I n accordance with the National Envir...
September 29, 2008

Translocating tortoises preserves the threatened species

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Story and photos by Brian Passey Desert Valley Times Riale Jo Worthen helps place a tortoise in a bucket. St. George, UT - There is somethin...
September 28, 2008

Cadiz Valley desert water-storage plan renewed

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise T he owners of remote desert land have revived a $200 million plan to store water underground to send...

Goffs Depot reincarnated as library

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By A.D. HOPKINS Las Vegas Review-Journal Built as a replica of the historic Goffs Depot, this building is really a research library containi...
September 25, 2008

Team of lone rangers scours the new Wild West

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Park service workers in the Mojave never know what vestige of the Wild West they'll find, right down to train robbers. By Mike Anton Los...

Pro-energy group seeks probe of environmental lobbyists

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By Lee Davidson Deseret News A pro-energy development group is calling for Congress to investigate possible illegal coordination between an...
September 24, 2008

Public Land Seizure for Military Bombing Range Threatens California Desert and Desert Tortoise

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PRESS RELEASE Center for Biological Diversity LOS ANGELES — The Bureau of Land Management has issued a Notice of Proposed Legislative Withdr...

Congress Should Shelve Public Lands Bill Due to Enviro Lobbying Scandal

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NewsBlaze A coalition of Western business leaders is urging Congress not to reward "scandalous and potentially illegal behavior" ...

Court: No reserved water rights for state trust land

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The Associated Press Santa Fe New Mexican T here are no federally reserved water rights for the millions of acres of state trust land in New...
September 21, 2008

Marines Running Into Opposition On Expanding Twentynine Palms

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By David Danelski, Scripps Howard News Service San Diego Union-Tribune RIVERSIDE – The federal government is evaluating more than 400,000 ac...
September 19, 2008

DOI IG investigating coordination by BLM and enviro groups

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Noelle Straub, E&E Daily reporter Environment & Energy Newsletter T he Interior inspector general is investigating possible illegal ...
September 16, 2008

Unidentified body found near Amboy

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ABBY SEWELL Staff Writer Victorville Daily Press AMBOY — The body of an unidentified man was found under a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rail...

Wildlife service believes Fort Irwin plant not endangered

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By Abby Sewell, staff writer Desert Dispatch FORT IRWIN — Fish and wildlife officials recommended downgrading the endangered status of a rar...