April 23, 2009

BLM seals abandoned mines in the desert

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From Staff Reports Barstow Desert Dispatch T he Bureau of Land Management is moving to seal abandoned mines in the Mojave desert. Working wi...

Mojave National Preserve slated for stimulus funds

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By ABBY SEWELL, staff writer Barstow Desert Dispatch BARSTOW • About $7.2 million in federal stimulus funds will go to projects in the Mojav...

Park Service warns of solar projects' impacts to Mojave Desert

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By SCOTT STREATER, Greenwire New York Times A National Park Service official has warned the Bureau of Land Management that approving dozens...
April 22, 2009

California Desert national park units receive $20M

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Wesley G. Hughes, Staff Writer Contra Costa Times T he White House on Wednesday authorized $97 million from American Recovery and Reinvestme...
April 20, 2009

Park Service Protests Big Solar Expansion in Nevada Desert

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National Parks Will Suffer from Water Withdrawals, Pollution and Habitat Loss PRESS RELEASE Public Employees for Environmental Responsibilit...
April 19, 2009

Birds return to Owens Lake, unexpectedly

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Hoping to control dust, L.A.'s DWP poured ankle-deep water into a Central California lake bed. Now tens of thousands of migrating waterf...
April 18, 2009

Desert clash in West over solar power, water

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Advocates of alternative energy stymied by overtaxed aquifers, tiny fish Associated Press Mike Bower, left, a biologist with the National Pa...
April 17, 2009

Wildflowers blooming at higher Desert elevations

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FROM STAFF REPORTS Victor Valley Daily Press T here’s one way to tell when spring arrives in the desert: Look for the wildflowers. Experts s...

Call off the fight

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Counties should accept court ruling EDITORIAL Salt Lake Tribune I t's time for Kane and Garfield counties to quit wasting Utah taxpayers...
April 15, 2009

Southern California water agency to cut supplies by 10%

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It is the first time such action has been taken since the early 1990s drought. Statewide water conditions remain below average for the thir...

County plans to pipe water into Pioneertown

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Yucca Valley district may supply neighbors By Jimmy Biggerstaff Hi-Desert Star Project areas of two proposed pipelines to bring water to Pi...
April 13, 2009

Court denies Utah counties' monument road claims

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Counties sued over water rights and road access By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune K ane and Garfield have lost another round in their ye...
April 12, 2009

Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours, where they first went to strike gold

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The gold mine was active from 1861 to 1941. Now, it attracts about 10,000 people each year. By Jay Jones Los Angeles Times Reporting f...
April 11, 2009

Town files for mesa annexation

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by Rebecca Unger Hi-Desert Star The proposed Yucca Mesa annexation area is shown in dark green. The current northern Yucca Vally town bounda...
April 9, 2009

Solving Congress

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Remember the days when our elected representatives to Congress would attempt to accomplish something by actually introducing a bill, debatin...
April 8, 2009

Constitutional Clash Over Defunct Land Exchange

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Major Religious Establishment Case Rooted in Moot Mojave Cross Deal Press Release Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) W...
April 7, 2009

Public Land Mismanagement

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Environmental, fiscal and economic irresponsibility in the name of protection. Terry L. Anderson and Reed Watson Forbes.com Commentary ...

We must stop collaborating with environmentalists

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READER'S VIEW LANDS BILL BY LENORE BARRETT Idaho Statesman L and ownership was the compelling force that brought people to America in th...
April 5, 2009

The Road to Area 51

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After decades of denying the facility's existence, five former insiders speak out Built in Burbank, the OXCART needed cumbersome transpo...
April 2, 2009

Bighorn sheep herd growing

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State of California not surveying nor issuing enough tags to reduce sheep numbers Jim Matthews Outdoor Writer San Bernardino Sun A rizona ha...