July 30, 2009

Wild donkeys to be removed from area

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Burros will be relocated over 100 miles away By EUNICE LEE Desert Dispatch Greg Cook lassos a baby burro during a round-up in Panamint Valle...

Senate passes bill to close Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site

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The $34.3-billion energy measure would also allow water transfers to help California farmers suffering from severe drought conditions. Simil...
July 29, 2009

Korean Visitor Dies Of Heat Exposure

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Mesquite Dunes. (James Gordon) Death Valley National Park National Park News T he park received notification that several people were down ...
July 27, 2009

Edison dismantles Daggett solar project

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The central tower used in the Solar Two project in Daggett in the 1990s awaits dismantling on Wednesday. (Staff Photo by Jessica Cejnar) By ...

Wildflower reserve concerned about proposed racetrack

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Each year, thousands of people behold the state flower at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. A proposed motor sports park nearby has environ...
July 26, 2009

Save the habitat, kill the turtles

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Opinion: VIN SUPRYNOWICZ Las Vegas Review-Journal When -- in the name of heaven, I demand to know -- are those responsible for enforcing the...
July 23, 2009

Suicide Victim Found At Inholder Residence

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Mojave National Preserve National Park News O n July 21st, a woman contacted the information desk at the Kelso Depot Visitor Center and said...
July 22, 2009

Navy weapons unit produces a high-desert boomtown

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The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake plans to add 1,000 civilian jobs by 2011, spurring construction projects in near...
July 21, 2009

Justices set hearing date for cross arguments

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Video promoting WWI memorial has received 1 million hits By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily T he U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hea...
July 20, 2009

Interior halts uranium mining near Grand Canyon

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Salazar bars new claims on 1 million acres for environmental impact study Conservationists contend mining leaves the Grand Canyon vulnerabl...
July 19, 2009

Invasive quagga mussels a growing threat

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Soaring population clogging West's waterways; cleanup costs rising, too The Associated Press Since quagga mussels invaded Lake Mead in 2...
July 18, 2009

Range War In the West

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There is a range war in the West. Why should you care? Because wherever you live in America sooner or later it will affect you. By Patrick D...
July 17, 2009

House sides with wild horses, burros

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GOP criticism of bill may foretell troubles in Senate The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Galloping to the aid of the nation's wild horses...
July 16, 2009

Utility expresses interest in water project

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By JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press-Enterprise W estern Municipal Water District in Riverside is among five Southern California suppliers that have...
July 15, 2009

Conservation Commission to buy Big Morongo parcel

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Erica Felci The Desert Sun Big Morongo Canyon Preserve (BLM) C oachella Valley officials are spending $3.9 million to acquire 638 acres in B...
July 13, 2009

Air pollution linked to increased fire threat

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Fire-fueling plants thrive on nitrogen-enriched soil Air pollution may indirectly contribute to the increase of wildfires in the desert. Fi...
July 2, 2009

Autry, Southwest museum feud has echoes of western duel

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Supporters of the Southwest Museum contend that the loss of exhibits to the Autry National Center of the American West in Griffith Park and...
July 1, 2009

BLM finds funds for trash service

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By MEGAN GLENN, Staff Writer Imperial Valley Press An unidentified quad rider steers past a pile of half-buried trash in the Glamis sand dun...
June 30, 2009

U.S. works to speed solar energy development in the West

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signs an order that sets aside some 676,000 acres of federal land -- more than half in California -- for stud...

Burning Man survives suit by burned man

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from Burning Man 2005 - A Photoessay by Scott London Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle I f you approach the flames at the Burning Man fe...