December 30, 2011

Mojave Tortoise Doesn't Need Hunting Limits

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By Travis Sanford Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Park Service does not have to protect desert tortoises with spec...
December 7, 2011

Zombie Water Projects (Just when you thought they were really dead...)

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The Cadiz groundwater mining project Peter Gleick, Contributor CEO Pacific Institute Forbes Z ombies are big business, in more ways than...
December 5, 2011

Desert preservationist Hughes dies

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Pioneering Inland-area environmentalist Elden Hughes outstretches his arms while saying, "What a beautiful day" in 2009. (FILE PHO...
November 29, 2011

Finding a fix for dying Salton Sea

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After years of inaction by state, lawmaker wants to put regional group at helm Pelicans fly to Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes,...
November 23, 2011

Interior Reverses Course: No Shooting Restrictions

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Paul Bedard Washington Whispers I n a major victory for gun owners, hunters, and conservationists, the Interior Department today reversed...
November 16, 2011

Cross shows up mysteriously, but briefly, on Mojave rock

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 By Henry Brean Las Vegas Review-Journal Mojave National Preserve - A white cross rose again this week over Sunrise Rock in Calif...
November 12, 2011

County unveils new Route 66 historical markers

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Route 66 Ambassador Terry Kafides, foreground applauds as 1st District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt unveils new San Bernardino County Route ...
November 9, 2011

BLM testing camouflage to hide new energy structures

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$90,000 design paid for with federal stimulus funds A camoflage pattern that the BLM tested this fall, simulated on a natural gas compress...
November 7, 2011

Highway 395 promoted as Three Flags Highway

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Historians work to revive 'Mother Road of the West' Natasha Lindstrom Victor Valley Daily Press It's not nearly as famous a...
November 6, 2011

Oasis or mirage? Company wants to tap Mojave water

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Conservationists worry about the impact of mining the aquifer Seth Shteir, a California Desert Field Representative for the National Parks C...
October 28, 2011

Windmilling, a Dying Art, Hangs on in Texas

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Mike Crowell, a third-generation windmiller, works on a windmill near Claude in the Texas Panhandle. (photo by: Axel Gerdau) by Kate Galbr...
October 27, 2011

Huge solar power plants are blooming in California's southern deserts

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By Dana Hull San Jose Mercury News MOJAVE DESERT -- At first glance, California's vast Mojave Desert seems barren: mile after mile of...
October 22, 2011

Haenszel became 'the source' on San Bernardino County's past

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Nick Cataldo, Columnist San Bernardino Sun During my years researching San Bernardino County's colorful past, more than a few histor...
September 28, 2011

David Myrick passes away at 93

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David F. Myrick in Ojai in 2007. ( The Guzzler ) A Talented and Extraordinary Man Passes On James Buckley Montecito Journal Over the...
September 15, 2011

San Bernardino County: Board considers new boundaries

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Proposed San Bernardino County redistrict map. (San Bernardino County) by Imran Ghori Press-Enterprise San Bernardino County -- Superv...
September 13, 2011

BLM rapped for silencing citizens

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by David Danelski Press-Enterprise The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided to allow members of the public to speak during meeting...
September 10, 2011

Take a 'monumental' tour of Cajon Pass

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Santa Fe and Salt Lake Trail Monument (parks.ca.gov) Mark Landis, Correspondent Inland Valley Daily Bulletin For centuries, the Cajon Pa...
September 7, 2011

Burning Man fest leaves the desert

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BURNING MAN 2011: The Temple at Sunset by Jeff Sullivan  Zelie Pollon Reuters Organizers of the iconic "Burning Man" cele...