December 28, 2012

BLM’s decision on Nevada-Utah pipeline called ‘pure folly’

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Proposed pipline (Las Vegas Sun) By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune L as Vegas’ plan to tap billions of gallons of groundwater lu...
December 27, 2012

BLM approves Las Vegas water pipeline project

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A planned pipeline would carry water from areas along the Nevada-Utah line into Las Vegas Valley. (JASON BEAN/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL FILE...
December 26, 2012

Heated debate surrounds fate of Baker's thermometer

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Built to attract motorists heading to and from Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer in Baker, Calif., seen here in January 2000, h...
December 21, 2012

County’s Legal Costs Near $1 Million for Cadiz

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SMWD to pay legal costs for 9 lawsuits and counting... San Bernardino County Sentinel T he county of San Bernardino has sustained ov...
December 18, 2012

Final EIS Published on Searchlight Wind Energy Project

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Searchlight Wind Energy project map (BLM) Press Release LAS VEGAS -- A Final Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed wind energy ...
December 14, 2012

Clock running out on wilderness bills

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The Castle Mountains are part of an area that would be added to the Mojave National Preserve under Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s California Desert...
December 12, 2012

Colorado River Basin study projects future water shortages

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Population will increase but water supply will shrink 9% by 2060 Valves at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam are opened last March, sending w...
December 2, 2012

Riverside County to honor Mojave Cross advocates

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Henry and Wanda Sandoz with the Mojave Cross in the background after the Nov. 11 installation ceremony. (David Olson/Staff photo) by David...
November 30, 2012

County Opposes Wind Turbines On Black Lava Butte and Flat Top Mesa

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Black Lava Butte and Flat Top Mesa. San Bernardino County Sentinel I n one of his last acts as Third District county supervisor, Neil ...
November 29, 2012

BrightSource Seeks Changes In Ivanpah Tortoise Plan

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by Chris Clarke KCET B rightSource Energy, developer of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System now under construction in the Ca...
November 19, 2012

US, Mexico To Sign Landmark Colorado River Agreement

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About 30 million people in seven western States and two Mexican states depend on Colorado River water. After years of negotiations the U.S. ...

Feds begin high-flow releases from Glen Canyon

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Experiments will occur yearly in hope of restoring Grand Canyon’s ecological vitality. The high-flow release of water into the Colorado Riv...
November 15, 2012

Mojave Cross to return to desert home

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National Park rangers to send back cross Golden Gate National Recreation Area ranger Nijaune Winston stands by the Mojave Cross. The Natio...
November 11, 2012

Cross stands again

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The new Mojave Cross after it was installed on Sunday, November 11, Veterans Day. (DAVID OLSON/STAFF PHOTO) BY DAVID OLSON Press-Enter...
November 5, 2012

Stolen Mojave cross mysteriously reappears in California

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An unsigned note was found taped to the Mojave Memorial Cross, which was found Monday. A new cross is due to be raised atop Sunrise Rock at ...
November 4, 2012

Mojave Cross to be re-erected on Veterans Day

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Henry Sandoz and his wife, Wanda, visit the monument to fallen service members in Mojave National Preserve in October 2008, before the U.S. ...
November 1, 2012

Environmentalists sue over Cadiz water project

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Karen Tracy of Joshua Tree protests a groundwater management plan for the Cadiz project outside a San Bernardino County Supervisors meetin...
October 22, 2012

Mojave National Preserve Proposal Threatens Wildlife

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ALERT : Under the guise of a comprehensive water management plan, the National Park Service is proposing the removal of critical water sourc...
October 21, 2012

A Mojave Desert cross brings a lot of things to bear

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The head of the Mojave National Preserve had little reason to think that an exchange over a memorial built in 1934 would spur a 13-year saga...
October 15, 2012

Desert fossil discovery reveals surprises

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Desert tortoise eggs are among the finds at a solar project in eastern Riverside County A fragment of ivory from an Ice Age mammoth was f...