February 28, 2013

Off-roaders, military wage a dirty battle

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Some are up in arms after the Marine Corps says it wants to take a stretch of wilderness for training. Marines train with an Abrams tank at...
February 26, 2013

Utah national parks say they can absorb cuts

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Shadows encroach on Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park. (Courtesy, Shane Farver) By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Washington...

Woman Speaks Out on Ranching Empire

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SNWA owns seven rustic ranches in Spring Valley By George Knapp and Matt Adams 8 News NOW SPRING VALLEY, Nev. -- The Southern Nevada Wa...
February 25, 2013

Bills keep pushing federal land transfer

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BLM Geologist Doug Powell makes his way through a rock garden of "Hoodoo's in the Escalante Grandstaircase National Monument east o...
February 22, 2013

Aging gracefully: Desert plants live long past century mark

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Joshua tree. By Jimmy Biggerstaff Hi-Desert Star A saber-toothed tiger might have stepped on it. A mastodon shaking its behemoth body...

Banning, Beaumont Assemblyman Wants Salton Sea Restored

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"There was a time when the Salton Sea attracted more visitors per year than Yosemite," Nestande said. "I want to empower the ...
February 21, 2013

Opposition Grows To Wind Development Near Mojave Preserve

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Avikwame seen from Wee Thump, January 2010. This view would be filled with wind turbines in the distance | Photo: Chris Clarke Commentar...

Water for Desert Wildlife comes at an expense

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Jim Niemiec Western Outdoor News M other Nature has blessed the high desert with more than a normal amount of rain thus far this year, i...
February 14, 2013

Twentynine Palms Base closer to expanding into Johnson Valley

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U.S. Marine Corps wants to acquire most of the Johnson Valley area used for popular off-road rock crawling sports to expand its Twentynine P...
February 5, 2013

They Kept Ward Valley Nuclear-Free

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COMMENTARY | THE HIDDEN DESERT Ward Valley (Photo: Center for Land Use Interpretation/Creative Commons License) by Chris Clarke KCET.c...
February 1, 2013

Federal gift of land to schools went awry

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Jill Tucker San Francisco Chronicle T here was a time when California's schools were financially set for life - holding the rights...
January 31, 2013

Acting on tip, federal officials recover stolen petroglyph panels

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The location of the petroglyphs, stolen from a sacred Native American site last fall, was disclosed in an anonymous letter. The tip may have...
January 29, 2013

Tortoise center wants out of the shelter business

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Mojave Max, Nevada's most famous desert tortoise, roams the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center in September 2009. (Las Vegas Review-Jo...

MOJAVE DESERT: Reward offered in burro death

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Burros rounded up from public land in the West are held in BLM corrals until adopters can be found. (File photo) BY David Danelski Press...
January 28, 2013

Boulder City Bypass project protects tortoises

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By Joe Hawk LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL W hite men must not be the only creatures who can't jump. Fortunately for Steve Cooke, the d...
January 16, 2013

Interior Chief Salazar stepping down in March

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FILE - In this March 9, 2009 file photo, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Washin...