December 16, 2013

Johnson Valley: Deal will have Marines, public sharing access

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There were many twists and turns leading up to the compromise between off-roaders and the U.S. Marine Corps over access to Johnson Valley....
December 12, 2013

Court rejects Las Vegas' groundwater rights to rural valleys

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Nevada decision fails to protect water users, including those in Utah’s Snake Valley, judge says. View of Spring Valley from June, 2013. (Br...
December 11, 2013

Marines, offroaders reach compromise on Johnson Valley

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Detailed final Johnson Valley OHVRA map available here . by K Kaufmann The Desert Sun I t’s not often a bunch of off-roaders can wre...
December 7, 2013

Next stop on our journey: Barstow

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The Bottle Tree Ranch along Route 66 reveals some recycled treasures. / Courtesy photo Written by Kathy Strong Special to The Desert Su...
December 6, 2013

Mojave preserve offers views and plenty of Joshua trees

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The world’s largest concentration of Joshua trees grows in the Mojave National Preserve. (DEBORAH WALL/SPECIAL TO VIEW) By DEBORAH WALL ...
December 4, 2013

Clark County commissioners challenge desert tortoise impact fee

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Clark County commissioners plan to check with other jurisdictions and see whether they have concerns about the desert tortoise’s threatene...
December 3, 2013

Solar project planned next to Mojave National Preserve

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Soda Lake in the Mojave National Preserve reflects the sky. A commercial solar development is proposed within a mile of the lake bed, prom...
November 30, 2013

Follow Route 66 for novel kicks

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Needles is considered the gateway city to California on Route 66. Old Trails Arch Bridge across the Colorado River connects California wit...
November 24, 2013

Clark County officials lament spending $15.7 million on desert tortoises

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A desert tortoise tries to escape from a container at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center in Las Vegas in this 2012 file photo. Under ...
November 20, 2013

Off-roaders would lose land to Marines in Senate bill

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Johnson Valley By Courtney Vaughn Hi-Desert Star JOHNSON VALLEY — A bill in the U.S. Senate is helping to push along the Navy’s requ...
November 17, 2013

Developing a Fax Machine to Copy Life on Mars

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In a dry run for a mission to Mars, Synthetic Genomics was looking to find microbial life in the Mojave Desert, sequence its DNA and trans...
November 16, 2013

Arizona tortoise habitat tripling in size

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Sandra Lackey (left), President of the AWC Science Club, and George Arnett work on footings for the new tortoise habitat at the college du...
November 15, 2013

A railroad dinosaur is coming back to life

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Steam engine No. 4014, nicknamed Big Boy, was retired in 1959 but is being moved from Pomona to be restored as a traveling museum Union Pac...
November 14, 2013

Time to throw the Antiquities Act into the recycling bin of history

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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah OPINION By RON ARNOLD The Examiner T wo words — national monument — conjure Image...
November 13, 2013

Searchers find body believed to be missing hunter

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Greg Monroe of Victorville (KABC) by Richard Brooks Riverside Press-Enterprise T he search has ended for a missing hunter in the Moja...
November 12, 2013

Bighorn sheep numbers way down

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These bighorn sheep were photographed in 2009 on Old Dad Mountain, the same area of the eastern Mojave Desert where a deadly disease has s...

New Desert Protection Act Coming

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Commentary by Sen. Dianne Feinstein SCV News.com A s America’s environmental innovator, California d...
November 11, 2013

Interior secretary says Obama may bypass Congress on monuments

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she may advise Obama to act alone to create new national monuments if Congress doesn't act. Interi...
November 8, 2013

Pappy & Harriet’s owners celebrate decade of success

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The entrance at Pappy & Harriet’s (Pappy & Harriet’s) By Courtney Vaughn Hi-Desert Star PIONEERTOWN — In some ways, Pappy ...

Wind turbines blamed in death of estimated 600,000 bats in 2012

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BOULDER, Colo., (UPI) -- Wind turbines killed at least 600,000 -- and possibly as many as 900,000 -- bats in the United States in 2012, re...