September 30, 2014

As Wild Horses Overrun the West, Ranchers Fear Land Will Be Gobbled Up

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A roundup in the desert outside of Rock Springs, Wyo. For decades, the Bureau of Land Management has relied on a strategy of rounding up e...
September 28, 2014

Colorado River supply concerns mounting

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Lake Mead levels stand at an all-time low By Dale Rodebaugh Durango Herald T he water in Navajo Reservoir could play a role in meeting Co...
September 27, 2014

Glen Canyon Dam, key water source, marks 50 years

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Officials mark the 50th anniversary of the Glen Canyon Dam, a structure that helped usher in a new era in the Southwest. Water flows from th...
September 26, 2014

Massive Solar Power Project for California Desert Scrapped

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The proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System. (Palen Solar Holdings) by Chris Clarke KCET.org T he consortium of solar companies ...

Gifts in the desert: the psychology of Burning Man

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At the Burning Man festival, kindness flourishes and generosity is widespread. Research on the psychology of human altruism helps explain wh...
September 18, 2014

Feds charge five Utahns in Recapture Canyon protest ride

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Recapture » San Juan Commissioner Lyman organized the event in May to protest federal control of public lands ATV riders cross into a restri...
September 12, 2014

In Nevada, washed-out interstate is truckers' nightmare

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A bulldozer works on a flood-ravaged portion of Interstate 15 near Moapa, Nev. (John Locher / Associated Press) By JOHN M. GLIONNA Los ...
September 9, 2014

Ruling sticks: Salt Creek not a county highway

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RS 2477 fight » Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms narrow view of what constitutes “public use.” The Salt Creek/Horse Canyon road in the...

Interpreting the California Desert Landscape With Patricia Chidlaw

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Owens Lake 2012 by Patricia Chidlaw High & Dry KCET.org U nbeknownst to each other, L.A. art photographer Osceola Refetoff and Santa ...
September 5, 2014

Work begins on $1 billion solar plant in Nevada

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Silver State South concept. Associated Press Reno Gazette-Journal LAS VEGAS – Construction has begun on a $1 billion solar power gene...

New Center for Tortoises Opens In Mojave Preserve

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A baby desert tortoise | Photo: National Park Service by Chris Clarke KCET.org A first-of-its-kind center for studying the federall...
September 2, 2014

Burning Man Draws 66,000 People To The Nevada Desert

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Embrace at Burning Man 2014. By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press RENO, Nev. — The Burning Man counterculture festival drew a peak cro...
August 28, 2014

Dozens of desert tortoise sterilized

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By Caroline Bleakley KLAS-TV Las Vegas LAS VEGAS -- It might seem odd the desert tortoise, an endangered species, needs population contr...
August 27, 2014

Death Valley Mystery Solved

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Santa Barbara Team Discovers Wind and Ice Behind the Racetrack’s “Sailing Stones” HOW THE HECK? A sailing stone leaves a trail after it scoo...
August 26, 2014

The gates are open! Tens of thousands of stranded 'burners' flood into Burning Man site after festival is reopened following rare storm

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Deserted: Tens of thousands of people should have arrived to create a make-shift city in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. But after Monday...
August 25, 2014

Surplus of tame tortoises an Arizona wildlife crisis

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When they see the faces of these desert-dwellers, many fall in love with them, but now owners are surrendering them in record numbers. A 1...
August 21, 2014

Superior Court Releases Final Decisions in Cadiz Project Environmental Litigation

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Rulings Confirm Sweeping Victory for Project T oday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler issued final Statements of Decision (...