November 25, 2014

SMWD establishes agency to oversee Cadiz groundwater project

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By TOMOYA SHIMURA Orange County Register A project that will pump drinking water from a Mojave Desert aquifer and pipe it to south Oran...
November 20, 2014

BLM rejectes application for Silurian Valley energy project

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Kailah Miles,11, of Apple Valley and her brother Rex, 8, walk back to their family's campsite at the Dumont Dunes in the Silurian Valley...
November 8, 2014

Feds to flood Grand Canyon to distribute sediment

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Glen Canyon Dam water release in 2013. (Bureau of Reclamation) Associated Press Arizona Republic PAGE — Campsites along the Colorado ...

Will renewable energy ruin an 'irreplaceable' Mojave desert oasis?

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The BLM has called the Silurian Valley an "undisturbed, irreplaceable, historic scenic landscape." But now the federal agency is c...
November 7, 2014

Section of National Trails Highway to reopen

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Public Works equipment repairing a section of National Trails Highway between Newberry Springs and Ludlow to repair road damage caused by ...
November 2, 2014

A new push for protecting public lands in the desert

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Joshua Tree National Park, Wednesday, October 29, 2014. (Jay Calderon) Ian James The Desert Sun T wenty years ago, President Bill Cl...
October 31, 2014

Suspect identified in 8 graffiti vandalism cases in National Parks

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Casey Nocket identified as prime suspect In 'Creepytings' national parks vandalism (Modern Hiker) By Steve Gorman Reuters LO...
October 30, 2014

Desert act turns 20, what it saved

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Hikers climbing up to Keane Wonder mine in Death Valley National Park. (Rita Beamish) By Deborah Sullivan Brennan San Diego Union-Trib...
October 22, 2014

Southern California Desert Management Plan Worries Activists

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A sweeping renewable energy management plan for Southern California's desert regions is stirring fears about potential new solar farms a...
October 16, 2014

ROUTE 66: After the rains, a humbled highway

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Travelers are being turned away from fabled Route 66 and large sections of the historic highway have been closed since mid-September after h...
October 10, 2014

Las Vegas ‘tortoise gulag’ paroles last inmates

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A desert tortoise crawls free after being released into the desert near Primm on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. The Desert Tortoises Conservation ...

Federal Court: One Million Acres Near Grand Canyon Protected From Mining

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The Grand Canyon (Shutterstock) by Ari Phillips Climate Progress I n early October, an Arizona federal judge upheld the Obama Adminis...
October 6, 2014

Wilderness as economic stimulus? A closer look at the evidence

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By Shawn Regan The Hill There are many good reasons to love wilderness. The Wilderness Act, which passed 50 years ago this year, describes ...
September 30, 2014

Judges seem skeptical of U.S. in high-stakes Utah road dispute

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  PUBLIC LANDS Kane County, Utah, R.S.2477 road claims. Phil Taylor E&E / Greenwire DENVER -- A federal appeals court yesterd...

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 ...