June 27, 2015

Endangered Amargosa voles return to Mojave Desert

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University of California, Davis veterinary professor Janet Foley holds an Amargosa vole in Shoshone, Calif. Twelve endangered voles were s...
June 11, 2015

National monument becoming watershed moment

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Local officials face off against environmentalists Map courtesy of Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Hubble Ray Smith Kingman Daily Miner K...
May 15, 2015

Old Woman Mountains get a touch of new

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The landscape in the Old Woman Mountains Preserve in San Bernardino County. The Native American Land Conservancy recently completed a proj...
May 11, 2015

Colorado River and drought: Arizona's dam problem

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Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona. (Ariane Middel/Flickr) Jon Talton - Rogue Columnist Tucson Sentinel A photo hangs in my study showing my moth...
May 8, 2015

Project pumping desert water for O.C. to begin next year

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Cadiz Valley Water Project BY TOMOYA SHIMURA Orange County Register C onstruction for a project that will pump drinking water from a ...

Suess named superintendent of Mojave National Preserve

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Sup. Todd Suess (pronounced "cease") San Bernardino Sun T odd Suess, a veteran of federal land management agencies in the we...
April 17, 2015

Utah Supreme Court request could have big implications for state's bid to claim roads on federal land

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Road claims » Clarification of statute could shape counties’ ownership petitions Rancher Chris Odekerken poses for a portrait along K2825 on...
April 3, 2015

Desert off-road plan draws opposition from environmentalists

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Map of the West Mojave (WEMO) Route Network Project and Plan Amendment. (BLM) By Jim Steinberg The San Bernardino Sun VICTORVILLE — A...
March 28, 2015

San Bernardino County’s national parks face huge repair backlog

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"The potholes on the road in the (Mojave) National Preserve are so bad that people are getting flat tires." Joshua Tree National P...
March 13, 2015

Desert tortoise gets 7,400 acres

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Biologist Jeff Valentine, working for BrightSource, walks back to his truck just outside the gates of the BrightSource solar project in 2011...
March 10, 2015

Desert plan shifts focus to public land

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Federal and state officials put plans for privately owned land on the back burner. Larry LaPre, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Bureau of...

The Desert Oracle Is Your New Favorite Guidebook

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by Rick Paulas KCET.org T he Desert Oracle is a new print quarterly, and it's amazing. I could try to come up with the perfect 100 w...
March 7, 2015

Water grab pits Las Vegas against Mormons

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Spring Valley, which sits atop an aquifer 263 miles from the country clubs and casinos of Las Vegas, is the focus of a Nevada legal fight...
February 27, 2015

As the River Runs Dry: The Southwest's water crisis

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ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST SEEK A BALANCE OF GROWTH AND WATER CONSERVATION AS SUPPLY CONTINUES TO DECLINE Evening and water levels fall at...