April 26, 2017

The Desert Oracle's Ken Layne

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Protege of Country Dick Montana and Buddy Blue Seigal Ken Layne: The desert is very good for revelations. By Matthew Lickona San Diego Rea...

Trump executive order puts Sand to Snow, Mojave Trails national monuments in crosshairs

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The Mojave Trails National Monument spans 1.6 million acres that offer a stunning mosaic of rugged mountain ranges, ancient lava flows and s...
April 14, 2017

Marines move imperiled desert tortoises out of harm’s way

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Biologists work with the USMC, BLM, the California and US Fish & Wildlife Services to relocate about 1,100 to 1,500 Desert Tortoises f...
April 13, 2017

Once-abandoned Searchlight subdivision may soon be buzzing with drones

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Aerial view of Searchlight airport on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Jonathan Daniels, founder of Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, plans...
April 4, 2017

Feinstein fumes as Trump team waives environmental review for Mojave water project

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Scott Slater, CEO of the Cadiz water project, stands near a basin at the project site near Needles, California, Slater and Cadiz have recent...

Trump administration boosts huge Mojave Desert water-pumping project

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Environmentalists say the Cadiz project would rob the desert of the water that plants and wildlife need to survive. A pumping station design...
April 3, 2017

Long-Living Tortoises Roam Protected Portion of Mojave Desert

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Desert tortoise By Renee Eng Spectrum News CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — In the Mojave Desert, it’s not uncommon to see rabbits or even ...
April 1, 2017

Got $5 million? You could own this sustainable "ghost town" in the Mojave Desert

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In the Mojave Desert town of Nipton, the spirit of Western frontier has transformed a forgotten outpost into a self-sustaining ecotopia wher...
March 28, 2017

When the Desert Blooms

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Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California (iStock) James MacDonald JSTOR T he California desert is awash in color. Followin...

LADWP scrambling to prepare dusty Owens Valley for possible floods

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Overflow from the Owens River creates a mirror pond near Bishop reflecting the snow-capped Sierras. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) by...
March 24, 2017

Ecologist Steps in to Lead Mojave Desert Research, Education Center

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Darren R. Sandquist is the new Desert Studies Consortium director. CSUF News Service F or over 25 years, ecologist Darren R. Sandquis...
March 5, 2017

BLM stops efforts to restore desert water sources

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Jim Matthews By Jim Matthews Hesperia Star www.OutdoorNewsService.com W ater for Wildlife, a desert conservation organization that r...
March 2, 2017

Federal officials OK desert tortoise transfer

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Marines wait for a desert tortoise - endangered and protected from harm or harassment by federal law - to move off the road during an oper...

Super bloom looms in county desert

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Desert Sunflowers are at the beginning to bloom at Anza-Borrego Desert. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / San Diego Union-Tribune) J. Harry Jones San...
February 28, 2017

Bridge work to force extended road closure on Route 66 in Amboy

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The East Mojave desert area is subject to extreme weather conditions including summer monsoonal moisture. Flash flooding can damage bridge...
February 27, 2017

Joshua trees meet very different fates in California, Arizona

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The sun goes down on Joshua trees at Castle Mountains National Monument in eastern California on Feb. 1, 2016. Private land across not far...