Comments on: Why Protect the Desert? http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2008/04/28/why-protect-the-desert/ News and Views from the Desert Protective Council. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:20:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The San Diego Special Edition - May 19, 2008 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2008/04/28/why-protect-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-25 The San Diego Special Edition - May 19, 2008 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:01:59 +0000 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/?p=70#comment-25 [...] Hogue presents Why Protect the Desert? posted at DesertBlog. As he describes it, “This post considers the question: what makes the [...] [...] Hogue presents Why Protect the Desert? posted at DesertBlog. As he describes it, “This post considers the question: what makes the [...]

]]> By: Larry Hogue http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2008/04/28/why-protect-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Larry Hogue Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:27:29 +0000 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/?p=70#comment-18 Well said, Gidon. Who else would like to weigh in? Well said, Gidon. Who else would like to weigh in?

]]> By: guardian de los parques http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/2008/04/28/why-protect-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-17 guardian de los parques Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:17:41 +0000 http://www.dpcinc.org/blog/?p=70#comment-17 glad you mentioned the pct, I hadn't seen anybody mention that component so far. from burnt rancheria to scissor's crossing,from the mountains to the desert, the pct, traverses beautiful and unique terrain as you pass through various ecotones transitioning from high country to low. the devastation of 160' tall power towers snaking through the wash below , on the timelessness of the current viewshed is difficult to fathom. I think the desert's beauty comes from the attenuated landscapes, reduced to the necessary for survival. In this environment things are revealed, the path of least resistance of a flashflood, a plant root's race against time and erosion,on a sandy arroyo's bank,as it searches for the little water that exists, or the undescribeable color,form and smell of happening upon a spring bloom at its peak. glad you mentioned the pct, I hadn’t seen anybody mention that component so far. from burnt rancheria to scissor’s crossing,from the mountains to the desert, the pct, traverses beautiful and unique terrain as you pass through various ecotones transitioning from high country to low. the devastation of 160′ tall power towers snaking through the wash below , on the timelessness of the current viewshed is difficult to fathom.

I think the desert’s beauty comes from the attenuated landscapes, reduced to the necessary for survival. In this environment things are revealed, the path of least resistance of a flashflood, a plant root’s race against time and erosion,on a sandy arroyo’s bank,as it searches for the little water that exists, or the undescribeable color,form and smell of happening upon a spring bloom at its peak.

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