DPC’s Fall Newsletter Now Online
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in DPC News, renewable energy | Comments OffThe Fall issue of El Paisano is now available here. This month's topics include our President's message, in which he eagerly awaits the approach of another desert hiking season; a report on POWER, a new group promoting responsible renewable energy ...
Desert Readings
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events | Comments OffSeveral desert-oriented readings and book signings are coming up, with Ruth Nolan involved one way or the other. First, her Phantom Seed reading series will take place at the Riverside Public Library at 1:00 p.m. on October 4, featuring desert poetry ...
Help the Desert This Weekend
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events | Comments OffWith atrocity after atrocity being enacted or planned on desert landscapes, it's easy to give in to unremitting gloom. There's no better antidote for this syndrome than to get out and do something to benefit the desert, using your own ...
Rangers on the Preserve – LA Times
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands | Comments OffHere's an interesting article about rangers in the Mojave preserve. Reminds me of the time a Joshua Tree National Park aide told me about camping on BLM land south of the park: "There's target shooting and off-roading. It's much more ...
Thrillcraft Video
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in off-road vehicles | Comments OffGeorge Wuerthner and the Foundation for Deep Ecology, who published Thrillcraft: The Environmental Consequences of Motorized Recreation, have teamed up with the Center for Biological Diversity to promote the book and a new video slideshow based on it. They've come ...
Sunrise Powerlink – It’s all about the LNG
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffIn case it wasn't already proven beyond a doubt, a new report from the California Energy Commission shows that the main purpose for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink is to import power from gas-fired plants in Baja California. An article by ...
National Public Lands Day – Jacumba Wilderness
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events, Stewardship | 1 Comment »For National Public Lands Day on September 27, the Bureau of Land Management is conducting a clean-up in the Jacumba Wilderness, near Smugglers Cave. Volunteers are welcome and needed! If last year's cleanup (pictured at right) is any indication, temperatures in ...
54th DPC Annual Meeting
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events | 1 Comment »We hope you'll join us at DPC's 54th Annual Meeting, to be held this year at the 29 Palms Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, close to Joshua Tree National Park. We'll have naturalist-led walks, three great speakers and a good ...
More on the Ivanpah Airport
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands | Comments OffGreat post from Chris Clarke today over on Coyote Crossing about a desert area that will be "affected" by the proposed Ivanpah airport. Check it out!
