Urgent Parks Alert: Your Letters Needed
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Public Lands | 1 Comment »Passing along an appeal from our colleagues at the California State Parks Foundation: Dear Friend, Yesterday the Governor signed a revised Fiscal Year 2009-2010 state budget, based on the package of bills sent to him by the Legislature on July 24. In ...
Nearly extinct frog found in San Jacinto Wilderness
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in desert wildlife, wilderness | 1 Comment »Some good news from the "sky island" biome in our Low Desert. From Inland News Today: IDYLLWILD--For the first time in nearly 50 years, a population of a nearly extinct frog has been rediscovered in the San Bernardino National Forest. Biologists from ...
Comment deadline on Solar Energy Study Areas extended!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in BLM, Public Lands, renewable energy | Comments OffBarbara Boyle at the Sierra Club informs us that the BLM is granting a 45 day extension on public comment on Interior's Solar Energy Study areas. Those comments had been due by the end of this month. The new comment ...
Western Water Abuse hits the big time
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Desert Living, water | Comments OffUniversity of Arizona professor Robert Glennon, author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It, appeared on The Daily Show this week to promote his book. As is becoming the norm, we're treated to the spectacle ...
Help protect the Soda Mountains
Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off(Sent to DPC by Laurel Williams at the California Wilderness Coalition) The future of the Soda Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is uncertain. While many groups are advocating that this scenic and ecologically important area become wilderness, there has been pressure ...
California’s lucrative wildlife
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Public Lands | 1 Comment »The US Fish and Wildlife Service released a study this week that examined the benefit to the US economy from birding, indicating that the popular hobby contributes $36 billion annually to the nation's economy. The report was issued as an ...
Tell Interior Secretary Salazar to shut down ORV abuse
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Desert Politics, off-road vehicles | 1 Comment »As Ken Salazar settles into his role as the nation's 50th Secretary of the Interior, we have a chance to make our voices heard regarding one of the most crucial threats to our public lands: abuse by Off-Road Vehicles. Our ...
California State Parks Still in Danger of Closure
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Public Lands, off-road vehicles | 8 Comments »While the California legislature works this week to find alternative sources of funding for our irreplaceable state parks, there is a significant source of funds they should be urged to tap: the OHV Trust Fund. The state's Off-Highway Vehicle Division ...
