November 8, 2009: Save the date for our Annual Membership Meeting!
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in DPC News, Desert Events | 1 Comment »55th Annual Membership Meeting Sunday November 8, 2009 11AM–4PM. Meet DPC Board, staff, and your fellow members at the beautiful Whitewater Canyon Preserve, 2,851 acres surrounded by the BLM’s San Gorgonio Wilderness, a crucial transition-zone wildlife corridor between the San Jacinto and San Bernardino mountains. [Photo: Bighorn Sheep at ...
Solar worse for habitat than coal?
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffA fascinating new peer-reviewed study of energy development indicates that centralized solar electric generation may destroy more habitat per kilowatt-hour produced than coal, even taking mining into account. The study, Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat ...
ORV tracks in Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in BLM, Public Lands, mojave, off-road vehicles | 1 Comment »Harper Dry Lake, in the western Mojave between Barstow and California City, is not exactly wilderness. The lake is an historic airstrip serving the former town of Lockhart. It is ringed by alfalfa farms, most of them either fallow or ...
