Sage grouse listing “warranted but precluded”
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | No Comments »From the Center for Biological Diversity: LAS VEGAS— In response to a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental and faith-based groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that a population of the ...
SDUT spreading myths about CDPA 2010
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in DPC News, desert wildlife, renewable energy | 3 Comments »[Following is a letter to the editor DPC's Conservation Coordinator Terry Weiner crafted in response to the San Diego Union Tribune's misguided and simplistic editorial on the California Desert Protection Act of 2010.] Dear Editor, Thank you, Senator Feinstein, for introducing the ...
Off-Road Vehicles Thrashing State Park Lands, Report Shows
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Public Lands, desert wildlife, off-road vehicles | 1 Comment »New damage to desert pavement in the Desert Cahuilla Prehistoric Area — SCS Engineering photo Off–road vehicle (ORV) use continues to damage both cultural and natural resources in the Desert Cahuilla Prehistoric Area (DCPA), according to a report [PDF]released today by ...
A victory for Mexican wolves
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in desert wildlife, wilderness | Comments OffMexican wolf at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Chris Clarke photo TUCSON, Ariz. (Nov. 13, 2009) — The Mexican gray wolf recovery effort took a pivotal turn in the right direction today as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclaimed its decision-making ...
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 ...
Climate change threat to Joshua trees gets more press
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in Endangered Species, desert plants, desert wildlife | 2 Comments »The Riverside Press Enterprise reported Saturday on the increasingly widespread concern that in a century or so, Joshua Tree National Park's namesake species might not grow there anymore. The ancient plants are dying in the park, the southern-most boundary of ...
Army Rethinks Tortoise Relocation
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | 2 Comments »While the U.S. Marine Corps has announced plans to expand its 29 Palms base, the Army's Ft. Irwin expansion efforts faced some difficulty when the Army announced on Friday that it would suspend its much-criticized desert tortoise relocation program. As biologists ...
Bighorn Sheep Are Counting On You
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | 6 Comments »You're hiking up a rugged desert canyon somewhere at the eastern edge of southern California's Peninsular Ranges. The truck-sized boulders glow golden in the bright sunshine, and up ahead a clump of fan palms enlivens the mostly brown landscape. You ...
Bighorn Sheep Need a Home, Too
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | Comments OffIn contrast to its good news for the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, the US Fish & Wildlife Service has proposed a revision to southern California bighorn critical habitat that is mostly bad news. While the Service responded to public comment by adding back ...
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in desert plants, desert wildlife, wilderness | 7 Comments »This month a friend and I sat bathed in moonlight on the fringes of a desert wilderness, enjoying a hundred-mile view. Eastward we saw towering thunderheads, illuminated from within by frequent and gigantic lightning flashes as they released their catastrophic ...
