Threatened Desert Tortoise
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, desert wildlife | No Comments »Threatened Desert Tortoise Takes Another Hit In March in the Mojave Desert northeast of Barstow California, the US Army began removing close to 800 desert tortoises from habitat considered critical to their survival to an area south of the Ft. Irwin ...
New Algodones/Imperial Sand Dunes Planning Process
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, desert plants, off-road vehicles | No Comments »The Algodones Dunes, photo by Andrew Harvey. The beautiful Algodones Dunes lie on the eastern edge of Imperial Valley. Besides being vast and magnificent, they contain a number of plants and animals that live nowhere else in the world, including the ...
California Desert Conservation Area Left Out of National Landscape Conservation Act
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Desert Politics, Public Lands | No Comments »Afton Canyon, just one of the many spots in the California desert left out of today's passage of the National Landscape Conservation Act. Two hours ago, the United States House of Representatives passed the National Landscape Conservation System Act. This is good news ...
