Provisions of the California Desert Protection Act of 2010
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Desert Politics, Public Lands, mojave, off-road vehicles, renewable energy, wilderness | 1 Comment »DPC supports Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the CDPA 2010. The bill, S 2921, adds protective status for large swaths of the California deserts and we applaud the Senator for crafting legislation to preserve our beloved California Desert. There are, however, ...
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 ...
Joshua Tree National Park protected from giant landfill
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in BLM, Desert Politics, Nature Matters, wilderness | 2 Comments »Still untrashed. Photo by thirteenthbat Tuesday, Nov. 10 2009 — Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed environmentalists a major victory by ruling that the federal Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) approval of what would have been the world’s largest ...
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 ...
Two Ways to Help Wilderness Today
Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in off-road vehicles, wilderness | Comments OffWRITE A QUICK LETTER FOR MORE WILDERNESS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY Imperial County has many exquisite wild areas that are unlike places anywhere else in the world. These unique landscapes in Eastern Imperial County include Milpitas Wash, with towering palo ...
House passes wilderness bill
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in wilderness | Comments OffView of the existing San Jacinto Wilderness, looking toward the newly designated South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness (one of those ridges in the background.) Photo by Larry Hogue From the Los Angeles Times: House passes bill to expand wilderness in 9 ...
Wilderness Bill 3 Votes Short
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in wilderness | 2 Comments »On Wednesday, the House of Representatives missed the 2/3 majority needed to pass S. 22 by just 3 votes. This is the Omnibus Public Lands Bill that contains over 700,000 acres of new wilderness designations for California alone, with a ...
More Desert Wilderness
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Public Lands, wilderness | Comments OffEarlier this month, we asked you to call your U.S. Representatives to show support for the national Omnibus Public Lands Bill, containing wilderness desig- nations for over 700,000 acres in California. (If you haven't called your representative yet, please do ...
Call Your Representative for Wilderness
Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in wilderness | 1 Comment »Our friends at the California Wilderness Coalition are asking wilderness enthusiasts to call their U.S. Representatives, urging passage of the 2009 Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. The bill will designate new wilderness areas in several states, including 700,000 acres in California. ...
First the Good News…
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in Public Lands, wilderness | Comments OffThe Senate voted yesterday to pass wilderness legislation covering two million acres in nine states, and hundreds of thousands of acres here in California, including desert areas in and around Joshua Tree National Park. The bill must now go to ...
