News and Views from the Desert Protective Council.

Desert Bloom Still Going

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Nature Matters, desert plants | 3 Comments »

UPDATE Here are a few flower photos Gidon Singer took on his hike from the Lagunas to Scissors Crossing, on his way to the May 12 Sunrise Powerlink hearings in Borrego Springs. And it's not just flowers that are out this ...

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 ...

Why Protect the Desert?

Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Sunrise Powerlink | 3 Comments »

The Sunrise Powerlink would run at the base of the distant mountains in this photo, altering the experience of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in the San Felipe Hills. "The desert's a good place for the Sunrise Powerlink -- ...

Two Forms of Desert Wildlife This Week

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events, desert wildlife | No Comments »

The past two weeks may have convinced you that it's all Sunrise Powerlink all the time here at DesertBlog, but we're interested in other topics too. Really... how about these two events for some relief from the gloom and doom? Starting ...

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, theĀ United StatesĀ House of Representatives passed the National Landscape Conservation System Act. This is good news ...