Solar Done Right
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in renewable energy | Comments OffWe've launched a new campaign called "Solar Done Right." You can read a full description of the campaign's five principles by clicking on the link in the menu above. Click here to send a letter to the House Natural Resources ...
New from DPC
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature, DPC News | Comments OffIt's been a busy publishing season for the Desert Protective Council. Our spring issue of El Paisano, our quarterly newsletter, is now available online. This issue features: a celebration of Joshua Tree (both the park and its namesake yucca) by desert poet ...
Carnival of the Arid
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog is once again featured in the Carnival of the Arid, the roundup of desert-centric posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing blog. This issue includes hikes in Utah Canyonlands, caving near Barstow, video of javelinas in Arizona, ...
New El Paisano and Winter Action Alerts
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in DPC News | Comments OffOur latest issue of DPC's newsletter, El Paisano, is now available online. It covers a variety of issues, from the Red Rock Canyon State Park general plan, to the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative, to our new outdoor ed curriculum focused ...
Save the Desert Cahuilla Prehistoric Area
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in off-road vehicles | Comments OffOur friends at the Center for Biological Diversity have an alert asking people to write to help protect the Desert Cahuilla Area, east of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, from abusive off-roading. The State Parks department is considering applications for three massive ...
Sunrise Powerlink in the Blogosphere
Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffPhoto by Diana Lindsay. The Sunrise Powerlink hearings last Monday were well covered by bloggers. In addition to DesertBlog's coverage, here are several other sites: Christmas Letter blog: An informative post from one of the most eloquent speakers I heard at the ...
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 -- ...
California Desert Conservation Area Left Out of National Landscape Conservation Act
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Desert Politics, Public Lands | Comments OffAfton 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 ...
Join Us At The Desert Protection Summit, Saturday April 5th
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in off-road vehicles | Comments OffThe Desert Protective Council is co-sponsoring and helping to organize the Desert Protection Summit, a conference and public forum where you can learn more about the costs and environmental effects of off-road vehicles, and help find solutions to protect ...
Welcome to DesertBlog
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Welcome | Comments OffWelcome to DesertBlog, featuring news and views from the Desert Protective Council. Here you will find info on desert-related events offered by DPC and other organizations, alerts on desert conservation issues, thoughts on public lands conservation policy, occasional musings about the ...
