Visiting Joshua Tree: a desert dweller’s guide
About three million people visit Joshua Tree National Park each year, and it’s the eighth-most visited U.S. national park overall. If you’re one of the many curious explorers coming to Joshua Tree this popular fall, winter, or spring season, it’s smart to first familiarize yourself with the sensitive desert landscape.
As a nonprofit located in Joshua Tree — and stewards and experts of the California desert ecosystem — Mojave Desert Land Trust recommends the following for a safe and sustainable trip.
Why I’m donating my estate
Donor Relations Manager Kellie Flint sat down with volunteer and donor Patty Domay to find out how she fell in love with the desert and why she's decided to join the Mojave Desert Land Trust's planned giving society, the Desert Stars.
We get by with a little help from our friends
We get by with a little help from our friends – AmeriCorps, that is. Twice in 2023, AmeriCorps National Civilian Conservation Corps (NCCC teams) assisted the Mojave Desert Land Trust with crucial habitat restoration and construction projects for our plant conservation department. Under wide desert skies, the volunteers – some fresh out of high school – aided some of MDLT’s most vital projects and properties, ranging from the remote Desert Springs in Kern County to our very own front door in Joshua Tree.