The Mercury News Posted March 6th, 2019 In the largest land conservation bill passed by Congress in 10 years, vast areas of California’s desert are headed for new protections that would prohibit mining, roads and off-highway vehicles, and enlarge two national parks, Death Valley and Joshua Tree. Read the full article –>
Los Angeles Times Posted March 6th, 2019 Little Lake Elsinore southeast of L.A. has shifted into superbloom mode. Blankets of orange poppies cover the hills in Walker Canyon, causing traffic on Interstate 15 to back up almost 20 miles at times. “Those hills are just covered with millions of poppies,” said Kim Cousins, president of…
National Geographic Posted February 26th, 2019 On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to authorize a sweeping land protection package that would protect over two million acres of land across the country. The nearly 700-page package includes legislation that touches nearly every state, expanding wilderness areas from New Hampshire to Alaska, carving out new…
23 ABC Bakersfield Posted February 27th, 2019 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Senator Dianne Feinstein’s California Desert Protection and Recreation Act has passed in both the House and the Senate. Read the full article
The Daily Press Posted February 27th, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed the Natural Resources Management Act, a bipartisan package of public-lands bills that would increase recreation and conservation in the Mojave Desert, and across the nation. Read the full article
“A lot of this is tied up in the perception that the desert is just a wasteland,” said Jessica Dacey, communications director for the Mojave Desert Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation group. “In fact, it is a very fragile ecosystem.”
The Press Enterprise Posted February 26th, 2019 The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its first significant public lands conservation bill in years, designating more than 1 million acres of wilderness for environmental protection and permanently reauthorizing a federal program to pay for conservation measures. Read the full article
The Daily Press Posted February 10th, 2019 APPLE VALLEY — Seeking to restore the landscape and teach the importance of respecting the land, a group of rock climbing enthusiasts scrubbed 400 graffiti markings from hills adjacent to Horseman’s Center Park this weekend. Read the full article
Desert Sun Posted February 6th, 2019 Desert X is scrambling to find a new spot on its map of artistic treasures for New York artist Jenny Holzer, who is having to come up with significantly revised exhibition. The nonprofit producer of the art spectacular opening Saturday pulled Holzer’s installation of large text projected against a…
The Daily Press Posted February 6th, 2019 This weekend, the Mojave Trails National Monument in Twentynine Palms will celebrate its third anniversary with a “Superbloom and Star Party,” a three-day event sure to delight both amatuer photographers and astronomers hoping to get an up-close-and-personal view of the largest monument in the United States. Read the…