Desert Sun October 19th, 2017 For the past three years, female motorcyclists have descended on Joshua Tree for the Babes Ride Out campout and group ride. The event draws thousands, and its largest gathering yet is happening Oct. 19-22 at Joshua Tree Lake Campground. “As our event grows, our responsibility grows,” wrote co-founders Ashmore Ellis…
Washington Post October 18th, 2017 The Mojave Desert Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation group that has opposed the pipeline, echoed that concern. “He was one of the folks directing operations at the law firm that was lobbying for Cadiz, and that’s a pretty close link,” said Frazier Haney, conservation director at the land trust, adding…
Desert Sun Updated 5:26 p.m. PT Oct. 16, 2017 “State officials are now in a position to have a strong voice on the issue, and the federal government’s announcement on the pipeline doesn’t mean the project is cleared to move ahead, said Frazier Haney, conservation director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, which opposes the…
E&E News October 17th, 2017 The Mojave Desert Land Trust, a conservation group, also criticized BLM. “This latest decision by the Department of the Interior makes clear that the federal government is intent on rolling back environmental protections on public lands in the California desert,” said Frazier Haney, the group’s conservation director. “It is clear…
Highland Community News August 25th, 2017 7:19 am …“The Department of the Interior claimed they wanted to involve the public in the review process, and yet they are cutting the public out of the final recommendations,” commented Danielle Segura, Executive Director, MDLT. “The 2.7 million people who submitted comments to Secretary Zinke deserve to know…
Science Magazine August 18th, 2017 1:53 pm … Mojave Trails National Monument, California This 1.6-million-acre site in Southern California is the largest of a trio of monuments Obama set aside in the Mojave Desert in early 2016. Earlier this week, Zinke excused the 154,000-acre Sand to Snow National Monument from his review. Castle Mountains National…
Desert Sun August 18th, 2017 12:10 pm …In addition to suggesting that Trump shrink Castle Mountains, Cook has also called for redrawing the boundaries of Mojave Trails National Monument to remove a vast southern portion that connects the monument to Joshua Tree National Park. Conservation groups criticized Cook’s efforts to eliminate parts of the monuments. Danielle Segura, executive…
Across California Patch August 17th, 2017 4:29 pm Rep. Paul Cook has redoubled his efforts to adjust the boundaries of Mojave Trails National Monument while adding proposed changes to Castle Mountains National Monument. (Map of the proposed changes to Mojave Trails can be found here.) Rep. Paul Cook has suggested removing the southern portion of Mojave Trails…
Desert Sun August 17th, 2017 …Standing next to the Cadiz Dunes during a visit with his colleague Frazier Haney of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, Lamfrom said the attempt to scale back the monument flies in the face of years of community-based efforts to protect one of the wildest places in the California desert. “We…
Public News Service August 17th, 2017 …Danielle Segura, executive director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, said she wants to see Mojave Trails protected. But she said its fate is in question because Zinke’s number two at the Department of the Interior is a former lobbyist for a company that wants to drain water from…