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Land Use:
If more timber is harvested in Oregon, it puts a greater burden on California and other neighboring states to meet the federal conservation requirements to keep endangered species alive, says a group opposing the bill.
Land Use:
Los Padres National Forest is among a dozen of the nation's most unique landscapes that are threatened by oil and gas drilling.
Land Use:
In a bit of long-awaited good news for Joshua Tree National Park and its wild residents, the agency responsible for disposing of L.A. County's trash has abandoned the idea of using the closed Eagle Mountain Mine as a landfill.
The Hidden Desert:
In November, the California Air Resources Board ruled that according to data from lakebed monitors, the DWP was solely responsible for the horrendous air quality caused by dust blowing off Owens Lake. DWP's response? Get rid of the monitors.
Land Use:
Every congress since 1964 has designated new wilderness areas, often drawing support from both major political parties, except the one currently enthroned.
The Hidden Desert:
The controversial Mojave Cross returns to Cima Dome in -- but not in -- the Mojave National Preserve.
Land Use:
A pair of court cases came to a close this month that spelled good news for two of California's National Parks.
Land Use:
Two plots that contained a total of 22,478 marijuana plants in the Los Padres National Forest were eradicated on Friday.
Land Use:
Various environmental groups recently sued the U.S. Forest Service in the hopes of achieving a goal: more potential wilderness area.
Golden Green:
Will the Mojave Desert, which is growing exponentially, have enough water to survive?
Commentary:
We know so little about the Black Hills in Imperial County. This piece may well be the only published description of the range's flora and fauna, sketchy as it is.
Land Use:
A new bill would designate 64,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest as wilderness, among other things, but attached provisions would allow more off-road vehicle areas and more.
Land Use:
The Inyo, Sierra and Sequoia national forests are among the first public lands that will undergo a proposed national forest planning rule that will dictate how they manage activities like hiking, hunting, road construction and mining.
Land Use:
Imagine a new Joshua Tree National Park: Operated by a Border Patrol that allows unregulated building of roads, ignores environmental standards, and shuts down access in the name of national security.
Botany:
The deserts are largely unexplored, in a biological sense: much of our deserts' biological diversity is yet to be discovered and described. It's a floristic frontier out there.
Commentary:
Is the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone in the California desert appropriate for solar development?
Commentary:
At first glance, the ground cover in these spots may seem unremarkable, as if someone had just spread a layer of gravel over a dead surface. Look a little closer, though, and surprises emerge.
Golden Green:
Our best bet for how to adapt to climate change may be large and vibrant cities.
Commentary:
There was one unambiguous piece of good news in the long-awaited draft documents about solar energy development in the Southwest. The rest? Well...
Land Use:
The National Park Service (NPS) released a study last week, detailing how California's San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains might fit into the National Park System. The Draft San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment is...
'Slake' Video Project Puts Heat on LADWP Over Owens Valley
The story of the Owens Valley Water War is usually told in the past tense, but it still unfolds today, a century later. And a forthcoming video series intends to bring us all up to speed.
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