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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
LADWP Finally Fixes Broken Pipeline on Big Pine Paiute Reservation
Post date:Tribe's vegetable gardens died during long repair dispute.
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Wildlife
Redefine
Ten Great Places To Go Birding in The California Desert
Post date:Devoted birders can visit plenty of places right here in the California Desert to get their bird on.
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The Nosh
Food
The Fruitcake Gets its Just Desserts at Annual Festival in Inyo County
Post date:"The fete includes the traditional introduction of the Archival Fruitcake -- a 10-year-old fruitcake sealed inside a Cold War-era Civil Defense barrel."
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cbd
Redefine
Feds Release New Version of Desert Energy Plan
Post date:The newest version of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan is better, but it still needs work.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Mojave Project: John C. Van Dyke and the Desert Wasteland
Post date:Although collective attitudes towards arid landscapes have changed drastically over time, the concept of desert as wasteland continues to persist.
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bird mortalities
Redefine
Company To Withdraw Proposed Solar Tower Project in Inyo County
Post date:BrightSource Energy is abandoning its proposed Hidden Hills solar plant in Inyo County.
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Inyo National Forest
SoCal Wanderer
Inyo National Forest Opens Up Firewood Season
Post date:Chopping season in the eastern Sierra Nevada forest is scheduled to run through October 31.
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off-road vehicles
Redefine
Inyo County Off-Road Plan Scaled Way Back
Post date:Al plan to open up hundreds of miles of dirt roads and city streets to off-road vehicles in Inyo County has been cut back by 95 percent.
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endangered species
Redefine
Feds Won't Be Protecting California Sage Grouse After All
Post date:Wildlife advocates say the federal government is kowtowing to cow-country business interests.
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brightsource energy
Redefine
Agency Staff Urge End to Desert Solar Project
Post date:Staff at California's state energy agency are urging the Hidden Hills solar project in Inyo County be formally abandoned.
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endangered species
Redefine
Cute Rodent, Once Thought Extinct, Going Home Next Week
Post date:An endangered vole that scientists once thought was extinct will be going through a rite of passage next week.
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Amargosa Conservancy
Redefine
Inyo County Nixes Cap on Solar Plant Sizes
Post date:Inyo County Supervisors vote unanimously not to adopt a strict limit on the size of solar facilities.
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off-road vehicles
Redefine
Groups Sue to Block Inyo County Off-Road Plan
Post date:Inyo County has approved a plan to allow off-road vehicles on paved roads, but two conservation groups are suing to block the plan.
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off-road vehicles
Redefine
Enviros Split Over Off-Road Areas in Feinstein's Desert Bill
Post date:A bill that would protect the California desert is getting acclaim from conservationists, but one part of the bill isn't winning unanimous support.
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brightsource
Redefine
Big Solar Power Tower Projects Languishing in California Desert
Post date:Two large solar power projects that would use so-called "power-tower" technology to turn sunlight into electric power are still on hold in the California desert.
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Amargosa Conservancy
Redefine
Opposition to Inyo Solar Plan Isn't Going Away
Post date:Cuts to the amount of land Inyo County would make available to solar don't go deep enough, activists say.
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legislation
Redefine
National Monument Proposals for California Desert are Back
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
High & Dry: Caretaking the Ghosts of Cerro Gordo
Post date:In Cerro Gordo, a deserted mining camp in the Sierra Nevadas that dates back to the mid 1870's, the howling spirits of the past continue to haunt the living.
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mammals
Redefine
Breeding Program May Save Desert Rodent
Post date:The Amargosa vole, once thought extinct, is getting some help from a captive breeding program at UC Davis.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Jael Hoffmann: High Desert Sculptor of Internal Landscapes
Post date:The desert sculptures of Jael Hoffman represent the artist's philosophy on an internal tension between the true and projected self.