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Barstow
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What Climate Change Will Mean for the California Desert
Post date:Hotter temperatures, the extinction of Joshua trees, more dust storms, and more could become the new normal.
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land use
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Is This The Worst Wilderness Congress in History?
Post date:Every congress since 1964 has designated new wilderness areas, often drawing support from both major political parties, except the one currently enthroned.
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land use
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The Mojave Cross Returns
Post date:The controversial Mojave Cross returns to Cima Dome in -- but not in -- the Mojave National Preserve.
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commentary
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Distress Signal: Hurricane Sandy's Take-Away Message
Post date:I never meant to be so predictive. In a column I wrote this summer about the extraordinary vulnerability of the Jersey Shore to the erosive force of hurricanes, I suggested it was so vulnerable because of Nature (Mother) and nature (human). Two months ...
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The Dog In The Road
Post date:I could only stand there, on the white line in the middle of the two-lane desert road, and hope the oncoming cars saw me in my dark clothing in time to slow and swerve around us.
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Joshua Tree
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Autumn Comes To The Desert
Post date:The shifting seasons bring changes to the Mojave Desert
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commentary
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Urban Legend: Earl M. Lewis and the Struggle for Better Government
Post date:Char Miller remembers the late Trinity University teacher that pushed the campus into a brave new world with his Urban Studies program.
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commentary
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The San Gabriels: A National Forest? A National Park? Does it Matter?
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water
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Do You Know Where Your Tap Water Comes From?
Post date:A new site helps you learn where your water comes from, and how well it's treated along the way to your tap.
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parks
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Cactus Removal to Begin in Joshua Tree National Park
Post date:Joshua Tree National Park plans to make it easier for people to leave their cars and see cholla cacti by removing cholla to make more room for cars.
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birds
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House Cats: Why I Don't Let Mine Outside
Post date:Keeping your cat inside really is better for everyone concerned: you, your cat, and the wildlife struggling to live outdoors.
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botany
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Nation's Largest Known Sycamore Found in Santa Barbara County
Post date:It's the second tree in Goleta that has been recognized as a "national champion."
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commentary
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The Last Green Republican? Russell E. Train, 1920-2012
Post date:He was deeply engaged with some of the late 20th-century's most pivotal environmental issues, and did so as a Republican stalwart -- Richard Nixon, for example, appointed him as the EPA's second administrator.
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deserts
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Winter in Joshua Tree Country
Post date:Joshua trees may denote hot deserts in many minds, but the place they live in gets pretty cold as well.
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Mojave Desert
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Ladder Pattern: Woodpeckers of the Mojave Desert
Post date:If you see a woodpeckery-looking woodpecker in the Mojave, it's probably a ladder-backed.
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California Now Holds World's Heat Record
Post date:The world's meteorologists agree: Death Valley holds the record for World's Hottest Place. Sort of.
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commentary
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Touring Yosemite: Why We See the Things We See There
Post date:Since the mid-19th century, Yosemite has been lauded as America's wonderland, its playground -- beguiling, transformative, divine. It is also a tourist trap. A new exhibit probes the connection between these two sides of Yosemite.
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imperial county
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Salton Sea Stench: Get Used To It.
Post date:Southern Californians had better get used to smelling the Salton Sea, because this week's stench will almost certainly return -- unless we restore the Sea.
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commentary
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Shuttle Endeavour Exhibit Can Also Hurt Science Education in L.A.
Post date:Street trees ARE science education.
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Gathering Nuts In The Desert
Post date:We're approaching pine nut gathering time in the California Deserts.