By Terra Bransfield | Hello, my name is Terra. I am a freshman in high school and am 14 years old. I am a very outdoors person and enjoy working with animals. Along with animals, I take joy in participating in activities such as singing in my high school choir, dancing and playing the […]
The Case of Charleston View | By Patrick Donnelly | A little known corner of the northern Mojave Desert is being targeted as the latest solar energy sacrifice zone. Charleston View, California doesn’t have a Post Office or a zip code. Public meetings used to convene in front of the payphone, but […]
BLM Proposes to Significantly Increase ORV routes in the Western Mojave by Ileene Anderson and Phil Klasky In a move that has angered private property owners, conservationists, desert residents and visitors to the Western Mojave Desert, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to double the miles of off road vehicle (ORV) routes from […]
In this issue: • Soaring With The Condors: A Teenager’s Perspective • Renewable Energy and Changing Park Views • Climate Change on the High Desert Of Nevada • Desert Chaparral • A Different View of Owens Lake • Protecting the Heart of Mojave • ORV Routes in The Western Mojave: Adding Insult To Injury • […]
An Accurate Energy-Need Analysis Must be Part of the Plan By Joan Taylor Encompassing 22 million acres, the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) is the biggest, most complicated habitat plan ever attempted. Here are a few things you ought to know about it. To give credit, DRECP is a laudable attempt by the California […]
Download PDF (1.2 MB) • Solar Sacrifice Zones: Who Decides? The Case of Charleston View • Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument • Owens Lake Mitigation Finally Settled • Meet Joshua Tree National Park’s New Superintendent: David Smith • Notes from the Gateway to Death Valley: Home Of The Scorpions • DRECP – Vision Or […]
Download PDF (1.2 MB) • DRECP Plans To Guide The Way: The Future Of The California Desert • An Appeal From The Managing Editor Of Desert Report • Volunteers: The Untrammeling Of Death Valley’s Wilderness • Juniper Flats • Energy Versus Tortoises: The Sequel • Watching The Southwest Border • Poems by Ruth Nolan • Timely […]
Neighbors Face Noise, Dust, and Toxins By Susan Juetten Here in northern Nevada we’ve all heard tales of the Comstock District silver and gold rush, about 30 miles southeast of Reno, which started up right after the ‘49er gold strike in California. Unlike gold towns that became ghost towns, people hung on here, and today […]
Leonard Knight 1931-2014 by Ruth Nolan This is what I want you to write to the world / that the answer is “love.” / I’ve painted the word “love” at least 24,000 times out here in the desert” — Leonard Knight, desert artist/visionary 1931-2014 This is the story of a lone desert mountain, a hill […]
A Wonderful Bloom at the Eureka Dunes By Birgitta Jansen When Mike Cipra left his job in Death Valley National Park in February 2014, his wife Jane, the park’s botanist, did not go with him. When curious park staffers asked her how much longer she was staying, her face lit up and she replied with […]
