Joshua Tree National Park News

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2005 court decision overturning the land exchange necessary for the development of the Eagle Mountain Landfill near Joshua Tree National Park.

Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the maddening crowds.

California Governor Schwarzenegger just wrote $9,000 worth of I.O.U.s to clean up Joshua Tree National Park, as it was infested with more than 3,000 highly flammable golf balls.

Prospectors hoping to retire rich burrowed into the high desert that today is part of Joshua Tree National Park.

In 1994, Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, which made Joshua Tree a National Park.

The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park will hold a two-day field class on edible plants of the desert from 9 a.m. to evening Oct.

Speaking in Palm Springs today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said the United States could be generating 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025, and the Coachella Valley could be the "point of the spear in making these goals a reality." Salazar was in the valley today for an aerial tour of federal parks and the public ...

Joshua Tree National Park could end up with no Joshua Trees because climate change threats, according to a new report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.

CHEAP EATS It looked like a good place to sit and so we sat there, basking in the relative fluorescentlessness.

Rangers at Joshua Tree National Park reveal that the 3,000 golf balls - plus some tennis balls , along with assorted cans of food, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables - that have been found around the high desert natural refuge were scattered by 57-year-old Douglas Jones of La Quinta.

Los Angeles officials confirmed Tuesday that they may abandon a hotly debated plan to route electrical transmission lines across undisturbed areas of the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree National Park.

"A man who says he hurled thousands of golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year to honor deceased golfers will be explaining his tribute to a federal magistrate ." According to the AP, the man, whose son works at a golf course, threw 3,000 golf balls from his car.

Saturday, September 26, 2009 is National Public Lands Day. People all across the country will turn out on this day to take part in volunteer projects to benefit Americaa s shared heritage, its public lands.

A man who said he hurled thousands of golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year to honor deceased golfers will be explaining his tribute to a federal magistrate.

A La Quinta man is scheduled to face a federal magistrate this month on accusations he threw thousands of golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year.

"Sundown, Joshua Tree National Park" by artist Joe Statuto is one of the many works that will be on display at the Northeast Photo Club's new photography exhibit that opens Oct.

I know that there are many who love going to California's many parks. There is one Green who travels out from LA to Joshua Tree National Park.

British hipster favorties the Arctic Monkeys sound altogether different after a sojourn in the Southern California desert.

I have a thing for rock climbing. The "thing" has grown over the years due to the fact I've not been able to find a willing body to climb with me anywhere.

Joshua Tree National Park is seeking new volunteer members for the park's Search and Rescue team, JOSAR.