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Best of 2009-Lanscapes
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We had been hiking at the Joshua Tree Forest in the Mojave National Preserve for about an hour, when I saw this scene several yards off the path. Comment?
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Balanced way to protect desert
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, author of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act that upgraded Death Valley and Joshua Tree to national park status and created the Mojave National Preserve, is back with proposed protection for more of the Inland Empire's desert. Comment?
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NPCA Applauds Proposal To Add Land to CA Desert National Parks
Joshua Tree NP draws more than 1.3 million visitors per year. The National Parks Conservation Association , praised efforts to expand Joshua Tree and Death Valley National Parks and the Mojave National Preserve , as well as designate two new national monuments, several wilderness areas, and wild and scenic rivers. Comment?
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Feinstein desert bill to cover 1,500 square miles
WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation Monday that would establish a national monument along an area of Route 66 near Ludlow, expand the Mojave National Preserve and change the permitting process for renewable energy projects located on public land. Comment?
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Solar plant will create 1,000 jobs in desert
... Electricity Generating System in the Ivanpah dry lake bed west of the 15 Freeway and north of the Mojave National Preserve, about five miles southwest of Primm, Nev. Construction of the 440-megawatt complex, which officials say will nearly double ... 3 comments
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1,000 skilled laborers to get work building new Solar plant, firm says
... Electricity Generating System in the Ivanpah dry lake bed, east of the 15 Freeway and north of the Mojave National Preserve, about five miles southwest of Primm, Nev. Construction of the 440-megawatt complex, which officials say will nearly double ... 7 comments
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Driving Twenty Mule Team Canyon in Death Valley
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... team wagons that brought Borax from Death Valley to the rail lines to the south (in what is now Mojave National Preserve ) did not actually pass through Twenty Mule Team Canyon. The end of Twenty Mule Team Canyon Road To get to Twenty Mule Team ... Comment?
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Hunters now in environmentalists' sights
Telling the Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Game Commission they'd sue them if they didn't get their way, a collection of environmental groups has petitioned the commission to close the Mojave National Preserve to hunting much of the year under the specious guise of protecting endangered desert tortoises. 9 comments
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VOTD: The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
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... by utilizing a greenscreen set up in the director's living room. The most distant location was the Mojave National Preserve, site of the Kelso Dunes, the largest sand dunes in California, with over 4 miles of uninterrupted sand. Watch the short film ... Comment?
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... v. Buono . The case challenges the constitutionality of a large wooden cross that was placed in the Mojave National Preserve in California as a memorial for Americans killed in World War I. An employee of the Preserve claims the memorial violates ... Comment?
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U.S. Supreme Court: Will The Justices Walk The Way Of The Cross?
... influence of "diversity and inclusion." The original wooden cross and its replacements in the Mojave National Preserve -- 90 percent federally owned -- were erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, initially as a memorial to veterans of World War I. ... Comment?
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Fast-Tracked Solar Project Could Speed Mojave Desert's Demise
... System project would destroy rare plants and permanently alter prized views from the nearby Mojave National Preserve. It would also annually consume an estimated 32 million gallons of groundwater in a region where water is scarce. Such findings ... Comment?
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Government boxes crosses to hide them
I want to make an observation about a letter in the Oct. 24 edition. It concerned a cross erected in the Mojave National Preserve in the 1930s in honor of the fallen soldiers in World War I. The American Civil Liberties Union said this is unconstitutional. Comment?
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Supreme Court Hears Cross Case
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A Supreme Court argument Wednesday over a cross within the Mojave National Preserve sparked a sharp dispute over whether the Latin cross stands as a symbol of all fallen soldiers, including Jews and Muslims. Comment?
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... lions of acres of wilderness, made Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks, and established the Mojave National Preserve. Scott says it was always the intent to revisit the areas left out of the original act and seek protections for those areas. Comment?
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Supreme Court Hears Cross Case
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A Supreme Court argument Wednesday over a cross within the Mojave National Preserve sparked a sharp dispute over whether the Latin cross stands as a symbol of all fallen soldiers, including Jews and Muslims. Comment?
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Anniversary Celebration of California Desert Protection Act at Mojave National Preserve
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... and for wilderness protection. The day will be celebrated at a special event on Saturday at the Mojave National Preserve. The California Desert Protection Act was signed on October 31, 1994, and it was a big day for champions of desert parks. The ... Comment?
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Supreme Court Hears Cross Case
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A Supreme Court argument Wednesday over a cross within the Mojave National Preserve sparked a sharp dispute over whether the Latin cross stands as a symbol of all fallen soldiers, including Jews and Muslims. Comment?
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Mojave Preserve to mark 15th anniversary
KELSO Oct. 31 may be a day of fun and dress up, but for conservationists and rangers at the Mojave National Preserve, Halloween is the anniversary of a day that changed the California desert forever. Comment?
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Anniversary celebration for Joshua Tree this weekend
More than 500 supporters are expected to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act, which made Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks and established the 1.6 million acre Mojave National Preserve, according to a news release. Comment?
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