A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military installations.
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JANUARY 25 With the Dakota Fanning rape movie "Hounddog" yet to find a buyer at the Sundance Film Festival, it remains unclear when (or if) the controversial film will land in U.S. theaters.
Feinstein was instrumental in passing legislation to establish Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, and the Mojave National Preserve.
After massive winter downpours, conservationists in California are eager to gather desert seeds as an insurance policy against a hotter and drier future.