In addition to the national monument proposal, the Protect California Deserts campaign is separately proposing to expand Joshua Tree National Park to the east in the Eagle Mountain area. The vast ...

When a renewable energy company started razing thousands of Joshua trees this month to make way for a sprawling solar farm, it kicked up a firestorm of outrage among Mojave Desert residents and ...

After years of attempts to protect the western Joshua tree with designation under the state or federal Endangered Species Act, the iconic and gangly high desert plant finally will receive permanent ...

Sidestepping a thorny, long-running controversy, California officials have proposed a new Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, legislation that could streamline permitting for new housing, renewable ...

Their silhouettes are unmistakable: gnarled branches stretched out and up, greeting the desert sky with shocks of spiky leaves. As both a refuge and grocery store for dozens of native species, Yucca ...

Picture Joshua Tree National Park, but without the Joshua trees. Modeling shows that could be reality for the vast majority of the park by the end of this century if the triple threats of climate ...

California officials have released a new plan to conserve the western Joshua tree. The spiky fixtures of the Mojave Desert are under threat from climate change, increasingly prevalent wildfires and ...

The long-awaited and long-overdue draft of a state-federal plan to balance renewable energy development and habitat conservation in the Southern California desert could be indefinitely delayed — ...

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...

11:47 a.m. June 28, 2024: A previous version of this article misidentified the Pioneertown Mountains Preserve as Pioneer Mountains Preserve and reported that it encompasses 2,500 acres. The preserve ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change. The 294-page ...