Rain at New Jersey shore as rare as in the Mojave Desert this fall as drought worsens
For months the New Jersey forecast has been warm temperatures, sunny skies and no rain, but the consecutive days of dry ...
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Fencing installed to protect endangered Mojave Desert tortoises from vehicles
Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.
Federal judge rules off-road plan illegal, environmentalists see victory for desert tortoise
A Tuesday ruling finds 6,000 miles of dirt roads set aside for motorized recreation ignored studies showing high death rates ...
Judge tosses out Mojave off-road plan for not adequately protecting imperiled tortoise
A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert ...
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USGS to conduct low-level helicopter flights over the western Mojave Desert
A helicopter dangling a massive, hula hoop-shaped sensor will soon be carrying out low-level flights above the High Desert as part of a USGS survey.
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Federal agencies failed to properly address threatened species in Mojave Desert off-roading route dispute, judge rules
The judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management did not designate off-road vehicle routes with the objective of minimizing ...
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Fencing installed to protect endangered Mojave Desert tortoises from vehicles
Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in ...
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USGS to conduct low-level helicopter flights over the western Mojave Desert
"The purpose of the survey is to provide images of subsurface electrical conductivity that expand the fundamental knowledge of the geology of the western Mojave Desert," according to a statement ...