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Stewardship on the Desert Conservation Lands Retrospective: Tamarisk Removal
In coming weeks, we expect the Bureau of Land Management to finalize the Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation Plan (DRECP), in which the public lands of the Amargosa Basin are likely to be designated at California Desert Conservation Lands. To celebrate, we are highlighting the decade-long partnership between the Amargosa Conservancy and the BLM to engage in stewardship on these lands
Motor Vehicle Musings
The Conservancy has been strategizing with the BLM to restore the damaged areas off-route and provide post and cable barriers to prevent future incursions, as well as place interpretative signs and maps so recreators know where they are and how they can play a part in making sure the next generation has access to the same opportunities we have now.
Rodent Restoration Ramblings
“What is a vole?”
Small River, Big Waves
Two of our major areas of work were featured in a series on climate change produced by the Desert Sun and distributed via USA Today!
Bulrush in Blossom: Spring in the Amargosa Valley
Growing Native Bulrush in human care. We hope that supplementing the already existing bulrush in the marsh will help to facilitate even more successful growth rates. Soon enough, all of this happily growing bulrush will be more than ready to house it’s furry friend, the Amargosa vole.
Destination: Kingston Range
Located in northeastern San Bernadino county in Eastern California, the Kingston Range and Wilderness partially drain into the Amargosa Basin. The 7000+ ft peaks rise in the distance to the southeast of Shoshone and Tecopa.
Happy Faces in Muddy Places
As an AmeriCorps intern through the Student Conservation Association (SCA), my role at the Amargosa Conservancy is to be a steward of the surrounding lands and waters. Recently, my efforts have been focused on removing tamarisk from the Shoshone wetlands.
California Desert National Monuments Celebration in Washington
It felt a bit like the country mouse visiting his city cousins this week, as our Executive Director Patrick Donnelly ventured across the continent to Washington, D.C., to attend a celebratory reception at the Department of Interior for the new California Desert National Monuments.
Superbloom Continues, Grows
The Death Valley Superbloom continues!
President to designate California Desert national monuments
Press Release: Amargosa Conservancy applauds President Obama’s plan to designate California Desert National Monuments
Notes from the Field: Into the Muck
I’m lucky enough to learn from the experts and will soon take on the endeavor of helping with weekly pond maintenance.
Wildflower Update 2
Sadly, last weekend we had to cancel our planned wildflower walk. However, all the rain increases the likelihood that we will see a grand flower display all spring!
Amargosa Conservancy in the News
The early spring bloom in Death Valley and the Amargosa Basin brought a lot of attention to the Amargosa Conservancy. Several large media outlets picked up the story.
2016 Desert Wildflower Update 1
It may be a few months early, but wildflower season has begun!
Southern Inyo County Supports California Desert National Monuments
Press Release: Southern Inyo County community members travel to Whitewater Preserve in support of national monuments
Timbisha Shoshone
Who is the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe?
Visit the Amargosa Basin – Crown Jewel in the Mojave Desert
The Amargosa River is over 175 miles long occasionally resurfacing to create lush oases surrounded by a harsh dry desert environment. Theses oases are isolated from one another, and, as a result, each one provides unique habitats for species that are found nowhere else in the world except along this desert river.
Inyo County Has an Historic Opportunity to Plan for Small-scale Solar, Keep Landscapes Intact
On Wednesday, the Inyo County Planning Commission voted 5-0 in favor of a recommendation on the Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment (REGPA) which would drastically reduce the footprint of utility-scale solar energy.
The Silurian Valley Spared – But will it be Conserved?
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola proposed a massive solar facility in the Valley. The Bureau of Land Management Barstow Field Office denied Iberdrola’s application, stating that the potential impacts of the project to wildlife, historical resources, and recreational and scenic values, “likely could not be mitigated,” and ultimately deciding that, “the project would not be in the public interest.”
Utility-Scale Solar
We work with land managers and communities to protect our ecosystems and homes from inappropriately sited renewable energy projects. Not All Renewable Energy Plans are “Green” In response to proponents of solar/wind projects in pristine lands and to those who might be...
The Wild Rivers Project – Letter
Amargosa CRMP Scoping Comments A Project of Friends of the River and the California Wilderness Coalition View this letter as a PDF View this letter as a PDF
Nitre Lands of California: A Report on the 1903 Building
Prepared by Carol A. Corbett Great Basin Research 5036 N. Cimarron Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89149 For U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, CA 95825 Order No. BAP990119 January, 2000 View the full 30-page report as a PDF...