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From afar (or even from just 10 feet away), the patch of land just south of Highway 62 and east of the town of Joshua Tree looks like any other undeveloped parcel of Mojave Desert landscape ...
There's a massive Joshua tree forest in northwestern Arizona. You can visit without the fees or crowds you'd find in a ...
Experience Arizona's pristine desert while hiking along incredible trails at the largest urban preserve in the Lower 48, just ...
Just like Joshua Tree National Park, the state’s iconic, yet fragile, desert trees (they’re technically yucca plants) are “doomed,” according to one longtime scientist studying the species ...
A view of Joshua Tree Memorial Park, in Joshua Tree, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. The memorial park is one of the few places in Southern California to offer natural burial services.
From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in June 2020. “To know the smoke tree is an experience; but one cannot know it at its strikingly best unless he has seen it in ...
Camping in Joshua Tree National Park is a great way to experience the California desert landscape. Here's everything you need to know, including the best campgrounds and RV parks.
The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought-resistant and heat-tolerant. ... “That juniper is probably close to 40 or 50 years old.
It’s hard to green the desert. Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required ...
Climate change is driving more dangerous summer heat across the U.S. Las Vegas, which reached 120 degrees last summer, is planting thousands of trees to help cool its hottest neighborhoods.