Honestly, this thing is out of control,” said one grower. “You just keep wondering if it is going to get any taller.” ...

Federal officials are still looking for the person or people who illegally drove across a protected area within Death Valley National Park. The joyriding incident damaged several species of rare ...

Driving onto the dunes and damaging the threatened plants could lead to prison sentence of up to six months and a fines of up to $25,000, Ms. Wines said. A biologist for the Park Service noticed ...

Reckless joyriders slammed for destroying rare plants in Death Valley dunes By EMMA RICHTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 14:12 EDT, 15 January 2025 | Updated: 14:33 EDT, 15 January 2025 ...

Among those plants is the Eureka Dunes’ evening-primrose, which is also only found in Death Valley, NPS said. The plant was removed from the endangered species list seven years ago with “the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Rangers at Death Valley National Park are searching for clues as to who may have driven over rare plants in an area not designated for off-roading.

In Death Valley, there are an estimated 4,000 invasive donkeys, brought in the 1800s during the mining boom, despite the National Park Service’s efforts to bring the population to zero.

A Eureka Valley evening-primrose blooms in the sand of Eureka Dunes in this undated photo. The rare plant is being removed from the Endangered Species List after 40 years of protection.

The recovery of the plants is due in large part to the Bureau of Land Management’s closing the Eureka Dunes to off-road vehicles. The area was transferred to the management of the National Park ...

Two Death Valley plants saved by the Endangered Species Act By Louis Sahagun Feb. 26, 2014 2:59 PM PT ...

For Immediate Release, February 26, 2014 Contact: Tierra Curry, (928) 522-3681 Endangered Species Act Saves Two Plants Unique to California's Death Valley LOS ANGELES— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...