Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle ...

Public lands in the California desert are filled with privately owned parcels.

A federal judge has ordered off-highway vehicle riders to steer clear of more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes through ...

Millions of acres of the Mojave Desert, home to five military bases and at least 40 protected species, including the desert tortoise and Joshua trees, will have more protection thanks to a designation ...

The judge issued an injunction at the request of environmental advocates who had prevailed two years ago on the merits of their lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management.

A federal judge has prohibited off-road vehicle use in critical habitat for desert tortoises in California’s western Mojave ...

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument in Riverside and Imperial counties. Chuckwalla National Monument was established in mid-January by outgoing ...

This story has been updated with additional information. Hikers, hunters and campers are breathing a sigh of relief after Congressional maneuvering temporarily halted a controversial proposal ...