The Bureau of Land Management was ordered to close down popular off-roading trails in parts of the Mojave in order to protect the imperiled desert tortoise.

A federal judge ordered the closure of 2,200 miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert to protect endangered ...

A federal judge said the off-road vehicles are “a significant ongoing cause of harm” to the desert tortoise population.

The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for ...

Construction of a new highway corridor in southwest Utah has been paused yet again after a federal judge granted a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has prohibited ...

Press surrounding the closure of a handful of off-road trails in the Mojave are that of "the sky is falling." The truth is far more benign, but that's not what the Blue Ribbon Coalition wants you to ...

Sand to Snow National Monument is just west of Joshua Tree National Park.

Twentynine Palms encompasses about 59 square miles divided into residential neighborhoods and a revitalized downtown area known as Freedom Plaza. The 10-acre downtown includes the Joshua Tree National ...

There’s a time and a place for almost everything, including off-road driving. After a recent legal ruling, however, there’s one place where that is distinctly not the case: a sizable stretch of the ...

Snow Canyon isn’t one of the “Mighty Five” but it’s mighty fine nonetheless—and it has a fraction of the visitors.