Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore endangered desert tortoise habitats.

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...

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Ethan Miller/Getty Images A California utility wants to end its agreement to buy power from a giant solar farm in the Mojave Desert because it found cheaper alternative clean energy sources ...

On Sunday at 8:55 p.m. a wind advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA valid from Tuesday 9 a.m. until Wednesday 4 a.m. for Mojave Desert Slopes. The NWS adds, "West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts ...

On Monday at 2:17 a.m. the NWS Las Vegas NV issued a wind advisory valid for Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. for Western Mojave Desert and Morongo Basin. The NWS adds, "West winds 20 to 30 mph ...

For comparison, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem comes in at No. 2, at just over 6 million acres. This corridor connecting the Mojave Desert to the Colorado Plateau may appear as a patchwork of ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...