National park employees have been notified about a possible second round of layoffs; Mojave Desert groups warn of repercussions, impacts on SoCal land.

There's also more snow on the way across Utah's northern half ... Northwest and a high-pressure system setting up near the Mojave Desert. The pattern is helping move small "disturbances" around ...

“The Trump administration’s appalling 11th-hour move will destroy some of the last remaining habitat for threatened Mojave Desert tortoises in Utah and make a mockery of public lands protection.

Local and national conservation and environmental groups celebrated the decision, worried the highway would damage habitat for the endangered Mojave desert tortoise, only found in parts of Utah ...

Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid landscapes: As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile once inhabited the ...