DesertUSA Travel Guide: National Parks, State Parks and outdoor attractions
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Saturday, April 20, Tracking in Joshua Tree National Park for Families This is a half-day course for children from 8 – 13 years and their parent, grandparent, or guardian. Track alongside experienced trackers and learn to read the landscape like an open book. The desert is not empty if you know how to read the ground! [...]
Death Valley, CA, NV–Death Valley National Park invites the public to the first ever “Musical Round-About” at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center Auditorium on March 22nd. The concert is the second of several events aimed at showcasing the artistic talents of the Death Valley community both within and adjacent to the park. Featuring musicians from the greater [...]
Death Valley, CA–Join Death Valley NP for the second annual MarsFest (formerly Mars and the Mojave) March 1 – March 3, 2013.MarsFest is an annual science festival for all ages and interest levels held in Death Valley National Park.The festival is a partnership between the National Park Service and several NASA centers and NASA-sponsored research arms (the [...]
Joshua Tree, CA, April 6, 2013 – The desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii is a fascinating species whose existence is threatened. Starting in the classroom, Edward LaRue Jr., representing the Desert Tortoise Council, will discuss tortoise detection and occurrence in the Morongo Basin since 1989, construction monitoring, current threats to the species, and tortoise life history. [...]
Tickapoo Valley, Nevada, March 22, 23, 24 & 25, 2013 – Joshua trees are the most unique and recognizable plants of the Mojave Desert, but the most amazing thing about them may be their unusual pollination biology. Joshua trees are pollinated exclusively by two species of yucca moths – tiny grey moths that carry pollen [...]
Monument Volunteers Help with Bat Research A yellow bat Usually in September, people start the school year by asking their friends about the places they visited and the things they did over the summer – with typical answers like “visited family out of state, or hung out by the pool.” But for a few volunteers [...]
Death Valley will celebrate the re-opening of the Furnace Creek Visitor Center on November 3rd and 4th, 2012, with 20 Mule Team demonstrations, new interpretive exhibits, music and an official ribbon cutting. Entrance to the park is free on both days. • Remodeled LEED Certified Mission 66 Visitor Center• HD “Living Death Valley” Film• New Interpretive [...]
Every year Shoshone Village celebrates the rich heritage of the area by bringing together enthusiasts of Western history and culture for a fun filled weekend. Take a walk through time at the historical Shoshone Museum and relive the area’s reich past through the memories and writings of special museum speakers. Pick up a map of [...]
The Desert Sun is reporting that Salvation Mountain “has faced major challenges in recent months after deteriorating health finally forced the 80-year-old Knight to depart for a care facility in December. Days later, Knight’s 47-year-old assistant and caretaker, Kevin Eubank, suddenly died of a heart attack.” The paper reported that a caretaker, Adam Zeek, has [...]
Date: August 22, 2012 Death Valley, CA–On the evening of August 10th a weather event that included several dry lightning cells ignited several fires in the vicinity of Hunter Mountain in the Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park. These lightning strikes resulted in two wildland fires, the South Fire and the Pass Fire, [...]
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