It is spring time in the Mojave Desert and it is time to plant trees and bushes. In my almost 40 years living in the upper reaches of the Mojave Desert above 3500 feet, I have tried to plant many things. The biggest obstacle to my success of my non-native vegetation was planting a tree […]
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Virgin River Basin at Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be temporarily closed March 27 through May 12. The area closed includes the northern tip of Lake Mead National Recreation Area where the Virgin River meets Lake Mead, as well as surrounding lands. For a map of the closure area, visit www.nps.gov/lake/parknews/2014impoundment.htm.
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Grand Canyon, Ariz. — On Tuesday, March 18 at approximately 6:30 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call via satellite phone reporting a fatality on the Colorado River. The victim, a 31 year old male, was part of a private river trip of nine self-supported kayakers nearing the end of a 12 day
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. – With 6.3 million visitors, Lake Mead National Recreation Area was the sixth most visited site in the National Park Service in 2013, according to figures released by the NPS March 10. “Despite the 16-day government shutdown, visitation at the 1.5 million-acre park increased by 60,000 visitors compared to 2012,” said Christie
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Road Trip Series Part 1: Salton Sea Part 2: Salvation Mountain Part 3: Slab City Salvation Mountain Just south of the Salton Sea Visitor’s Center is a little town called Niland, CA, home to the infamous Salvation Mountain and Slab City. Just a few miles out of town on Beal Rd. a colorful scene appears
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Volunteers and biologists spotted 132 bald eagles as eight survey boats traced the shorelines of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave searching for raptor species. The National Park Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation teamed up for the mid-winter eagle survey Jan. 15
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Desert Tips Series How To Survive In The Desert by L. Bremner of DesertRoadTRIPPIN After years of desert travel I’ve picked up some great tips along the way. My Dad always had big 5 gallon tanks of water and extra gas when we went on long trips. He had spare batteries, fan belts, tools to
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[sc name=”route66″]Take a trip down Route 66 for good eats and good times You can sit at a counter, a table or in a red vinyl booth. Most likely the waitress will call you “Hon” as she hands you the menu — unless you are at the Village Cafe in Barstow. Owner Henry Wong does
Work will begin Tuesday, January 21, 2014 to deepen the Castle Rock Cut. The excavation project will increase the number of usable days of the cut during lower lake levels. National Park Service (NPS) staff will place “Closed Area” buoys around the work area and ready the site for the contractor, Brown Brothers Construction
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you can drive interstate 15 between los angeles and las vegas and never suspect just a short distance from the winding asphalt, bodies have been found. “If there were to be a cross everywhere someone dumped a body, the desert would look like forest lawn [cemetery],” said a former san bernardino county sheriff’s deputy chief.
