Birds threatened by wind development; Grazing damages public lands; Nesting hawks delay Ivanpah transmission.

Cadiz groundwater project is unsustainable; saving the Colorado River with accordions; keep solar off deserts and on rooftops

BrightSource delays IPO; Rancher illegally overgrazing proposed National Monument; Feds agree to tribal settlement

Rancher defies injunction to remove illegal cattle; Paddlers' perspective on the Colorado Delta; Illegal ORVs trash preserve

Weed whackers in Tucson; BrightSource's Smoke and Mirrors; Rattlesnakes in Hollywood.

Neotoma lepida, the desert woodrat | Creative Commons photo by randomtruth

When Philip Wells and Carl Jorgenson set out to hike on Aysees Peak in Nevada's Mojave Desert one day a half century ago, they didn't expect to find one of the most important libraries in the world. They especially didn't expect that the archivist would be one of the desert's most common rodents.

Sage grouse, horticultural diversity, and solar news

Navajo and Hopi protest giving up all water rights; Nevada's Coyote Springs development languishes; Solar bankruptcy

First Solar's Antelope Valley dustbowl; Tucson does climate preparation; lots of desert bloom news (though not a lot of desert bloom)

Pygmy rabbits and other bunnies face climate change; AZ rep says Interstate on US93 corridor would undermine sovereignty; Devils Hole pupfish get wild ride from Oaxaca quake 1,700 miles away.