| 单词 | Joshua tree |
| 例句 | Not much grew around Midland other than the Joshua tree, cacti, and the scrubby little creosote bushes that Dad said were some of the oldest plants on the planet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Joshua trees give way to low-lying scrub brush. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The desert is dotted with tall, crooked Joshua trees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z While we were in Midland, Mom painted dozens of variations and studies of the Joshua tree. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Don't big horizons, peach-coloured hills, Joshua trees, hallucinations and enigmatic Indians properly belong to road movies and embarrassing rockers such as Jim Morrison? Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru ? review 2011-07-27T10:30:00Z Its national park is filled with boulder piles and spiky Joshua trees. A sweet and trippy reading in Joshua Tree 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The Joshua trees became bigger and more evenly spaced the deeper we went into the park. Joshua Tree National Park: Into the wild, hours from L.A. 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Twenty miles west of the park, we began seeing the Joshua trees. Joshua Tree National Park: Into the wild, hours from L.A. 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Like many rock features inside the park, Cap Rock’s jumble of monzogranite boulders sits right beside the roadside, offering easy access and inviting exploration amid a vast plain of Joshua trees. For sunshine, spiky-cool trees, and some of the best hiking and camping you’ll find, head to Joshua Tree 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z A group of 19th-century Mormon settlers, upon first spotting a Yucca brevifolia, termed it a “Joshua tree” because they believed it resembled the biblical Joshua, hands raised in prayer. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z “There’s no way the extraordinary beauty of these moments cannot enhance your life,” Hopkins said of that seaside morning that changed his trajectory, and a more recent odyssey amid the Mojave’s Joshua trees. Jon Hopkins’s Psychedelic Journey to a New Way of Creating Music 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Nearby, there is a display of rocks in the shape of a heart that surrounds two Joshua trees. Pioneertown Wants to Be the New Old West 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The Joshua trees are a rare and iconic American treasure and Gold Butte has plenty of them, along with its cousin, the Mojave yucca. In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The boys only occasionally venture into the untamed desert, mostly in their early teenage years when they create a paintball war zone among the Joshua trees and dumped furniture just beyond their housing development. The Antelope Valley is home to mini-malls, tract houses and youth who want out in 'Desert Boys' 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The gorgeous rust-colored outcroppings of sandstone are the most obvious attraction — the auburn cliffs, some thousands of feet high, look down on Joshua trees, agave and other flora and fauna of the eastern Mojave Desert. Leaving Las Vegas for Natural Beauty and More 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Like many other inhabitants of the Mojave, Joshua trees seem to welcome a climate from which most living things seek shelter. In the California Desert: Vast Darkness, Vibrant Music, an Oasis 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z On that November day, lush plumes of grass separated the squiggly Joshua trees, an unusual sight in such a hot, dry climate. ‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The exotic national park is filled with dramatic views punctuated by legions of spiky-cool Joshua trees. For sunshine, spiky-cool trees, and some of the best hiking and camping you’ll find, head to Joshua Tree 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Some visitors have strung Christmas lights in the twisting Joshua trees, many of which are hundreds of years old, the Los Angeles Times reported. Garbage, feces take toll on national parks amid shutdown 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Musicians, actors and other scantily dressed, full-lipped partygoers took selfies in the hot tub against the unobstructed views of valleys and Joshua trees. Pioneertown Wants to Be the New Old West 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The towns are dusty, Joshua trees look like they’ve escaped from a Dr. Seuss book, and the locals include scorpions and tumbleweeds. Forget Coachella, there’s a vibrant, more affordable music scene around Joshua Tree. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The Oregon Badlands Wilderness, east of town, becomes the Modoc Plateau in California, thanks to some strategically placed Joshua trees. On the ‘Wild’ Movie Trail in Oregon 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z After this sign, the valley widens and Joshua trees, which are primarily found in the Mojave Desert, appear. In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Thursday follows incidents of off-road driving and destruction of the park’s namesake Joshua trees. Joshua Tree National Park closing due to shutdown problems 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The boulders, the sand and the Joshua trees make the landscape look otherworldly. Pioneertown Wants to Be the New Old West 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The Mojave’s borders, for instance, are defined by the presence of Joshua trees; when you stop seeing them, you’re no longer in the Mojave Desert. Q&A: Cheryl Strayed, Author of ‘Wild,’ on Returning to Her Trail of Tears 2012-08-09T19:16:22Z Yet there are other deeper stories: of railroads, the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the desert with its wild burros and ancient Joshua trees. The Getaway: This Is Las Vegas? 2013-11-29T18:29:41Z California’s state park system offers 3,000 miles of trail and terrain from beaches to badlands, Joshua trees and more. Campsite reservations at California state parks can be hard to get. Will a new law help? 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Already this summer, the York Fire burned across the Mojave National Preserve, charring thousands of acres in the fragile ecosystem including famed Joshua trees. California’s big bloom aids seed collectors as climate change and wildfires threaten desert species 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Even farther north, at Lee Flat in Death Valley — where Joshua trees were in far greater health with cooler temperatures and more moisture — Cornett has seen no new growth. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The fire chewed through stands of beloved Joshua trees, torching their tops and potentially incinerating their roots. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Californians may mourn the charred Joshua tree, Floridians the loss of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island. Column: If the Maui fires don't wake up Americans to the climate emergency, nothing will 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are already struggling to reproduce in a warming climate. Gas prices surpass $5 per gallon in California; experts unsure when relief is coming 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z As of Wednesday, California's York fire has torched more than 82,000 acres of Mojave desert, including thousands of iconic Joshua trees. California's extreme wildfires are triggering "fire whirls" 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z At lower elevations, “fewer seedlings are sprouting, growing and surviving,” and with continued greenhouse gas emissions, by 2099, the park website warns, 80% to 90% of Joshua tree habitat could be lost. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But researchers say Joshua trees are just the latest species to suffer unprecedented losses amid a climate that is growing warmer and drier. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The desert landscape is varied - from mountains and canyons, to sand dunes and mesas, to Joshua tree forests and volcanic cinder cones - and features about 10,000 threatened desert tortoises within its boundaries. California’s iconic Joshua trees threatened in massive wildfire 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “The reality is that Joshua trees are already in a state of decline because of global warming and increasing frequency of drought,” said James Cornett, an ecologist who specializes in the species. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The territory is a varied desert landscape — mountains and canyons, sand dunes and mesas, Joshua tree forests and volcanic cinder cones — and features about 10,000 threatened desert tortoise within its boundaries. Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames may burn iconic Joshua trees 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, it’s not just Joshua trees and ocotillo that are suffering. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Such dizzying losses were only amplified by the York fire, which produced harrowing images of Joshua trees alight as it burned through the Mojave. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Until Tuesday, the fire had been burning completely uncontained since the flames were spotted Friday in the Mojave National Preserve, home to the protected Joshua tree and other fire-vulnerable species. Brief rain aids battle against 80,000-acre wildfire burning Joshua trees in Mojave Desert 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z For evidence, he pointed to the Dome fire of 2020, which seared through more than a quarter of the Cima Dome Joshua tree forest in the Mojave National Preserve. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The 2020 Dome Fire in a different part of the national preserve destroyed an estimated 1 million Joshua trees. Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames may burn iconic Joshua trees 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The Joshua tree is a keystone species whose demise threatens a host of animals that rely on it for food, moisture and shelter. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z “The reality is that Joshua trees are already in a state of decline because of global warming and increasing frequency of drought,” ecologist James Cornett told The Times as the fire raged. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Joshua trees, which grow in the Mojave Desert and nowhere else, are particularly vulnerable to fire, with little natural defense. Brief rain aids battle against 80,000-acre wildfire burning Joshua trees in Mojave Desert 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, history has shown that it’s extremely difficult to restore lost Joshua trees. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “This is bad news for Joshua trees, which are not especially fire adapted,” he said. California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Sweeps Across the Mojave 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The same was true of the damage done, about 20 miles away, at one of Cornett’s Joshua tree study sites. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The potential loss of Joshua trees is becoming an all-too-familiar refrain for Californians. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Wildfires in these ecosystems can be particularly destructive, as Joshua trees and other desert plants have limited natural defenses to fires, federal officials said. York fire at California-Nevada border balloons to 77,000 acres 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The literature on vegetation restoration in the Mojave Desert “is a tale of failed experiments,” Hughson said, noting that recovery efforts to replant Joshua trees after the Dome fire had not been particularly successful. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z That’s because, they said, while there has been a decline in the western Joshua tree population in certain portions of its historic range, in other areas the species is abundant. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Today, only a handful of struggling Joshua trees remain upright. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The gently sloping valley spilled down toward Death Valley National Park, whose snowy mountain peaks towered over a landscape dotted with thousands of Joshua trees. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z She stopped the vehicle on a perch overlooking an expanse of boulders and Joshua trees in eastern Kern County, about 170 miles northeast of Los Angeles. She’s Out to Save Rare Wildflowers, but First She Has to Find Them 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Teams there have focused their replanting in high-elevation areas, where Joshua trees are likely to have a better chance at survival as global warming makes the desert climate even harsher. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The eastern Joshua tree’s range in California is centered in the Mojave National Preserve and eastward into Nevada. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The grasses can also kill “Joshua trees and a lot of the shrubs and the plants that are kind of holding down the fort in between the superblooms,” she said. Beware! These California superblooms are beautiful but treacherous 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The dirt road curved around a small hill, and suddenly we found ourselves on the valley floor, surrounded by Joshua trees. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The story of how a handful of 21st century “forty-niners” wound up searching for gold on a singed landscape studded with Joshua trees arcs back nearly 100 years, entangling an eclectic cast of characters. An Old Hollywood actor created a treasure map. Could it be real? 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z That sloth, extinct for about 10,000 years, was once the primary organism that helped spread Joshua tree seeds, through their dung. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Some stands have not produced baby Joshua trees in decades. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The rugged landscape near the Arizona and California state lines is home to bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and a large concentration of Joshua trees, some of which are more than 900 years old. Biden to designate national monuments in Nevada, Texas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Scientists estimate the Joshua tree’s western subspecies could lose 90% of its range as the world gets hotter and droughts get more intense. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Some 28 species of native grasses, a number of them rare, also grow there, as well as some of the oldest and largest Joshua trees in the United States. Biden Plans to Name Nevada’s Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Cameron Barrow, a retired conservation ecologist who still researches climate change with UC Riverside, called the Joshua tree a “keystone species.” California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “While the western Joshua tree is the first species protected in California due to climate change,” Cummings said, “unfortunately, it may not be the last one.” New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Smith uses microtonal runs to do what bushy Joshua trees do to the landscape, namely make it weird. Review: 'Treeology' is a sublime, classical ode to California's redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z And at Sarcobatus Flat, they would cover a high-elevation area that could otherwise serve as a climate refuge for Joshua trees, giving them a relatively cool place to reproduce as the planet heats up. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z To hear renewable-energy industry representatives tell it, helping to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions would also help to mitigate climate change and the threat it poses to sensitive desert species such as the western Joshua tree. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “It’s very difficult to reestablish a healthy stand of Joshua trees once they have died.” California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The commission’s stalemate reflected a politically charged reality: The western Joshua tree requires a new era of regulation and conservation in an increasingly unforgiving ecosystem. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z They say a growing list of living symbols of longevity, strength, and perseverance — desert tortoises, saguaro cactuses, bristlecone pines, cottonwood forests, giant sequoias, chinook salmon, Joshua trees — may be at an evolutionary crossroads. After pummeling, scientists say California storms were more hype than climate change 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z California's Mojave Desert has become the backdrop of choice for many Instagram influencers who dig the aesthetics of Joshua trees and the otherworldly arid landscapes. California desert tortoises are hurtling toward extinction. Saving them won't be easy 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In the 1930s, the soft, light wood of Joshua trees was used to manufacture furniture for the entertainment industry, including prop chairs that actors and comedians slammed each other over the head with. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Joshua trees are unique to the Southwestern United States, with the majority of their population located in California. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “This is not a good law and the Joshua tree is not an endangered species,” said Madelaine LaVoie, a real estate agent in the high desert city of Yucca Valley. New law to protect Joshua trees from climate change imposes fees on desert developers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z For example, the Tegeticula moth species pollinates California’s famed Joshua trees, while the succulent is the only food source for the moth’s offspring. From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The area is mostly undeveloped landscape dotted with Joshua trees and bighorn sheep migration routes. Biden: Nevada site sacred to tribes to be national monument 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Drought conditions, which are expected to occur with greater frequency over the coming decades, they say, will lead to higher mortality rates for mature Joshua trees. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Even if the fire doesn’t reach that particular Nevada grove — home to the state’s largest known Joshua tree — Hemmers said the burn scar from a fire this massive will undoubtedly have reverberating effects. California’s iconic Joshua trees are burning up. They may be impossible to replace 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Twenty eight different species of native grasses, some of them rare, also grow there, as well as some of the oldest and largest Joshua trees in the United States. Biden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z If Joshua trees were to disappear, so too could the moth. From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z It evolved millions of years ago when the region was cooler, wetter and dominated by lakes and marshes edged with Joshua trees and junipers, scientists say. California's Mojave Desert tortoises hurtle toward extinction. Why saving them is so hard 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In addition, exotic grasses feeding off nitrogen-laden smog wafting in from the Los Angeles area are leaving existing western Joshua tree woodlands vulnerable to wildfire. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z In a relative instant, countless ancient redwoods, hundreds of giant sequoias and more than one million Joshua trees perished. The I 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Perched on a broad alluvial fan dotted with rabbitbrush and Joshua trees, this ragtag community of artists, misanthropes and urban refugees has little time for politicians. Exploring the riddle of California's 450-mile-long 3rd Congressional District 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Many desert plants, like ocotillos, Washington fan palms and Joshua trees, are also declining from warming temperatures, less precipitation and thirstier animals. Colorado River Basin wildlife threatened 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Before the commission’s split vote in June, the Department of Fish and Wildlife sent letters to Indigenous tribes with traditional ties to the area where the western Joshua trees live. California delays decision to list Joshua tree as threatened 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z That’s because, they said, while there has been a decline in the western Joshua tree population in certain portions of its historic range, in other areas the species numbers in the millions. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The blaze eventually forced its way through a Joshua tree woodland and killed more than one million of the iconic trees. How California Musicians Are Responding to Climate Change 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Hippopotamuses give birth to hippopotamus calves, Joshua trees produce Joshua tree seedlings, and flamingos lay eggs that hatch into flamingo chicks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Some conservation groups have tried to block solar and wind farms in the Mojave Desert, citing potential harm to animals and plants such as desert tortoises, golden eagles and Joshua trees. The Senate has a climate deal. Now comes the hard part 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z In Joshua Tree, environmentalists worry that development is threatening the western Joshua trees themselves. California Officials Revisit Airbnb Rules Amid Pandemic Tourism Boom 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z They said that’s because although there has been a decline in the western Joshua tree population in certain portions of its historic range, in other areas the species numbers in the millions. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Four months later, The New York Times published an article documenting the destruction of California’s beloved trees, including the Joshua trees, ancient redwoods and giant sequoias. How California Musicians Are Responding to Climate Change 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The department acknowledged that areas suitable for the western Joshua trees growth are likely to decline due to climate change by 2100. California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has approved a new ordinance that increases fines for unlawfully taking a Joshua tree. Extreme drought prompts closure of Joshua Tree trail to ensure water for bighorn sheep 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Illegally removing a Joshua tree in San Bernardino County could now mean a five-figure fine. Stealing an iconic Joshua tree will now cost you $20,000 as county cracks down 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Among the dissenters was Samantha Murray, president of the commission, who worries that the western Joshua tree “may already be in significant decline or functionally extinct in some southern portions of its historic range.” Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “It’ll never come back like it was,” one botanist, standing among thousands of destroyed Joshua trees, told John. How California Musicians Are Responding to Climate Change 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z “The question is not, ‘Will climate change be bad for Joshua tree?’ California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z About 40% of the western Joshua tree’s range is on private land where a state endangered-species law would apply, according to the petition. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “San Bernardino County finds that the western Joshua tree provides a significant psychological and tangible benefit for both residents and visitors to the County,” the board wrote in its resolution. Stealing an iconic Joshua tree will now cost you $20,000 as county cracks down 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z “So, for me, there’s not that much uncertainty about the future of western Joshua trees,” she said. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Scientists worry that future visitors to Joshua Tree National Park will find no Joshua trees, the way that some fear that Glacier National Park will eventually be devoid of year-round ice. How California Musicians Are Responding to Climate Change 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s unknown how many Joshua trees exist in the state, but it could be anywhere from 4.8 million to 9.8 million, he said. California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “But that is essentially what state biologists are asking us to do with western Joshua trees in distress.” California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z State biologists recommend against listing the western Joshua tree as endangered due to climate change, saying the move would be premature. Stealing an iconic Joshua tree will now cost you $20,000 as county cracks down 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The eastern Joshua tree’s range in California is centered in Mojave National Preserve and eastward into Nevada. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z You could also move to the desert, build a stage next to a Joshua tree and start hosting free drive-in concerts after Covid canceled your violinist husband’s tour. Are 1,818 Airbnbs Too Many in Joshua Tree? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z About 40% of the Joshua trees in the state are on private land. California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z As of this month, the entire range of the western Joshua tree remains in severe or extreme drought conditions that a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report predicted may become the norm after 2030. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Biologists wrote that the Joshua tree is “abundant and widespread,” lowering the threat of extinction in the immediate future. Stealing an iconic Joshua tree will now cost you $20,000 as county cracks down 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z As many as 1 million eastern Joshua trees were incinerated by the 2020 Dome fire in the preserve. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “Forty percent of Joshua trees are on private land,” said Mr. Cummings, a resident, who went years without fearing for the ubiquitous trees. Are 1,818 Airbnbs Too Many in Joshua Tree? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z San Bernardino County, which includes Joshua Tree National Park, recently increased the penalties for illegally removing Joshua trees - a $20,000 fine and six months in jail on the third offense. California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The western Joshua tree “is currently abundant and widespread,” wrote authors of a 158-page analysis made public Wednesday. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Billowing white clouds drifted off burnt-brown hills bristling with branched and twisted Joshua trees and fishhook cactus. Conservationists are a step closer to keeping a 'desert island in the sky' wild forever 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Some stands have not reproduced baby Joshua trees in decades. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z If it wasn’t for the Joshua trees, their branches jutting out like characters in a Dr. Seuss book around the soon-to-be completed pool, I would not place us in the high desert. Are 1,818 Airbnbs Too Many in Joshua Tree? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Kelly Herbinson, executive director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust, said Joshua trees are a “keystone” species of the desert, with other species reliant on its survival. California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Advocates of western Joshua trees vigorously objected to the recommendation. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z It didn’t matter that he’d barely slept the night before or that the bushy Joshua trees and pinyon pines were shredding his skin. Blisters. Hallucinations: A hiker's grueling attempt to cross Death Valley in four days 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The low reproductive rate of the western Joshua tree may prevent it from expanding quickly enough into cooler and wetter habitat, scientists say. Wildlife commissioners deadlock on granting threatened species status to Joshua trees 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In the company of the Joshua trees and the rocks of hills that looked like they were intentionally placed there on purpose. What happens when a Grammy-nominated singer goes to a sound bath after a lunar eclipse? 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z I always think, What are these Joshua trees saying? In the vastness of the desert, there are so many ways to fly 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Scientific modeling suggests the western Joshua tree in Joshua Tree National Park will lose upwards 90% of its current range by the end of the century. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The Joshua trees on Cima Dome are the eastern variety, which grow mostly near the Nevada border and are not considered threatened, according to state and federal guidelines. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Rising temperatures threatened iconic species, with a federal judge ordering the Biden administration to reconsider its decision not to protect Joshua trees under the Endangered Species Act. The American West went through climate hell in 2021. But there's still hope 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A lone Joshua tree stood across the street. An LAPD-caused explosion cost them their home. After months of limbo, they went to the desert 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Native plants pop up across the property including six Joshua trees, five olive trees and nine Ocotillo cacti, as well as vines that produce grape varietals such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. In Pioneertown, an Old West-themed vineyard is up for grabs at $2 million 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z As many as a million eastern Joshua trees were incinerated by last year’s Cima Dome fire in the preserve. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z A final decision will be made sometime next year, said Brendan Cummings, conservation director with the Center for Biological Diversity, which has petitioned the state to protect the western Joshua trees. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z She has also fought a proposal to erect wind turbines near a forest of Joshua trees. 'Is this really green?' The fight over solar farms in the Mojave Desert 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The valley is sparse and dotted with Joshua trees, Mojave Yucca plants, Juniper bushes, Pinon pine trees and other native plants. Search for missing Lauren Cho of NJ continues as Petito case brings light to missing persons 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Over the past year, wildfires have burned millions of acres across California and other Western states, destroying hundreds of giant sequoias, countless redwoods and over a million Joshua trees. Sequoias Are Being Wrapped in Special Foil to Protect Them From Fires 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z While both the western and eastern species of Joshua tree are of conservation concern, the fate of the western species is most in doubt. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Two decades from now, if all goes well, the tiny bit of greenery will be a full-fledged Joshua tree, along with more than 1,500 that Landeros and other volunteers are planting. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Meadows of purple cactus burst with yellow blossoms, and the twisted branches and spiky leaves of Joshua trees conjure images of revelers raising their hands to the sky. 'We're here to stay.' Despite isolation and racism, Black Americans feel at home in California's desert 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z We’ll swoop around, from Oregon to the Sonoran Desert, from cities to national parks, from Joshua trees to lawns. Podcast: Our Masters of Disasters break down the fierce drought 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z The owners bulldozed and buried 36 Joshua trees, which are endangered, on land in the Morongo Basin that they planned to develop for a home. A Yuba County man said he killed 4 deer. DNA revealed 'egregious' poaching case 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z After the petition was filed in 2019, the state wildlife commission unanimously voted to advance the western Joshua tree to candidacy, saying there was substantial information indicating that listing may be warranted. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Here atop the Cima Dome, some 5,700 feet above sea level in the Mojave National Preserve, a dense woodland of Joshua trees once stood. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Purifoy crafted his crowning artwork in a field of Joshua trees. 'We're here to stay.' Despite isolation and racism, Black Americans feel at home in California's desert 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Southern California’s Mojave Desert has always been a refuge for people who resent outside interference — an independent-minded outback of sagebrush plains, volcanic spires and Joshua trees. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The western Joshua tree is a candidate for protection under the California Endangered Species Act. Couple fined $18,000 for bulldozing dozens of Joshua trees to make way for home 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The forest had not reproduced baby Joshua trees in decades. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Wildfire burned one of the world’s largest forests of Joshua trees, charring more than 1.3 million trees. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z How about this: Joshua Tree National Park might one day not be the best place to see Joshua trees. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s an unprecedented siege that has upended life in the remote desert communities and vast tract developments that overlook Joshua trees and scrub. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z This is the first case he’s prosecuted involving Joshua trees. Couple fined $18,000 for bulldozing dozens of Joshua trees to make way for home 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The low productive rate of the western Joshua tree may prevent it from expanding quickly enough into cooler and wetter habitat, scientists say. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Some of the Joshua trees were still standing but singed black. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In 2005, climate scientist Kenneth Cole predicted that in some areas, Joshua trees — iconic symbols of Southwestern desert landscapes — would soon be in trouble because of climate change. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z What if the battery on my electric car ran dry under a Joshua tree in the middle of nowhere? Column: On the road to going all electric, are we there yet? No, but moving in the right direction 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Joshua trees appear likely to lose all of their habitat in their namesake national park by the end of the century. What to Save? Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z But devising an enforcement and permitting system for western Joshua trees presents formidable logistical challenges given their broad range and prevalence. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z He has been retreating to Cima Dome since the 1990s, working through some difficult moments in his life amid the Joshua trees, rabbits and coyotes, he wrote in an emotional blog post. Seedling by seedling, Joshua trees will rise again in fire-scorched desert 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In a 2011 study, Cole and colleagues projected “the future elimination” of the Joshua tree “throughout most of the southern portion of its current range.” He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Ten thousand years ago, for example, southern Arizona hosted a forest of Joshua trees, not saguaros. The good news about climate change: there’s still hope 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Patrick Donnelly, the center’s Nevada director, found it on the notice’s brief description of 43 locations already nominated, including volcanic lava flows, petroglyphs, ghost towns, Joshua trees and, at Rhyolite Ridge, an “uncommon plant.” Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Judging from the seeds in fossilized dung, Joshua trees were once dispersed across desert landscapes with help from elephant-size giant ground sloths. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Now, the 22,500-acre tableau of Joshua trees, piñon pines and limestone boulders bristling with fossil shells is turning to mining again. A corporation wants to mine for gold near Death Valley. Native tribes are fighting it 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z The good news, Barrows told me, is that Joshua trees “are more resilient” at higher elevations of the national park. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Last summer, California solar companies objected to a proposal to grant state-level endangered species protections to western Joshua trees, saying that would further limit development in the desert. Two Biden priorities, climate and conservation, collide in the California desert 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z But Kaiser beheld a colorless moonscape dotted with the skeletal remains of collapsing Joshua trees. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Today, antelope squirrels and other rodents are the Joshua tree’s main agents of seed dispersal. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Western Joshua trees will get a year of temporary endangered species status in California while the state considers permanently listing the distinctive succulents as the first-ever plant species protected because of climate change–related threat. In Case You Missed It 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z A healthy Joshua tree looks like a creation cooked up by Mother Nature after a few cocktails with Dr. Seuss. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Razing a small number of Joshua trees to build more solar farms, they argued, would actually be good for the species because climate change poses a serious threat to the trees. Two Biden priorities, climate and conservation, collide in the California desert 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Joshua trees are the most good-natured of desert plants, frozen in dance poses as they endure the harshest of environments with flair. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Joshua trees, which grow in the Mojave Desert and nowhere else, have become mainstays for movies, fashion shoots, advertising campaigns and wedding ceremonies. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z In September, Nevada’s largest Joshua tree was measured by the Nevada Division of Forestry, O’Neill said. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The fire, ignited by lightning, incinerated more than 1 million Joshua trees. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z State officials protected the species, but with an exemption that would allow 15 shovel-ready solar projects to raze Joshua trees. Two Biden priorities, climate and conservation, collide in the California desert 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Rather than the slow, almost imperceptible migration of the Joshua tree toward higher latitudes, more than a million were consumed in two days. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z During the 1980s, development in desert boom towns such as Lancaster and Palmdale replaced hundreds of thousands of Joshua trees with housing tracts and shopping centers. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are measured with a point system - The Monument Tree garnered 118 points. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The result is a spectacular forest of Joshua trees. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z It evolved tens of thousands of years ago, scientists say, when the landscape was dominated by lakes edged with Joshua trees and junipers. Imperiled desert tortoises join California's 'endangered' list... at least for now 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z As photos of tourists smiling at the thermometer ricocheted around the world — a paradoxical bit of gee-whiz glee on a day portending a dire future — a million Joshua trees were on fire. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z In the meantime, environmentalists are hopeful the commission will still vote to list western Joshua trees. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The Monument Tree, Nevada’s largest Joshua tree, was recently measured in southern Clark County. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are still able to thrive at higher elevations because the changing climate hasn’t caused as much disruption to the ecosystem there. He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Last month, the Dome fire burned burned through more than 43,000 acres in some of the world’s densest old-growth Joshua tree forest in the Mojave national preserve. California law may save 2.5m-year-old Joshua tree amid climate crisis threat 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Scientists considered it home to the world’s densest concentration of Joshua trees. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The petition asked that western Joshua trees be given “threatened” status under the act. California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Just two known Joshua trees are larger, both located in California’s Mojave National Preserve. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The property is also home to the oldest and largest Joshua trees in the world, some more than 900 years old. National monument proposed for southern Nevada tribal lands 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “Because those projects are intended to address climate change, one of the threats to the Joshua tree, it didn’t seem necessary to stop those projects in their tracks,” she said. California law may save 2.5m-year-old Joshua tree amid climate crisis threat 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Joshua trees — a yucca, not a tree, named by Mormon settlers — already teeter toward trouble. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Joshua trees also face challenges due to urban sprawl in the desert as well degradation of habitat for energy projects, power lines, pipelines and off-road-vehicle use. California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Joshua trees grow only in a small portion of the United States – southern California and Nevada, Arizona and part of Utah. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Smoke rose from the top of Cima Dome, marking the start of a wildfire that would ravage the heart of one of the world’s largest Joshua tree forests. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z In Southern California, fires were reported in Ventura and Riverside Counties — and sweeping through one of the world’s biggest collections of Joshua trees, burning a 43,000-acre stretch of the Mojave National Preserve. Fires, Blackouts, a Heat Wave and a Pandemic: California’s ‘Horrible’ Month 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The Dome Fire consumed 43,273 acres and killed most of the estimated 1.3 million Joshua trees it burned, according to Kaiser, the vegetation program manager for Mojave National Preserve. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The eastern Joshua tree - a distinctly different plant - lives in the Mojave National Preserve and eastward into Nevada, Arizona and Utah. California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are delineated into eastern and western varieties. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Preserve botanist Drew Kaiser estimates that about a quarter of the sprawling Cima Dome Joshua tree forest — which extends beyond the preserve boundaries north of I-15 — was destroyed. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Fewer than 500,000 people live in this sunbaked valley, where the gnarled branches of the Joshua trees splay under miles of open sky. 'The Confederacy of California': life in the valley where Robert Fuller was found hanged 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Even at Cima Dome, there were relatively few young Joshua trees. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Fires are also taking a toll on Joshua trees. Environmental disaster or key to a clean energy future? A new twist on hydropower 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A small valley in south central Nevada – the Tikaboo Valley near Alamo and Rachel – is the only place in the world where the eastern and western Joshua trees both grow naturally, according to Clarke. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Although the Cima Dome forest is known as the world’s largest Joshua tree woodland, Esque and another researcher have documented a bigger stand and a thicker one elsewhere in the Mojave. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Across California, the growing heat and loss of moisture threatens the iconic coastal redwood forests and the Joshua trees of the southern desert. California climate change: Fires, floods and a fight over free parking 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It jumped from Joshua tree to Joshua tree and across park roads and fire lines, fueled by winds that became swirling firenados. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The western Joshua tree is one of two genetically distinct species that occur in California. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Although they are unique and beloved, the future of Joshua trees is in jeopardy. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z There are no Joshua trees in the first one, from the early 1900s. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Other than small clusters of civilization, the roadway between Rachel and Tonopah snakes through valley areas dotted with Joshua trees before climbing over hills that give a glimpse of faint dirt roads in the distance. Cow, car collide on Nevada's 'Extraterrestrial Highway' near 'Storm Area 51' events 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z But a million Joshua trees will never rise again. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z While both the western and eastern species of Joshua tree face an uncertain future, the fate of the western species is of special concern to conservationists. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Clarke said Nevada’s Joshua trees are overall in better shape than California’s due to cooler temperatures that help with germination. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z As it is, of the estimated 1.33 million burned Joshua trees, Kaiser says fewer than 200,000 are topped by green leaves and have any chance of survival. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Similar legal challenges are being waged over other species left alone to cope with climate change, such as California’s fabled Joshua trees, which scientists predict will mostly vanish even if planet-warming emissions are rapidly cut. Groups sue Trump for weakening protections of animals endangered by climate crisis 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Federal officials rejected a petition to list Joshua trees as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Newsletter: Behind the scenes on a yearlong homelessness reporting project 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Joshua trees were once dispersed across landscapes with help from elephant-sized giant ground sloths, a finding based on the abundance of seeds found in fossilized dung. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z And, they are mostly on public land, protected from private development, while about 40 percent of western Joshua trees grow on private land. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “The environmental conditions that have to line up for a Joshua tree to make it are somewhat remarkable,” Esque said. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “And very few Joshua trees tend to survive wildfires.” 'It makes me angry': is this the end for America's Joshua trees? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are native to the American Southwest and grow wild only here in the Mojave Desert and other parts of the Southwest. Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z While western Joshua trees are not at imminent risk of extinction, they face significant and growing threats, primarily from climate change and urban sprawl, according to the petition. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The August Dome Fire that burned through the Mojave National Preserve destroyed about 40,000 acres of prime Joshua tree habitat, according to O’Neill. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Wood rats and mice will spread Joshua tree seeds from unburned patches. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The study didn’t evaluate how Joshua trees outside the national park, including ones that grow in parts of Nevada and Arizona, will fare. 'It makes me angry': is this the end for America's Joshua trees? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The humble Yucca brevifolia has outlived too many human civilizations to count, but time may finally be running out for the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, unless drastic climate action is taken. Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are cultural mainstays for movies, fashion shoots, advertising campaigns and wedding ceremonies. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The trees that burned in the blaze were eastern Joshua trees, “demonstrating both species face the same threats,” Clarke said. AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z It was a place where the preserve could plant a few baby Joshua trees and hope they survived long enough to produce seeds that rodents would cache, slowly seeding the surrounding area. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Russell’s protagonists might dance with the dead, or metamorphose into silkworms, or be possessed by the spirit of a Joshua tree. Portland author Karen Russell explores human frailty in ‘Orange World and Other Stories’ 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z In a “business-as-usual scenario” where little is done to stem the tides of climate change, the scientists’ modeling “indicated an almost complete elimination of Joshua trees from the park” by the end of the century. Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Joshua trees already seem to be dying back, scientists say, with recruitment of new seedlings all but stopped at the drier, lower limits of their range. Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “Even in the protected areas, Joshua trees are still under extreme threat.” AP Exchange: Nevada home to world’s 3rd largest Joshua tree 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Blackbrush also acts as an important nursery plant for Joshua tree seeds by shading them and hiding them from hungry rodents. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Joshua trees are protected in Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave National Preserve as well as under some city and county ordinances. Photos of Miley Cyrus raise concern about Joshua trees 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z “If Joshua trees could survive those conditions, they would already be in them.” Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “Given the failures of the federal government on climate change generally — and the Joshua tree specifically,” he added, “action by California remains the best hope of saving this iconic species from extinction.” Climate change may imperil Joshua trees; group seeks tougher California protections 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Singer Miley Cyrus was criticized after she posted photos on Instagram of herself posing on the branch of a Joshua tree. Miley Cyrus criticized for posing in a Joshua tree, causing potential damage 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In that way, preserve scientists theorize that cattle grazing helped create the dome’s unusually thick Joshua tree stands — but also set the stage for last month’s conflagration. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Every inch of sky glowed in shades of neon pink and orange, interrupted only by the outline of the occasional Joshua tree in the distance. A Spinach Soup Fit for a Cleanse 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z So instead, picture a nearly 800,000-acre park where a towering and notoriously tough succulent has survived for millennia, now punctuated by dead Joshua trees. Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The property has Joshua trees on one side and sagebrush on the other, marking the transition zone between the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert. Nevada mining town embraces environmental group’s ranch plan 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A few social media users commented on Cyrus’ post asking her not to climb Joshua trees. Miley Cyrus criticized for posing in a Joshua tree, causing potential damage 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Winds gusting to 20 mph continued to drive flames through Joshua trees and an under-story of native shrubs and grass peppered with red brome, an ubiquitous invader. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Gates and posts were toppled, new roads carved through the desert by unauthorized off-road drivers, and a small number of the park’s thousands of Joshua trees were outright destroyed, conservationists said. Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The park has otherworldly vistas, vast expanses and, of course, the eponymous, impossibly limbed Joshua trees, which National Geographic has characterized as “an international symbol of the American desert.” Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Someone drove into a Joshua tree and knocked it down at a campground. The shutdown is over. Can Joshua Tree recover? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z At Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California, one of the iconic twisted-limbed Joshua trees was run over by an off-road vehicle and a juniper tree was cut down, said park superintendent David Smith. National parks rush to repair damage after shutdown 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, global warming is shrinking the range of Joshua trees and accentuating the swings between wet years that produce bumper crops of grassy invaders and drought that stresses the natives. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z An online guide to Joshua trees published by the National Park Service identified them by the scientific name Yucca brevifolia, a form of yucca plant that is a member of the Agave family. Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Of course, in a turn-of-the-next-century California wrought by worst-case scenario climate predictions, a Joshua Tree National Park tragically devoid of living Joshua trees would probably be among the least of our concerns. Newsletter: For the Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park, time may be running out 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “Joshua trees are blooming early in the desert. It’s not a good thing — you can thank climate change.” Essential California: California vs. Trump, part a-zillion 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Joshua trees grow slowly, only about an inch to an inch and a half a year, Land said. Piles of poop, toilet paper 'flowers' greet rangers as parks reopen after government shutdown 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Regardless, Joshua tree restoration efforts are very much in the experimental stages and have yet to succeed on a large scale. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “The tallest Joshua tree in the park looms a whopping 40 feet high, a grand presence in the Queen Valley forest,” the park said. Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “Joshua trees were actually cut down in order to make new roads,” he added. Joshua Tree national park 'may take 300 years to recover' from shutdown 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Those sections were shut after some of the park’s iconic Joshua trees were destroyed and off-roaders gauged new routes in the fragile desert. Joshua Tree park remaining open despite government shutdown 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Amid reports of plundered Native American artifacts and chain-sawed Joshua trees, officials announced they would close the park entirely at 8 a.m. Amid closure at Joshua Tree National Park, volunteers struggle to clean up after unruly visitors 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z A drive down Cima Road that only weeks ago was a trip through a magical landscape is now a tour of the world’s biggest Joshua tree graveyard. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “Some researchers think an average life span for a Joshua tree is about 150 years, but some of our largest trees may be much older than that.” Joshua Trees Destroyed in National Park During Shutdown May Take Centuries to Regrow 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Thursday follows incidents of off-roading and destruction of the park’s namesake Joshua trees. Joshua Tree National Park closing due to shutdown problems 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z At a little before 8:30 p.m., like a lightning bolt striking a Joshua tree, the annual music festival season commenced with a tweet. Coachella 2019: Yes, Idris Elba is DJing Coachella — and other takeaways from the roster announcement 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, some visitors have strung Christmas lights in the twisting Joshua trees, many of which are hundreds of years old, the Los Angeles Times reported. 'It's a free-for-all': shutdown brings turmoil to beloved US national parks 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Recovery plans will focus on doing small Joshua tree plantings in selected areas and keeping the red brome from running wild, Kaiser said. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z There’s also been a host of illegal camping practices and visitors putting Christmas lights around endangered Joshua trees they are supposed to leave untouched, said Joe De Luca, who started a group called Climbers’ Collective. As shutdown threatens tourist sites, visitors squeeze in their last moments 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch traverses a variety of ecosystems, including desert and mountain landscapes with Joshua trees, pine forests and wildflower fields that are home to California condors, mountain lions, black bears and elk. Tejon Ranch development could get final up-or-down vote 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Driving west from Las Vegas over the Spring Mountains to Pahrump, the Joshua trees give way to billboards. The Ghost of Dennis Hof Haunts the Nevada Midterms 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z A Joshua tree, for instance, is described as an “old and ugly tree.” Video game 'Donut County' asks big questions about gentrification in Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “It could have been a lot worse,” said preserve superintendent Mike Gauthier, noting that vast expanses of the Joshua tree woodland were untouched. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z I bury my disappointment in the annual Joshua tree bird count, because counting is systematic and therapeutic. Opinion | The Earth in Sadness 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z To step outside its front door is to face hundreds of yucca palms, or Joshua trees, extending their spikey limbs toward the sky. For Paul George, L.A. homecoming transcends the business of basketball 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Dirt roads cross gold grasslands to rugged black mountains, red sandstone formations, Joshua tree forests and sites rich with Native American rock art and artifacts. 4 US monuments to be scaled back hold artifacts, key habitat 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The national monument, which the Trump administration is reassessing, is full of life — Joshua trees, prairie falcons — and stunning petroglyphs. null 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z “This dense Joshua tree forest might actually be an artifact of cattle grazing,” Hughson said. Mojave Desert fire destroys the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z It evolved thousands of years ago, when the region was cooler and dominated by lakes and marshes fringed with Joshua trees and junipers, Lovich said. An 'evolutionary gamble' may be killing Joshua Tree's mother tortoises 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The Joshua tree is now consumed by an invisible blaze of unparalleled magnitude. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Cornett believes that a century from now, if current trends continue, Death Valley’s Joshua trees will be the primary California population. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z In one striking image, Halpern frames a black-stemmed Joshua tree, scorched by a forest fire, against earth and sky, its spiky golden leaves insisting on life even amid this deathly environment. Gregory Halpern’s ZZYZX – California dreamin’ in the 21st century 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z They used the Joshua tree’s limbs and trunks for fencing and corrals. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z He spoke eloquently about parched meadows in Yosemite, unusually early wildfires scorching New Mexico parks, rising sea levels swamping the Everglades and “no more Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park.” We are at risk of loving our National parks to death 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z “I think things look really bad for Joshua trees,” says Christopher Smith, a biologist at Willamette University. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In Lee Flat, an elevated plain in the northwest part of the park, Joshua trees dot the landscape. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The future could be bleak for many sites in the national parks system, he said: “No more glaciers at Glacier National Park. No more Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park.” Obama touts the wonders of Yosemite and national parks, plus the realities of climate change 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Joshua trees lean in the high desert dust. This is what happens when you bury a mass murderer in a small town 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The price of land here tripled almost overnight as entrepreneurs bought up every inch of property where pot-growing was permitted — most of it bare desert dotted with only Joshua trees and tumbleweeds. In California, Marijuana Is Smelling More Like Big Business 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z At some lower elevations of the Joshua tree’s range, which are hotter and drier, there are hardly any baby trees at all. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z We drove for three hours, through high-desert plains weird with Joshua trees and forests of oak festooned with air plants, like Christmas trees in a hotel lobby. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z He called the Joshua tree, which is protected by the government, a tangible symbol of the park and of the Mojave Desert. Fire burns protected tree at Joshua Tree National Park 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The region is home to Joshua trees, desert tortoises, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. California desert blueprint designates renewable energy land 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z “In some areas we surveyed,” reports Barrows, “there are no baby Joshua trees at all.” Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The Joshua tree’s relaxed pace of life further hinders its survival. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Both aerospace firms lease space at the sprawling expanse of Joshua trees and sagebrush in the Mojave Desert known as Air Force Plant 42, about 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles. U-2 spy plane's mission: fend off rival Global Hawk 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z This current drought may be contributing to the spread of the West Nile virus, and it’s threatening populations of geese, ducks and Joshua trees. America’s water crisis is so much bigger than California 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z This current drought may be contributing to the spread of the West Nile virus, and it's threatening populations of geese, ducks and Joshua trees. California's Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Researchers and activists agree that climate change poses a threat to Joshua trees, but they disagree on how best to protect them. Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Joshua trees live for centuries, waiting until about age 20 to start producing seeds. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z A three-acre property in Palmdale was bought, on a quiet lot on a dirt road, with mountain views and big Joshua trees. Inspired by paralyzed Army vet, Lancaster students build him a new home 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, about 200,000 Joshua trees were replaced with housing tracts and shopping centers in desert boom towns like Lancaster and Palmdale. Drought speeds decline of beloved California desert species 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Legend has it that prisoners were tied to a Joshua tree. Small desert town will remember Harry Reid even after he moves on 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z In some areas we surveyed, there are no baby Joshua trees at all. Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In 2015, the nonprofit conservation group WildEarth Guardians petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Joshua tree under the Endangered Species Act. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Nobody needs an eight-hundred-page novel about this Joshua tree, I’m pretty certain. This Week in Fiction: Karen Russell 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z But Barrows plans to monitor Joshua trees’ responses to climate change and drought, which will provide baseline information to help guide conservation decisions. Drought speeds decline of beloved California desert species 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z After traversing the sprawling expanse of Dry Desert Lake, flanked by scattershot swaths of Joshua tree, prickly pear, and beavertail cactus, Jansen and I ascend slowly into the snowy peaks of the Sheep Range. Catfight: How mountain lions are struggling to survive 2014-03-09T21:00:00Z Is the Joshua tree the “canary in the coal mine” of the arid Southwest? Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The desert floor is runway-flat, with a few Joshua trees popping up randomly, like lost cowboys. The new space race: Old and new companies vie to be the future of the space travel industry 2013-11-23T23:56:55Z What is it about Joshua trees that made them seem like the right botanical conduit for this story? This Week in Fiction: Karen Russell 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “Look here, a baby,” he said, estimating the Joshua tree was 10 to 15 years old. Drought speeds decline of beloved California desert species 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The trail rose slowly to pass between low buttes, leading on under the great spreading Joshua trees that capped the range itself. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The Joshua tree,” Barrows says, “is just one of a whole lot of canaries here.” Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The desert rolled in swells around us, its sands sparsely covered by cactus plants and by an occasional grotesque Joshua tree. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z What does the Joshua tree want from this girl, and are its intentions malign, do you think? This Week in Fiction: Karen Russell 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z This has put Searchlight, with its Joshua trees, scrub brush, abandoned gold mines, coyotes, rattlesnakes and trailer parks, on the map. Tiny Nevada Town Anguishes Over a Native Son 2010-10-28T02:30:00Z They looked as though someone had managed to cross breed the Joshua tree with the cypress and then persuaded the result to grow grass instead of leaves. Anything You Can Do! With increasing frequency and duration of droughts, new Joshua trees are not replacing old ones. Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z By the Joshua trees, through the stone gateway she ran, and with a leap she lit like a young frog on the porch. One Martian Afternoon With her own reata he fastened her hands behind her and tied the girl securely to the twisted trunk of a Joshua tree. Crooked Trails and Straight They looked as though someone had managed to crossbreed the Joshua tree with the cypress and then persuaded the result to grow grass instead of leaves. Anything You Can Do ... There was something uncanny about these gigantic figures, whirling suddenly across the desert, now viciously ripping up a cholla or a Joshua tree, now collapsing ridiculously against a rock. The Forbidden Trail Presently Cheyenne was back, singing something about a Joshua tree as he came. Partners of Chance Even the Joshua trees stood afar off and lifted grotesque arms defensively against them. Casey Ryan From the pointing Joshua tree it had seemed a peak, but contours are never so deceptive as in the high, broken barrens of Nevada. The Trail of the White Mule |
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