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Visual Arts
Artbound
Into the Chuckwallas: Rediscovered Desert Photographs of Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves
Post date:In the 1920s, armed with a .38 revolver and a large format camera, Susie Smith and her cousin Lula Mae Graves set out to photograph the last of the prospectors, burro packers and stage stops in the remote desert to the east.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Joshua Tree: Myth, Mutualism and Survival
Post date:Author/activist Chris Clarke outlines the cultural and ecological history of the iconic Joshua Tree—while highlighting the profound symbiotic relationships that sustains this unusual plant species now threatened by climate change.
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Socal Wanderer
Six Best Places to Start Exploring the Salton Sea
Post date:The once-popular and glamorous resort-town image of the Salton Sea is now shattered and scattered everywhere. Here are the six best places to explore this land and sea of misfits, misunderstandings, and low-desert heat.
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Music
Artbound
Rock's Secret Musical Hideaway
Post date:This home recording studio in the desert has incubated a mesmerizing array of eclectic sounds — from Daniel Lanois to Victoria Williams to Queens of the Stone Age — and it began with a simple sign off Highway 62 that said ‘THREE HOUSES FOR RENT.'
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National Monuments
Earth Focus
Opinion: AB 1000 Would Protect California’s Deserts From Trump
Post date:Will State Senate leadership let Trump and Cadiz run roughshod over our parks, or will they preserve California?
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Landscape of Belonging: A History of Joshua Tree’s Climbing Community
Post date:About a decade after it was established as a National Monument in 1936, Joshua Tree began drawing the attention of another kind of prospector, seeking a different kind of relationship with the landscape: the Climber.
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National Monuments
Earth Focus
Mojave Trails: California's Largest National Monument in Photos
Post date:Before we discuss rescinding protection for this desert treasure, you need to learn what's there.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Creating Art in the Desert? Conservation Groups Want You to Consider These Guidelines
Post date:The Mojave Desert Land Trust has launched ecological guidelines and curriculum for artists looking to create art in the desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Burned Palm Trees and Miracles: The Great Fire of Thermal, CA
Post date:After a large-scale fire burned through a palm tree grove in Thermal, CA, all of the palms were assumed dead. But one pastor and his congregation prayed for a miracle.
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California desert
Redefine
Five Secret Desert Places To Visit This Year Instead of Joshua Tree
Post date:Nobody goes to Joshua Tree anymore: It's too crowded. Here are some great places for real desert rats to check out instead.
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California Looking Forward
News & Analysis
In Praise of California's New National Monuments
Post date:Some recent gains from the 1906 Antiquities Act, which faces increasing threat from elected officials who seek to dismantle it.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
Bulldozers, Solar Panels, and Radioactive Tumbleweeds: California's Deserts Under Siege
Post date:Modern society harms the desert in many ways, but the most serious threat is ignorance.
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tending the wild
Tending the Wild
The Desert Is Made of Water
Post date:In order to understand the desert and the peoples who lived there from time immemorial, you have to understand what deserts lack most.
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commentary
Redefine
Desert Water Project Would Threaten Tribes' Sacred Lands
Post date:The Mojave Desert's Old Woman Mountains are a real-life history book. Their wildlife and water deserve lasting protection.
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noise pollution
Redefine
Finding California's Quietest Places... And Keeping Them That Way
Post date:Noise is the pollution nobody talks about, but we can control it as easily as flipping a switch.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Darwin Dreamin’
Post date:Established in 1877 near Death Valley, the tiny desert mining outpost of Darwin is home to a group of eclectic artists.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Paul Clemente and the Art of Coachella
Post date:This year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is stepping up their art game.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Desert Storms: Destruction and Construction at Scotty's Castle
Post date:Scotty's Castle in Death Valley remains shuttered after rains and massive flooding.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Walking Through Time: The Layered Past of Red Hill’s Volcanic Viewscape
Post date:Artist duo High & Dry document the Fossil Falls desert landscape -- a region once occupied by heavy volcanic activity.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Noah Purifoy's Desert Art Museum
Post date:The Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture, open to the public, illustrates the artist's vision during the last 15 years of his life.