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Mojave Desert
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Technicolor Desert: Cinema and the Mojave
Post date:Virtually pressed up against the northern boundaries of Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert can be considered Hollywood’s backyard if not its backlot. See the Mojave take on multiple guises in well-loved movies throughout the decades.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
All That Glitters: Gold Mining's Environmental Effects in the Mojave
Post date:A historical gold boom has resulted in thousands of abandoned mines spread across the Mojave desert that have grave environmental repercussions.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Making Astronauts in Mojave
Post date:Mojave, CA (pop. 4,238) has been the center of civilian-led, commercial space travel since 2004. Astronautics companies are now reaching into space in their effort to provide commercial spaceflight to those who can afford it.
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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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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
How the Extraterrestrial Inspired Some of the Mojave's Great Landmarks
Post date:Alien sightings and contacts have inspired the continuing allure of the Mojave Desert's great landmarks: Giant Rock and Integratron.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
A 'Chinatown'-Worthy Water Conspiracy Unfolds in the Mojave
Post date:Cadiz Inc.’s 34,000-acre property is located just south of the old Santa Fe railroad line between one of the last undeveloped stretches of historic Route 66 in the middle of a contentious public-private water grab. This is how it's all playing out.
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environment
Earth Focus
Opinion: Reject AB 1000 to Protect California’s Water Future
Post date:It would be a disservice to the people of California to allow the bill through during the final moments of the legislative session.
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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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water
Earth Focus
The Unique Mojave Desert Oasis at the Center of the Cadiz Controversy
Post date:Cadiz, Inc. says its plan to sell Mojave Desert groundwater won't hurt Bonanza Spring. Others aren't so sure.
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National Parks
Redefine
Getting Young People To Our Desert National Parks
Post date:If we're counting on future generations to protect our desert treasures, they need to get to know them now.
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Redefine
Conservation and Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Desert is Worthy of Support
Post date:The company behind a plan to ship water from a desert aquifer to thirsty California cities responds to its critics.
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endangered species
Redefine
4 Reasons Joshua Trees Aren't Saved Yet
Post date:Ignore the headlines: this iconic Mojave Desert tree is a long way from being protected.
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endangered species
Redefine
Unlikely Partnership May Save Unlikely Desert Snail
Post date:Gold miners and radical environmentalists rarely make friends. But strange things always happen in the Mojave Desert.
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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
Borax: The Magic Crystal
Post date:Gold and silver lured many a prospector out to the Mojave Desert, but the mineral compound that surprisingly proved most financially lucrative for a handful of them is common borax.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
That High Desert Sound
Post date:The Mojave Project traces the musical heritage of Pioneertown and other adjacent communities of the High Desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Mojave Project: Needles and the Damage Done
Post date:While urban California flourishes, small towns in its arid interior are stripped for parts.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Amargosa Opera House: Marta Becket's Death Valley Arts Oasis
Post date:Marta Becket transformed Death Valley Junction's decaying community meeting hall into a vibrant muraled theater.
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![Still of 1995 crime film "Casino," directed by Martin Scorsese.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Casino_film.jpg?itok=tuT3APoF "Still of 1995 crime film "Casino," directed by Martin Scorsese.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Holes in the Desert: A Mojave Crime Compendium
Post date:From makeshift meth labs to the Manson Family, view a history of criminal activities in the Mojave Desert.
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!["Vulcanizing," Butte St., Randsburg, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/vulcanizing-butte%2520st-randsburgca-2014.jpg?itok=0ILt-XLk ""Vulcanizing," Butte St., Randsburg, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
'Abandonment Chic' and the Modern Desert
Post date:Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry step into Randsburg, CA: a town straddling the worlds of tourist destination, motorcycle Valhalla and diminished landscape where civilized specters remain.